Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science (BIOS1301) Full Notes – HD

I’ve created these Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science (BIOS1301) full notes while studying the subject as a revision tool. They got big comprehensive than what I indented. Therefore these are more like study notes than revision papers. That means this file covers all the topics from all 4 modules.

Covered modules, topics and professors are:

Module 1- Introduction to Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science

• Course Introduction (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Sustainability Issues (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Definitions of Sustainability (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Environmental Science (Professor Richard Kingsford)

Module 2 – Biodiversity and Landscape Processes:

• Distribution and Abundance of Organisms (Dr Teagan Gale)
• Carbon and Hydrogen Cycles (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Water, Rivers and River Regulation (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Land Degradation in Australia (Dr Alan Kwok)

Module 3 -Disturbance Ecology and impacts of threats

• Disturbance Ecology (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Exotic Animal Species (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Invasive Plant Species (Dr Tanya Mason)
• Fire and Ecosystems (Dr Mark Ooi)
• Biodiversity in Australia (Dr Teagan Gale)
• Climate Change and Australian Ecosystems (Professor Lesley Hughes)

Module 4- Management of Ecosystems within the context of Ecologically Sustainable Development

• Future of Australian Terrestrial Ecosystems (Professor Mike Archer)
• Role of Zoos in Conservation (Dr David Slip, Taronga Conservation Society)
• Pollution in Marine Ecosystems (Dr Graeme Clarke)
• Biodiversity Management (Dr Teagan Gale)
• Fisheries Management (Professor Iain Suthers)
• Wildlife Harvesting (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Conservation Policy and Management (Professor Richard Kingsford)
• Protected Area management (Professor Richard Kingsford)