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| YHEL5044 | Traces and Signs of Wild Animals | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Şağdan BAŞKAYA | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Şağdan BAŞKAYA,
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Alptuğ SARI,
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ahmet ARPACIK | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To be able to do research by using the traces and signs left by wild animals |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | recognize important wild animals in footprint | 1,3,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 2 : | identifie important wild animals from feces | 1,3,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 3 : | determine the types of species from all traces and signs | 1,3,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 4 : | know how to find the trace and the sign in the field | 1,3,5 | 1,5 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Wild animals trace, scat, feather, nest etc. Detection of samples from the stool, calculation of population density from traces and symptoms, trace, stool, feather, etc. collection and storage of samples. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Determining signs and tracks in nature | | | Week 2 | Footprints and scat forms of important species | | | Week 3 | Identification of wild animals from track samples | | | Week 4 | Diagnosis of wild animals from scat samples | | | Week 5 | Diagnosis of samples (Wild animals feather, nest etc.) | | | Week 6 | Track tracking in the field | | | Week 7 | Use of traces and signs in studies | | | Week 8 | Technological developments | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Collection and storage methods of collected sign, scatsi feather etc. samples from field studies | | | Week 11 | Detection of diet from scat | | | Week 12 | Calculation of population density from signs and trces | | | Week 13 | Presentation of Student Seminars | | | Week 14 | Evaluation of innovative methods | | | Week 15 | Presentation of Student Seminars | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Rezendes, P., 1999.Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign, Collins Reference; 2 Sub edition, 336p. | | | |
| 1 | Bang, P. Dahlstrom P. and Mears R., 2006. Animal Tracks and Signs (Pocket Nature Guide), Oxford University Press, USA, 264p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 19/11/2018 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 13,14,15 | 26/11/2018 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/01/2019 | 1 | 50 | | |
| 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 | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 5 | 20 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 10 | 10 | 100 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 8 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 247 |
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