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BIOSCI 338 - Biology of Terrestrial Animals

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Science

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Biological Sciences

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15

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Description: The animals of Aotearoa and Tāmaki Makaurau are iconic. We explore the biology, diversity and whakapapa of our native invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Along with a detailed coverage of biology, we focus on practical techniques for sampling and identifying species. This course involves both fieldwork (with the option to conduct this either on campus, or on an overnight fieldtrip) and labwork and training in using biodiversity data for hypothesis testing and scientific communication.

Prerequisites / Restrictions

Prerequisite: 15 points from BIOSCI 206-208 Restriction: BIOSCI 320

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For anyone who is looking forward to taking this paper, please have in mind that this course has a sh#t ton of work to do. First of all insect collection. You actually need to go outside and catch 10 DIFFERENT species of insects. I personally went out every single day for a week and still got 6. If you live in rural areas it should be easy to get. However, if your in the city, you won't find any. Even in parks or forests, absolutely none. Second part is the bird analysis. This too, you have to record 10 different bird sounds. To be honest, you don't even know what bird is making what sound and how it looks like most of the time. After the recording the report writing is a friggin mess. Every program you use is gonna be your first time. I absolutely do not recommend this course unless you love to go out and collect samples.

Semester One - 2024