Faculty Of Science, Technology & Engineering
CBE2IC, 2010
| Subject Code: | CBE2IC |
| Subject Short Title: | ISSUES IN CONSERVATION |
| Credit Points: | 20.0 |
| Special Conditions: | This unit is primarily for Bachelor of Conservation Biology and Ecology students but other students may seek entry via approval of the course adviser. The course may include exercises including trapping, preservation and examination of invertebrates. Students are required to attend a field trip one week before the commencement of semester one. |
| Subject Description: | This unit covers rationales for biodiversity conservation: moral, aesthetic and utilitarian. Biodiversity and its assessment: measures of biodiversity, survey methods for bacteria, protists, plants and animals, surrogate groups, molecular assessment of biodiversity as genetic information content, rapid assessment methods, endemism, taxonomy and phylogeny. Biodiversity in Australia: continental biogeography, characteristics of Australian ecosystems. Maximising retained biodiversity through optimal reserve selection. Threatening processes. Ecosystem services: relationship to biodiversity. Management of endangered species: status evaluation, life histories, captive maintenance, inbreeding avoidance, reintroduction, population viability analysis, impact of introduced species. Restoration ecology. Use of computer programs for conservation biological analysis: reserve selection, evolutionary distinctiveness, and population viability analysis. |
| Quota Size: | 40 |
| Prerequisites: | BIO1AD, BIO1GEN and BIO1PS |
| Class Requirements: | three 1-hour lectures per week, and one 4-hour practical session per week or equivalent fieldwork. There will be a field course in the week before semester one |
| Work Experience Indicator: | Student is not undertaking work experience in industry |
| Available to 'Study Abroad' students: | Y |
| Recommended Prior Studies: | BIO1OF, STA1LS |
Assessment:
| Assessment Type | % | Comments |
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| one 3-hour examination | 70 | |
| three 1,000-word assignments | 30 | |
Readings:
| Reading Type | Title | Author | Publisher |
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| Prescribed | Practical conservation biology, Melb., | Lindenmayer, D., Burgman, M. | CSIRO 2005 |
| Recommended | Conservation biology in Australia. An introduction, Melb., | New, T.R. | Oxford University Press. 2006 |
Subject Coordinator: Dr Mike Clarke
| Subject Availability |
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| BUNDOORA |
| Semester 1, Day. Dr Mike Clarke |
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