Novel Technologies in Wildlife Studies

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Students will be shown a number of modern tools used in nature monitoring and wildlife studies.

Novel technologies in wildlife studies will be presented during field-working course.

Modern tools we will use in the classes are trail cameras, passive acoustic recorders, GPS loggers, thermovision monocular, UAV images.

Substantive content:

• Novel technologies in wildlife studies will be presented during field-working course

• Field classes will contain short theoretic introduction to each topic and equipment handling

• Topics raised and the field course:

• The use of trail cameras in fauna monitoring and behavioral studies

• GPS logging devices to use in movement ecology studies

• Thermovision for night monitoring of fauna

• UAV images in bird breeding surveys.

Literature:

Silvy NJ. 2020. The Wildlife Techniques Manual: Volume 1: Research. Johns Hopkins University Press

Optional articles provided by the Course Coordinator

Forms and conditions of credit:

Attenence and active participation