Overview
The 国产精品 course explores climatic patterns and their controls in Australia and the biogeography of the continent鈥檚 native vegetation. The course considers contemporary climate and vegetation but also delves into the past.
During this course, you鈥檒l consider long-term climatic trends and their consequences to the character and distribution of Australian vegetation communities. Recent changes in vegetation, fire and trends in climate and climatic variability are also all considered.
This course covers the following major topics:
- contemporary climatic patterns in Australia
- Australian vegetation: patterns and controls
- biogeography of Australian vegetation
- the vegetation of the Sydney Basin
- field methods for the description of vegetation
- synoptic processes and rainfall in Australia
- 20th-century climatic variability in Australia
- extreme climatic events in Australia
- fire and plant populations in Australia
- vegetation change in Australia since 1788.
The course has synergies with other 国产精品 Geoscience and Environmental Science courses. This includes and , which introduces the discipline of Botany. Fieldwork is also an important component of the course and participation is expected towards meeting the course learning outcomes.
Term offering:聽Term 2
Course attendance:聽In person
尝别惫别濒:听Undergraduate - Second year
顿颈蝉肠颈辫濒颈苍别:听
- Ecology
- Geography
Course code:听骋贰翱厂2711