BZ5400 - Advanced Population and Community Ecology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
An advanced treatment of theory and techniques used in the study of population and community ecology. Major topics include population ecology; demography of plant and animal populations with an emphasis on tropical organisms and population processes; community ecology including patterns, dynamics, structure and determinants of structure in communities and plant/animal interactions.
Learning Outcomes
- to gain an advanced understanding of the theoretical background and the practical aspects of the study of population and community ecology.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (eg biology or environmental science) or have acquired equivalent knowledge through other study. They should have a good understanding of quantitative methods in biology (BS5001 or equivalent). |
| Prerequisites: | BZ1001 AND BS2001 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BZ3400 ZL3040 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Brad Congdon |
| Lecturers: | Dr Will Edwards, Dr Brad Congdon. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); on-course assessment (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.