BZ1002:03 Ecology and Population Biology

24 lectures, 48 hours practicals. Second semester.

Staff: Dr J Seymour and Dr P Gadek.

An introduction to ecological and evolutionary biology. The ecology of populations, communities and ecosystems, including selected aspects of physiological ecology. Biogeography and evolutionary theory.

Learning objectives:

1. to learn the basic principles of ecological and evolutionary biology;

2. to gain an understanding of Australian ecosystems, with emphasis on the tropics;

3. to learn laboratory and field techniques in ecology, how to apply these techniques to answering ecological and evolutionary questions and how to produce scientific reports;

4. to learn about the application of ecological and evolutionary principles to solving environmental problems, e.g. human population growth, pollution, loss of biodiversity.