This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.The aims of the school are to cover the practical aspects of taxonomy, plant and animal identification and survey methods, field ecology and the classification of vegetation and habitats.
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.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2021.
HD/FL
One session
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences
BIO140
- Taxonomy - Classification and hierarchy - Information sources and interpretation - Report writing and presentation - Community ecology - Identification of plants and animals - Vegetation and habitat classification - Biogeography: an introduction to - The conservation significance of vegetation classes
This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.The aims of the school are to cover the practical aspects of taxonomy, plant and animal identification and survey methods, field ecology and the classification of vegetation and habitats.
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2021. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.