BZ3705 - The Australian Vertebrate Fauna
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
The biogeography, evolution and contemporary diversity of terrestrial vertebrates and marine reptiles and mammals in Australia. Topics include geological and climate history of Australia; biogeographic regions of Australia, origins and evolution of the vertebrate fauna; behaviour, breeding and life histories of vertebrates in relation to the Australian environment.
Learning Outcomes
- achieve familiarity with diversity of Australian vertebrates;
- acquire skill in techniques required for survey and wildlife research in Australia;
- proficiency in handling and species identification of vertebrates;
- skill in report writing for fauna survey.
Graduate Qualities
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Understanding of diversity of animal life. Ability to summarise and present ecological data in a scientific report. Competency in using library resources to extract and assimilate information from the scientific literature. Ability to develop and present concepts in an argumentative essay. |
| Prerequisites: | ZL1001 OR BZ1004 OR AG1004 OR BZ1006 OR BZ1007 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BZ2705 BZ5705 ZL3203 ZL5203 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Pike |
| Lecturers: | Dr David Pike, Professor Lin Schwarzkopf, Professor Ross Alford, Professor Simon Robson. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essays (25%); report on practicals/field trip (25%). |
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