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BZ1030:03

Introductory Ecology

Townsville

HECS Band 2

37 hours lectures, 5 hours tutorials, 21 hours laboratory/field work. Semester 2.

Staff:

Dr R Congdon.

An introduction to the ecology of populations, communities and ecosystems, including selected aspects of physiological ecology, biogeography and evolutionary ecology.

Learning Objectives:

to learn the basic principles of ecology;

to gain an understanding of Australian ecosystems, with emphasis on the tropics;

to learn laboratory and field techniques in ecology, how to apply these techniques to answering ecological questions and how to produce scientific reports;

to learn about the application of ecological principles to solving environmental problems, e.g. human population growth, pollution, loss of biodiversity.

Assessment by examination (50%); class test (5%); practical reports (15%); practical book (15%); seminar (15%).