BZ2440 - Ecology and Conservation

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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This subject is an introduction to the key ideas in the ecology of plants and animals. In presenting these ideas, the subject emphasises not only the ways in which they can be used to explain the distribution and abundance of species, but also their importance in helping understand the causes of extinction and providing the scientific basis for management of species. Topics include fertility and mortality; population dynamics and population regulation; life history strategies; interactions between species (competition, facilitation, predation, herbivory, parasitism); dynamics of communities; island biogeography; limits to the co-existence of species.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to critically assess ecological hypotheses;
• appreciation of the relationship between ecological theory and conservation and management of natural populations and communities;
• be familiar with key concepts in population and community ecology.

Prerequisites:	BZ1001 OR BZ1030 OR BZ1020 OR BZ1002 AND 6 UNITS OF BT OR ZL OR EV
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ZL2102 and BZ5440 and ZL2010 and AG2006

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	Robert Congdon
Lecturers:	Robert Congdon, jc159798, Professor Lin Schwarzkopf, zlcnj, Empro Ross Alford.
Contact hours:	32 hours 9 hours 18 hours
Assessment:	(45%); (10%); (15%); (30%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	Professor Will Edwards
Lecturers:	Professor Will Edwards, Dr Brad Congdon.
Contact hours:	26 hours 39 hours 16 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).

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