AGS101 The Biological Environment (8)
The aim of this subject is to provide students with aspects of the living biological environment which are important for landowners and rural land managers to understand and apply in the field. This subject teaches basic understanding of the diversity and taxonomic organization of biological organisms and aims to teach the skills to investigate, classify and prepare scientific reports describing plant and animal communities and habitats found in Australia. The subject is primarily field-based with students introduced to map interpretation, plant and animal identification in the laboratory as well as some theoretical concepts relating to community ecology and biogeography.