? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BIO-4-ECherbiv

The course will consider plant-herbivore community ecology; the responses of animals and plants to each other, and the effects of climatic variability on the dynamics of grazing systems. Although there will be discussion of management implications, the main emphasis will be on community, physiological and systems ecology.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer. Normally Population & Community Ecology 3 OR Behavioural Ecology 3 is required.

Home subject area

Ecology, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

Other subject areas

Environmental Courses, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Block 3 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 13/01/2010 10:00 13:00 Honours Room 2, Ashworth

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Wednesday 10:00 13:00 KB Lecture Friday 10:00 13:00 KB

Understanding of course content and ability to apply this to novel problems in biology.

Students are assessed by in-course assessment

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Alexandra Bedetti
Tel : (0131 6)51 3689
Email : a.bedetti@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Andrew Illius
Tel : (0131 6)50 5446
Email : A.Illius@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/