BZ2490 - Toolkit for the Field Biologist
| Credit points: |
3 |
| Year: |
2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: |
Band
2 |
| Administered by: |
College of Science and Engineering |
This subject is designed to build the toolkit of a modern zoologist and ecologist.
Methods and skills will span the spectrum from fundamental (field and survey skills
and basic taxonomy and identification of key vertebrates, invertebrates and plants)
to innovative techniques, including remote sensing technologies involving satellite
imagery, drones, sensors, camera traps and environmental forensics.
Learning Outcomes
- ability to identify species of particular importance to the tropics (e.g. dominant,
endangered or invasive);
- ability to critically think about, identify and assess techniques used in research;
- ability to efficiently survey and detect key species;
- an understanding of the capacity for new hi-tech approaches to improve the skills
of zoologists and ecologists.
| Prerequisites: |
ZL1001 OR BZ1004 OR AG1004 OR BZ1006 OR BZ1007 OR BS1007 |
Availabilities
|
| Cairns,
Study Period 7,
Block
|
| Census Date 05-Jul-2018 |
| Face to face teaching
09-Jul-2018 to 21-Jul-2018
|
| Coordinator: |
Professor Susan Laurance |
| Lecturers:
|
Assoc. Professor Will Edwards, Professor Susan Laurance, Dr Tasmin Rymer. |
| Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures
- 24 hours fieldwork
|
| Assessment: |
assignments. |
|
|
| Townsville,
Study Period 7,
Block
|
| Census Date 05-Jul-2018 |
| Face to face teaching
09-Jul-2018 to 21-Jul-2018
|
| Coordinator: |
Professor Stephen Williams, Professor Lin Schwarzkopf |
| Lecturers:
|
Professor Stephen Williams, Dr Ben Hirsch, Professor Lin Schwarzkopf. |
| Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures
- 24 hours fieldwork
|
| Assessment: |
assignments. |
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|
Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.
