Study Calendar
Essential Dates
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July 15 - 19
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Residential, including field trips
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July 15
(Monday)
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Assignment 1 due
"Critique of Fauna Survey"
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August 19
(Monday)
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Assignment 2 due
"Report on Flora and Fauna survey"
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September 23 (Monday)
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Assignment 3 due "Fauna survey design"
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October 21
(Monday)
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Assignment 4 due
"Weed survey design"
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Preparatory Reading
for Residential
Online Learning Materials
What is Flora and Fauna Survey?
Why survey?
Factors to Consider
Preparing to Sample
Flora Survey Techniques
Fauna Survey Techniques
Reading
Woinarski J.C.Z. et al. (1999). Aust. J. Ecol.
24: 60-79
Study Topics
You are welcome to proceed at your own faster rate
through these using the online materials and readings etc., but
for purposes of discussion between us all and for optimal feedback
from me, the following schedule is proposed. To get the most out
of this unit you should partipate in using the Unit discussion board.
Weekly schedule
WEEK 1: Monday July 1
Types of surveys, who uses them and why?
WEEK 2: Monday July
8
What is biodiversity?
WEEK 3: Monday July
15
Residential - Charles Darwin National Park
Break: Monday July
22
Break and 'catchup' with other studies
WEEK 4: Monday July
29
Sourcing background information
WEEK
5: Monday August 5
Fauna survey techniques
WEEK
6: Monday August 12
Flora and vegetation survey techniques
WEEK 7: Monday August
19
Stratification, replication and randomisation
WEEK
8: Monday August 26
Sampling designs
WEEK
9: Monday September 2
Putting sampling design principles into practice
WEEK 10: Monday
September 9
Data analysis
WEEK
11: Monday September 16
Monitoring change over time
Break: September
23 - October 5
Semester break
WEEK 12: Monday
October 7
GIS and flora & fauna survey
WEEK 13: Monday
October 14
Synthesis - survey strategies and applications
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