Pre-requisite: 62214 62221
This unit introduces students to the range of advanced ecological concepts and techniques applied in the study of higher plants and examines some of the patterns and possible processes exhibited by plant populations and communities, particularly in the Australian context. The unit concentrates on methods in plant ecological sampling and the numerical techniques involved in the analysis of vegetation data, the concepts of populations, communities and ecosystems, history and present-day patterns in Australian vegetation and reviews the major factors affecting the distribution of native plant species.