BOTV211

BOTV211 \ BOT220: Plant Ecology

Botany Plant Ecology WhatsApp Broadcast Group

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Lecture Series 1: Methods of Sampling the Plant Community

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BBP Chapters 8&9 (~1.4 MB)

Lecture Series 2: Species in the Environmental Complex

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BBP Chapter 3 (~1 MB)

Exam Note: Table 5-3 is shortened in the lecture notes. I advise that you read the BBP chapter and study the entire Table 5-3.

Lecture Series 2 - Lecture 1 on Youtube: Part A & Part B

Lecture Series 3: Life History Strategies and Resource Allocations

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BBP Chapter 5 (~15 MB)

Lecture Series 4: Population Structure and Plant Demography

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BBP Chapter 4 (~13MB)

Lecture Series 5: Species Distribution Modelling

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(The content of these lectures is not covered by BBP!)

Lecture Series 6: An operational Framework for Ecology - using Biome Boundary examples

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This series is based on the review paper Potts et al. (2015) SAJB. Use this publication as your study notes.

(The content of these lectures is not covered by BBP!)

Lecture Series 7: Gradients of Biodiversity

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Paper 1: Rohde (1992)

Paper 2: Cowling et al. (2017)

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Practical 3 - Part B: Dune Fynbos and Thicket Ecology - research and analyses

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Past Exams

2016 June

2016 July

2017 June

2017 July