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Unit of Study BIOL2011 - Ecology for Natural and Managed Systems (2021)

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Unit description

Introduces ecological principles in the context of productive agricultural, forest, terrestrial, and marine systems. Important ecological and landscape processes of energy flow, nutrient and water cycles, and community dynamics are examined. Students will compare natural and managed ecosystems.  

Unit content

1) Introduction to natural and managed ecological systems

2) Population ecology

3) Community ecology

4) Ecology and landscape processes

5) Ecological attributes of healthy natural and managed systems

6) Applying ecological principles for healthy natural and managed systems

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Not currently available in 2021

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain key ecological concepts including species interactions and interactions between organisms and the environment

assess, describe and illustrate energy flows, complex food webs and biogeochemical cycles in an ecosystem context

critically evaluate attributes and functioning of natural and managed systems

critically evaluate interactions between humans and the environment and describe the differences between natural and managed systems.