BIO317: Wildlife Biology

An introduction to the theory and practice of studying vertebrate animal populations for the purpose of conservation and management.  Emphasis is on terrestrial wildlife.  Topics: ecology of Australian animals; wildlife and habitat; research design; detecting and studying animal populations; estimating abundance; use of population and ecological data.  Case studies explore the principles of wildlife research and management.   A field exercise in the non-teaching break provides hands-on experience in the capture, handling and measurement of animals and habitat survey.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; workshops/laboratories: 4 hours per week; field exercise 5-6 days in second non-teaching break.
Prerequisites	BIO368 Conservation Biology.
School	School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Unit Coordinator	Dr Kate Bryant Position: Lecturer E-mail: K.Bryant@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Biological Sciences Room 3.007 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2809
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Kate Bryant Lecturer (K.Bryant@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2809 Murdoch Campus Biological Sciences Room 3.007 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)