BIOL420-18S2 (C) Semester Two 2018

Terrestrial Ecology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 27 July 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 12 October 2018

Description

This course covers current advances in terrestrial ecology with a focus on population and species ecology. It covers species interactions, such as herbivory, pollination, seed dispersal, and epidemics. Examples concentrate on interactions among vascular plants (trees and shrubs), vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and pathogens, and interactions of those species with the physical environment.

Recommended preparatory course(s): BIOL378

Learning Outcomes

  • As a student in this course, I will develop the ability to:
  • have a critical appreciation of current questions and approaches in terrestrial ecology
  • (assessment task: internal assessment).
  • understand how interactions between species affect ecological processes (task: seminar).
  • Appreciate the roles of observational, experimental and comparative evidence in answering
  • ecological questions (assessment task: final exam).
  • The ability to access, synthesise and critically assess primary scientific literature on topics in
  • terrestrial ecology (Assessment task: final exam).
  • Synthesise primary scientific literature in order to generate a clear and concise argument in
  • support of a perspective (assessment task: final exam).

    Transferable Skills Register
    As a student in this course, I will develop the following skills:
  • Discovery, interpretation and synthesis of information.
  • Evaluation of arguments and evidence, and debating alternative points of view.
  • Presenting arguments in a cogent and reasoned way.
  • Engaging in science and technology issues with a broader understanding of their social
  • context.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School. RP: BIOL378 Population Ecology and Conservation

Restrictions

BIOL478

Recommended Preparation

BIOL378 Population Ecology and Conservation

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Biological Sciences Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 75%
Essay 10 Aug 2018 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,013.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

All BIOL420 Occurrences

  • BIOL420-18S2 (C) Semester Two 2018