BIO1042 Timetable of Topics

Week

Title

Lecturer

Seminars and Labs

1

Life and diversity

KM

Intro to ALA Seminar

2

Tree of Life

KM

Wetland Project (lab) - Leaf pack set up and water quality

3

Food webs and trophic cascades

RC

ALA data analysis & QGIS (Lab)

4

Evolutionary genetics and why it matters to natural processes

DD

5

Adaptations to environmental stress

DD

Aquatic Food webs (lab)

6

Plant adaptations

CL

7

Evolution and biogeography of the Australian flora

CL

Plant Adaptations (lab)

8

Evolution and biogeography of the Australian fauna

AE

9

Earth’s biomes and spatial diversity

SC

Leaf pack retrieval (lab)

Mid-semester break: Mon 25th to Fri 29th September

10

The Anthropocene

SC

Leaf Pack weighing + report stats tutorial

11

Defiant Earth

SC

12

There is no planet B

SC