About
3Rs in Ecology is the weblog site for the course Restoration Ecology (ERES525) in the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Where did this come from?
ERES525 is a course taught by Assoc. Prof. Wayne Linklater and described in the Course Prescription (box) below.
The idea for the on-line teaching and weblog submission of work and its benefits for student learning were conceived and trialed during Wayne’s research and study leave at UC-Berkeley. He acknowledges, with thanks, the class in Animal Geography (GEOG298) who were helpful guineapigs in his trials of the concept there.
What will appear on these pages?
Students are encouraged, during the course, to publish their work and evaluate the work of peers – class mates – on-line. Our objective is to teach public engagement in applied ecological science, and the concise synthesis and communication of ideas in ways that reflect the certainties and uncertainties in the discipline. Students are learning how to communicate science effectively and in interesting and creative ways.
How to find what you want.
To your right on the sidebar, the archives and categories of postings on this weblog from previous years are listed. Students are asked to categorise their posts by year (e.g., 2014), course (ERES525 or BIOL420 – a course I taught in previous years), and type (Research Weblog or Speed Paper Synopsis).
They are also asked to make keywords of their post tags. Use tags and tag cloud, also on the right, to find a particular theme or topic.
If they are not helpful to you, use the search widget to find your interest.
Other resources
You can learn more about research on ecological restoration at the Centre for Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology (CBRE).
Click on each of these links to follow CBRE also on wordpress, facebook, and twitter.
Click on this image to find CBRE on Twitter
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