Browse Hierarchy BIOL4008: Field Course: Identification and Methodology

A residential one-week field course based in France, which uses the rich natural history, habitat and landscape diversity of the area to focus on the introduction and development of interdisciplinary field study skills, namely, identification of terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna, ecological and biogeochemical sampling techniques for the study of terrestrial and aquatic environments, chemical analysis of soils and waters, quantitative description and data analysis, and designing field investigations. The field course runs soon after the start of the summer vacation, but is supplemented by timetabled activities in the preceding semester.