FORE202-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007

Ecology

23 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Sunday, 1 July 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 May 2007

Description

New Zealand vegetation and the factors affecting it, including plant population ecology, competition, light, temperature, water, nutrients, animals, microbes, disturbance and succession.

New Zealand vegetation and the factors affecting it, including plant population ecology, competition, light, temperature, water, nutrients, animals, microbes, disturbance and succession.
Syllabus:
Principles of ecology, ecosystem ecology, physical conditions, resource uptake, nutrient and energy flows, stable isotopes
Population ecology, life histories, life tables, dispersal, mutualisms, competition, herbivory, pathogens.
Predator-prey dynamics, optimal foraging, refuge use and heterogeneity, carrying capacity, pest control. Food webs, metapopulation dynamics, keystone species.
Diversity, disturbance, succession. History of NZ ecosystems since last glaciation.

* There is a compulsory field trip:
The main autumn study break field trip is to Cass, a four day trip, on in 2006 EITHER 20-23 April, OR 23-26 April OR 26-29 April. There will be a charge for transport from Christchurch and food of $62.  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.

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

BIOL112 and BIOL113 or their equivalents.

Restrictions

PAMS204, BIOL270

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

David Norton

Lecturers

Matthew Turnbull , Angus McIntosh and Dave Kelly

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Course Fieldtrip Report 30%
Fieldtrip Report 5%
Fieldtrip Report 5%
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.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $862.00

International fee $4,255.00

* 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 Forestry .

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  • FORE202-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007
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