BT1020 - Plant Diversity: from Reef to Rainforest - 2003

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BT1020:03

Plant Diversity: from Reef to Rainforest

Townsville

HECS Band 2

33 hours lectures, 36 hours practicals which includes 4 hours tutorials. Semester 1.

Staff: Dr L Bielig.

This subject introduces students to the diversity of plants and micro-organisms found in the tropics, including aspects of their structure, reproduction, distribution, classification and evolution.

Learning Objectives:

1. to gain an appreciation of the diversity of plants and micro-organisms and their evolutionary relationships;
2. to gain an understanding of the structure and function of plants;
3. to develop basic laboratory skills and to critically observe and interpret a range of plant materials;
4. to learn how to use keys for identifying plants.

Assessment by theory examination (55%); practical examination (25%); practical book (15%); class test (5%).

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