Module BO4107: Plant-Animal Interactions
| Co-ordinator: | Professor Jane Stout |
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| Other Lecturer: | Professor Daniel Kelly |
| Course Type: | Mandatory (Plant Sciences), Optional (Environmental Sciences) |
| Assessment: | 50% Examination, 50% Continual Assessment |
| ECTS: | 5 credits |
| Prerequisites: | None |
Contact hours:
| Lectures: | 13 hours |
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| Practicals: | 9 hours |
| Presentation: | 2 hours |
| Total | 24 hours |
Description:
Plant-animal interactions have increasingly become recognized as drivers of evolutionary change and important components of ecological communities. This module will focus on herbivory (the consumption of plants by animals) and pollination (the transfer of pollen between male and female reproductive structures in flowers).
Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Synthesise and summarise aspects of the ecology and evolution of plant animal interactions
- Carry out field and laboratory work investigating herbivory, pollinator behaviour and plant breeding systems, and analyse and interpret data collected
- Work as a team to obtain, organise and present material on applied aspects of plant-animal interactions.