ZL3400:03
Biology of the Australian Vertebrates
| Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
26 lectures, 24 hours practicals, 4 day field trip. Semester 1.
Staff: Dr A Krockenberger.
An advanced treatment of zoological concepts with emphasis on the biology of Australian vertebrates within a global context. Major topics include variation in distribution, abundance and behaviour of Australian vertebrates in space and time, using examples from behaviour, biogeography, ecophysiology, evolutionary ecology and seasonality.
Guest lecturers will be brought in wherever possible, to lecture in their own field of expertise within the context of the subject.
Learning Objectives:
- to gain an understanding of the processes which influence the biology of the Australian vertebrates and to place these concepts in a global context.
Assessment by examination (50%); on-course assessment (50%).