Subject description
Introduction to ecology - levels of organisation (individual, population, community, ecosystem). Experiments in ecology - their design, analysis and interpretation. Biotic interactions: competition, herbivory, predation, mutualisms. Disturbance, catastrophe and community structure and function. Behavioural ecology: innate vs learned behaviours and their effects on individual fitness, demography and community structure. Factors … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Other
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
BIOL365 - Marine and Terrestrial Ecology
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Teaching staff
Subject coordinators
Lecturers
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Engagement hours
Contact Hours:2 hour Lectures, 4 hour tutorial or practical per week
Assessment details
Lab Quizzes
Grant Proposal
Elevator Pitch
Seminar
Review of an Academic Seminar
Research Plan
Work integrated learning
Embedded WIL:This subject contains elements of "Embedded WIL". Students in this subject will experience activities that relate to or simulate professional practice as part of their learning.
Textbook information
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