Module Identifier | RS36120 | ||
Module Title | SPECIES CONSERVATION | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Graham P Harris | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Dr John M Warren | ||
Pre-Requisite | RS22020 or appropriate equivalent IBS/IGES module | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 40 Hours 20 x 2 hour lectures | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 12 Hours 3 x 4 hours | ||
Other | 4 Hours 1 x 4 hour visit | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 3 Hours Written examination Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 50% |
Semester Assessment | Assignment Outcomes assessed: 1, 3, 6, 7 | 50% | |
Supplementary Exam | 3 Hours Written examination Students will be re-assessed in the element(s) of assessment that led to failing the module | 50% | |
Supplementary Assessment | Assignment | 50% |
1. Identify the key issues concerning species genetic diversity, population genetics and species conservation.
2. Explain the concepts of extinction and rarity, population dynamics and metapopulations.
3. Demonstrate the importance of under-pinning scientific and ecological knowledge in the successful implementation of introduction / reintroduction programmes and habitat creation for species conservation.
4. Evaluate the impact of invasive species on endangered species.
5. Appraise the approaches to species conservation.
6. Assess the effectiveness of the legal system in protecting flora and fauna.
7. Recognise the problems and opportunities in the re-establishment of endangered flora and fauna by drawing on a range of species conservation case histories/studies.
8. Create a species conservation plan based on scientific principles, ecological concepts and research.
.3 Use and analysis of numerical information
Analysis of the scientific literature under-pinning species conservation programmes will require the student to handle and interpret numerical information and evaluate the statistical analysis of that data.
.4 Writing in an academic context
The assignment will require the production of a report on a target species, developing the students’ skill in academic writing and the justification of critical analysis of existing species conservation programmes and proposals for modified species action plans.
.5 Oral discussion and presentation
Skills in oral presentation and discussion will be developed through a series of informal seminars on target species conservation programmes prior to assignment submission.
.6 Careers need awareness
The outcomes of the module are designed to provide the skills and awareness of the scientific principles and knowledge required by ecologists to develop practical and achievable species conservation programmes.