BIOL378-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Population Ecology and Conservation

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

Advanced concepts in population ecology, especially those most relevant to the New Zealand region and to the conservation of the New Zealand biota. Topics include life history tradeoffs, dispersal and metapopulations, species interactions, population regulation, population modelling, management of populations, and issues for species conservation in New Zealand.

Note: There is a compulsory field trip.

Field Trip to be held: 14th - 16th April 2009.

Note: BIOL371 (Evolutionary Ecology) is highly recommended as a complimentary 14 point course.

Prerequisites

(1) BIOL270 or FORE202; (2) BIOL209

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Dave Kelly

Lecturer

Angus McIntosh

Lab Coordinator

Jenny Ladley

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Field Trip Practical Test 8%
Final Exam 80%
Field Trip Report 08 May 2009 12%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

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

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Course Outline

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $698.00

International fee $3,097.00

* 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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