The course gives a general overview to the European Union regulations about wildlife monitoring for conservation and introduces to the estimation of animal abundance by capture-mark recapture techniques and to trend analysis.
Students will achieve information on different monitoring schemes and in particular on the estimation of population abundance with mark-recapture methods and on analysis of time series.
This course uses a combination of lectures, powerpoint presentations, PC simulations and exercices; class and group discussions; field activities.
Students will achieve information on:
1) European Union regulation and legislative requirements that apply to monitoring for wildlife conservation; 2) relative and absolute population indexes; 3) capture and marking techniques; 4) use of CAPTURE software and TRIM software.
ARILLO ET. AL. (2006). Guida alla conoscenza delle specie liguri della Rete Natura 2000 (in pdf). SPAGNESI E ZAMBOTTI (2001). Raccolta delle norme nazionali e internazionali per la conservazione della fauna selvatica e degli habitat (in pdf). APAT (2004). Metodi di raccolta in campo per l’elaborazione di indicatori di biodiversità (in pdf). SUTHERLAND W.J. (1997). Ecological census techniques. A handbook. Cambridge University Press. Free softwares: CAPTURE, TRIM,
Ricevimento: teacher available on request
SEBASTIANO SALVIDIO (President)
STEFANO SCHIAPARELLI (President)
GIORGIO BAVESTRELLO
LORIS GALLI
The exams consists of a written multiple choise questions test and an oral examination, all in the same day
A written multiple choise questions test (9 questions and 1 problem to be solved with CAPTURE programme) and oral discussion on the main course aguments.
