BIOL270-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Ecology

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

Principles of ecology with an emphasis on New Zealand factors affecting plant and animal ecology, including population ecology, competition, resource acquisition, disturbance and succession.

Principles of ecology, population ecology, communities and food webs, history and pattern in New Zealand landscapes, experimental design and field research.

There is a compulsory field trip:  
During the main autumn study break field there is a field trip to Cass, for four days. You will be advised of Cass trip details early in the first term. Note that the field trip is compulsory and provides the source of all the interm assessment.  Field Trip dates are EITHER 16-19 April, OR 19-22 April OR 22-25 April.  Importantly you will need to book your preference for one of the trips on the course Blackboard site once it is set up.


Biol 270 is co-coded Fore202, you can only be creditied with one of these course codes.

Learning Outcomes

  • This course is designed to teach the key principles of ecology in a New Zealand context, including the reasons for the present distributions of plants and animals. You will learn many of the important species in the native biota; identification and field work skills; and the history of landscapes in Canterbury New Zealand.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

PAMS204, FORE202

Equivalent Courses

Timetable Note

Labs held in PAMS Room 121.  Lab sessions start the week of Monday 3 March 2008.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Angus McIntosh

Lecturers

Dave Kelly , David Norton and Matthew Turnbull

Lab Coordinator

Jenny Ladley

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Major Field Trip Report 30%
Short Field Trip Reportd 10%
Final Exam 60%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Begon, Michael. , Townsend, Colin R., Harper, John L; Ecology : from individuals to ecosystems ; 4th ed; Blackwell Pub, 2006.

Dawson, John , Lucas, Rob; Nature guide to the New Zealand forest ; Godwit, 2000.

Notes

This is an essential preparatory course for all students with an interest in any aspect of ecology.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $977.00

International fee $4,516.00

* 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 .

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