If you want to learn about plant and animal ecology properly, you need to be surrounded by it. And that’s exactly what this course does. The course introduces students to field studies in plant and animal functional ecology. Through directed research projects students explore how diverse organisms respond to conditions in their environments and acquire the resources they need to survive, grow and reproduce. This year the class was held in the Daintree rainforest of Far North Queensland.

To find out more, click the links below

• BIOL2203 Field studies in functional ecology
• BIOL3303 Advanced studies in functional ecology
• Daintree Rainforest Observatory
• Professor Adrienne Nicotra