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EK5509: CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH PROJECT (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

None.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 22.5 credits (11.25 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr David Johnson

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either MRes Ecology & Environmental Sustainability (Studied) or MRes Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

A theme will be set and all students will work on individual questions related to this, thereby promoting discussion between students. The theme this year will be the invasion of the non-native plant tree mallow on Scottish seabird islands. Students will conduct experiments aimed at revealing some of the drivers behind this invasion to collectively generate a good level of understanding of cause and effect of this rather dramatic example of a non-native plant species on island ecosystems (impacting both plants and seabirds). Students will have to develop their own projects but will be encouraged to think about studying frost tolerance, plant-plant interaction studies, paleabotanical investigations, grazing tolerance studies, local adaptation.

Further Information & Notes

Numbers will be restricted to only four students. This course has a value of 22.5 credit points.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Assessment will be an individual project report.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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