2022/23 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

BLGY5219M Habitat Management

15 creditsClass Size: 45

Module manager: Dr Alastair Ward
Email: A.Ward@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2022/23

Co-requisites

BLGY5163M

Plant Identification

Module replaces

BLGY5116M: Habitat Management, 10c, S1

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

The module is taught largely on location at a series of nature reserves, SSSIs and other sites of conservation interest in the region, chosen to reflect a wide range of habitats and management issues. The site visits will be supplemented with a range of lectures on different management issues, including external lecturers from relevant organisations.Assessments consist of a group exercise to produce a plan to improve biodiversity at an urban site, and an individual executive summary for a management plan for a chosen site.

Objectives

On completion of this module students will be familiar with a range of habitats and conservation management practices used on them, and will be able to understand issues inherent in designing, implementing and evaluating habitat management changes.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Understand the principles underlying management of a range of UK habitats;
2. Be familiar with the key biodiversity features of, and threats to, these habitats;
3. Understand the issues in designing and implementing management changes.

Syllabus

Principles of habitat management, and an introduction to a range of habitats in Yorkshire, including terrestrial (lowland and upland), freshwater and coastal. Introduction to the organisations involved in habitat management in the UK (charity, public, NGO etc). The reserve management cycle, and the decision-making and implementation process.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	6	2.00	12.00
Class tests, exams and assessment	1	3.00	3.00
Fieldwork	10	7.00	70.00
Private study hours			65.00
Total Contact hours			85.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Reading, working on assessments.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Performance will be monitored by engagement with field trips.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	Team project on regeneration scheme - oral presentation	50.00
Report	Executive summary for a reserve management plan	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 16/12/2022

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