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The following subjects are available in Tropical Plant Sciences. Links lead to further information in subject homepages, including descriptions in the on-line Student Handbook. Subjects are offered in Internal mode within semesters over 13 weeks on the Townsville or Cairns campuses, or in Block mode as one or two week intensives between semesters.

Subjects available from the Townsville campus:

 
Semester 1
Semester 2
Intensives
Level 1 BT1020 - Plant Diversity: from Reef to Rainforest BZ1020 - Inheritance and the Evolution of Life _
_ _ BZ1030 - Introductory Ecology _
Level 2 BT2260 - Diversity of the Australian Flora BT2240 - Marine Plants in their Environments _
_ _ BZ2420 - Genetics and Biodiversity Conservation _
_ _ BZ2440 - Ecology and Conservation _
_ _ BZ2460 - Field Biology and Adaptation _
Level 3 BT3101- Tropical Soils BT3280 - Tropical Rainforest Ecology BT3340 - Tropical Savannas
- BT3290 - Plant Reproductive & Population Ecology BT3320 - Revegetation and Land Rehabilitation BZ3212 - Tropical Wetlands Ecology
- BT3330 - Tropical Landscape Ecology & Management BT3370 - Bush Food, Plant Defences & Physiology BT5005 - Plants of the Tropical Rainforest
- BT3360 - Topics in Conservation Genetics BZ3000 - Projects in Biology -

Subjects available from the Cairns campus:

Semester 1
Semester 2
Intensives
Level 1 BT1001 - Intro to Plant Science BZ1001- Fundamentals of Biology _
_ _ BZ1002 - Introductory Ecology _
Level 2 BZ2400 - Quantitative Biological Methods BT2400 - Flowering Plants _
_ BZ 2450 Plants and Animals of the Rainforest BZ 2450 Plants and Animals of the Rainforest _
_ _ BZ2410 - Adaptations to the Environment _
_ _ BZ2430 - Life at the Land/Sea Interface _
Level 3 BZ3400 - Population & Community Ecology BT3400 - Tropical Flora of Australia BT3340 - Tropical Savannas
- BZ3410 - Biological Evolution & Diversity BT3410 - Revegetation and Land Rehabilitation BZ3212 - Tropical Wetlands Ecology
- BZ3460 - Managing Research Information BZ 3430 Biology of the Rainforest Canopy BT5005 - Plants of the Tropical Rainforest

Further Information:

E-mail: Secretary - Tropical Biology

        National: (07) 4781 5466    International: +61 7 4781 5466

        National: (07) 4725 1570     International: +61 7 4725 1570

 The Head, Tropical Plant Sciences, School of Tropical Biology,
               James Cook University, Cairns Q 4870

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