Ecological Methods 30233923

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Ecological Methods (3023/3923)

• Are you interested doing ecological research?
• If so, you need to
• Know how to design experiments and sample
  appropriately
• Understand principles behind statistical analysis
• Be familiar with various stats methods (tools)
  so you can analyse your results

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Details about the unit

• Mix of lectures, discussion of papers
• Lab demonstrations
• Prerequisite for Marine, Plant Terrestrial
  Ecology
• Includes pre-semester field trip to
• Dungog
• Investigate effects of different management
  regimes in state forest on plants, invertebrates
  and small mammals
• Warrah
• Investigate patterns of biodiversity of
  intertidal invertebrates and algae

EITHER
OR

• Both
• independent research projects

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What youll do on pre-semester field trips
Dungog
Warrah
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Careers in ecology?

• Ecology
• Plants
• Terrestrial
• Marine

Ecological Methods

• Basis for careers in
• Research at university (post-graduate)
• Applied biology consulting, national parks,
  conservation biology, pest management,
  fisheries, forestry, agriculture
• Ecotourism, zoos, botanical gardens museums