| Week | Workshop | Laboratory
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1
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Unit introduction (including essay assignment).
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Intro to Fieldtrip. (essential) Essay Tutorial. E-Folio Tutorial
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Origins of the Australian vegetation
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2
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Hands-on:Climate - Plant responses to climate and Ecological niche modeling
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Reflective Writing and Peer Review tutorial (2 hours)
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PRE-READING ESSENTIAL
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3
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Hands-on:Soils - Influences on vegetation, above and below ground linkages. Includes how to characterise soil.
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None
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PRE-READING ESSENTIAL
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4
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Hands-on:Vegetation classification and the Habitat Hectares method.
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None
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PRE-READING ESSENTIAL
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5
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Alpine and sub-alpine zone – making do with less
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None
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Case-study: The Australian Alps: A history of exploitation, an uncertain future
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6
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Vegetation dynamics: Vegetation structure through time and space
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Field Trip Prep (essential)
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| 7 | Plant communities: Assembly and ecological filtering | Field Trip Prep (essential) |
| Plant interactions: competition, facilitation and environmental influences |
| Mid semester break : Field Trip Lake Mountain: 22nd - 25th April |
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8
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Plant adaptations to the environment: energy capture and storage
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Field Trip Group Meetings (essential)
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Plant adaptations to the environment: water uptake and distribution
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9
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Hands-on:Plant defence - How to not get eaten & the gift of secondary compounds
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Field Trip Group meetings (essential)
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PRE-READING ESSENTIAL
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10
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Hands-on:Eucalypt forests and woodlands – the tough (leaved) ones
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Field Trip Report Tutorial and Group meetings
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PRE-READING ESSENTIAL
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11
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Rainforests – the water lovers
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Field Trip Group Presentation Work Time
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Grasslands – when trees can’t grow
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12
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Coastal zone – the salt tolerators
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Field Trip Presentations (essential)
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Arid and semi-arid zone – living with drought |
