606-305 Vegetation Management and Conservation -Timetable
To provide maximum contact with the people working in the field of vegetation management, the lecture schedule is run similar to a seminar series. There is one lecture per week and each is presented by a person working on a different aspect of native plant management and/or environmental conservation.
Week |
Date |
Topic |
Presenters |
1 |
23 Jul |
Introduction to Vegetation Management and Conservation |
Andrew Drinnan, Peter Vesk |
|
(School of Botany) |
2 |
30 Jul |
Understanding and classifying vegetation |
Peter Vesk |
|
(School of Botany) |
3 |
6 Aug |
Spatial data & vegetation management |
Matt White |
|
(Department of Sustainability and Environment) |
4 |
13 Aug |
Vegetation Condition Indices |
Graeme Newell |
|
(Department of Sustainability and Environment) |
5 |
20 Aug |
Flora and fauna sampling protocols in environmental assessment |
Terry Walshe |
|
(Centre for Risk Analysis, School of Botany) |
6 |
27 Aug |
A perspective on environmental consulting |
Jeff Yugovic |
|
(Biosis Research) |
7 |
3 Sep |
Biodiversity legislation |
Russell Costello |
|
(Department of Sustainability and Environment) |
8 |
10 Sep |
Vegetation as faunal habitat |
Rod van der Ree |
|
(Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology) |
|
|
mid-semester break |
|
9 |
1 Oct |
Population genetics and plant conservation |
Susan Hoebee |
|
(School of Botany) |
10 |
8 Oct |
Modelling vegetation management |
Mick McCarthy |
|
(Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology) |
11 |
15 Oct |
Environmental weeds |
Roger Cousens |
|
(FLFR, Univ. Melb) |
12 |
22 Oct |
Urban ecology |
Mark McDonnell |
|
(Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology) |
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