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| YHEY3015 | Census and Monitoring of Wild Animals | 2+2+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of practicals per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The purpose of this course is to teach methods for wildlife inventory, counting and counting errors and provide information about techniques |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Know the methods of tracking wild animals | | | | LO - 2 : | Transfer done courts may determine | | | | LO - 3 : | Species can transplants | | | | LO - 4 : | After the transplant, individuals can monitor compliance with court | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Count (Inventory) is. Why counting is done. The main counting techniques. Counting techniques for Birds and Mammals. The factors affecting the count. The most common errors in counting. Bird and Mammal general methods used for monitoring of Wild Animals; marking and signal monitoring. What is the marking, the marking methods. What is a tracking signal. Signal monitoring equipment; GPS systems, Transmitters, Receivers, Antennas. Selecting the appropriate materials to be monitored wild animal. Installing makers wild animals, collecting data (signal reception) hususlar.Yöntemlerin need to be considered during the implementation and evaluation of data to be considered. Principles of Data Collection and Evaluation. |
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| 1 | Ecological Census Techniques, A Handbook, Sutherland, W.J. (ed.), CUP, 336 pp., 1996. | | | 2 | Practical solutions Handbook ?Equipment, Techniques and Ideas for Wildlife Management?, J. bacon et all. 183pp. English Nature, 2001. | | | |
| 1 | A Field Guide in Colour To Animal Tracks, Bouchner, M., Bookmart Ltd.,Leicester, 2000. | | | 2 | Bird Census Techniques, Colin J. Bibby, David A. Hill, Neil D. Burgess and Simon Mustoe, 302 pp. Academic Press, 2000. | | | 3 | Bird Monitoring Methods ?A Manual of Techniques for Key UK Species?, Gillian Gilbert, David W. Gibson and Julianne Evans, 464pp. RSPB, 1998 (2002 reprint). | | | 4 | A Guide to British Mammal Tracks and Signs, Simone Bullion, 8pp. FSC, 2001. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | | 20 | | Practice | 6 | | | 20 | | Presentation | 10
12 | | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15
16 | | | 40 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 5 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 148 |
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