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

NOTE: HERBIVORY NOT RUNNING IN 2008-2009


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 : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

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

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 14:00 17:00 KB

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

2 hours written exam

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

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

Course Secretary

Mrs Helen McKeating
Tel : (0131 6)50 5430
Email : Helen.McKeating@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/