BIO368: Conservation Biology

This unit provides students with a biological understanding of the major issues and approaches involved in the conservation of flora and fauna. The unit emphasises Australian examples. Topics: biodiversity, population biology and conservation, extinction and populations at risk, management of biota in conservation areas, translocations, ex-situ preservation and reintroduction of biota.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 3 hours per week; workshops: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	N268/ENV268 Ecology.
School	School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Unit Coordinator	Dr Peter Spencer Position: Senior Lecturer E-mail: P.Spencer@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Phone: Prefix: +618
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Peter Spencer (P.Spencer@murdoch.edu.au) Murdoch Campus MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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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)