(in Polish) Inventory Methods for Ungulates 320-ERS-1IME

Number of hours (total): 15,
Lecture: 4 , Field course: 11. Semester: summer
ECTS: 3.
The goal of the course is to show main direct and indirect inventory methods for ungulates such as: drive counts, distance-sampling, pellet group count, animal track count on transects, camera traps. Students will know reasons, methods and software (Distance) for animal count and density estimation. During field work (in winter) they will train in practice several of these methods. In addition, they will be able to learn how to recognize snow tracks and other activity signs of a given ungulate species in the field.
Other topics:
The rules of research in the field.
Analysis of the collected data - estimating density of the large mammals using Distance software.
Practical application of traditional and modern methods in the field study of wild
mammals.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Prerequisites (description)

(in Polish) The course requires going to the field and thus good preparation of the students for the whole day trip (good outdoor boots, winter jacket, cap, gloves, etc.) - The course will start in February, Temperatures below zero and deep snow cover are typical for this month.

Course coordinators

Mirosław Ratkiewicz

Assessment criteria

Forms and conditions of credit:
Presence on all field research.
Field course report.

Bibliography

Literature:
Jędrzejewski W., Sidarowicz W. (2010). The art of animal tracking. ZBS PAN.
Rezendes P. (1999). Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., New York.

Additional information

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Description of 320-ERS-1IME in USOSweb