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S3 Wildlife ecology and conservation

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Lecture content can be accessed via WUR's learning environment. Participants have been emailed login details (search wur.nl Servicedesk IT).

Relevant lectures are listed below, note that some have been omitted as not required for WildDrone.

Objectives​

To provide interdisciplinary education for multiple PhDs with different scientific backgrounds, we will make use of a dedicated eLearning course on basic wildlife ecology (S3). The courses will enable targeted education to teach undeveloped skills (e.g., data science method for engineers).

Intended Learning Outcomes​

Students will be able to:

  1. understand basic concepts in ecology and biodiversity conservation, with a focus on wildlife ecology and conservation
  2. explain the societal importance of biodiversity and wildlife species
  3. evaluate threats to biodiversity and wildlife species, and suggest wildlife management and conservation strategies.

Assessment​

Consider how the topics covered impact your particular research aims. Write a critical summary describing how you will use concepts from at least three of the lectures to support your doctoral project. This should read well on its own but your writing could eventually end up as part of a paper or thesis. (Guide: 3-pages at 12pt font, single-spaced).

  • Submission: Upload to WildDrone Teams folder (details to follow).
  • Deadline: TBC

Lectures​

WEC30306 Animal Ecology​

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  4. Food webs
  5. Competition & facilitation
  6. Predation
  7. Activity patterns
  8. Adaptation to stress
  9. Space use
  10. Sociality & group living
  11. Species diversity
  12. Migration & movement.

WEC32806 Wildlife Ecology & Conservation​

  1. Threats to biodiversity
  2. (Not used)
  3. (Not used)
  4. Landscape modification, habitat loss and fragmentation
  5. (Not used)
  6. (Not used)
  7. (Not used)
  8. Species protection
  9. Area protection
  10. Population Viability Analysis
  11. Understanding species distribution models
  12. The human context part I
  13. Limitations to distribution ranges
  14. Landscape planning
  15. Ecological restoration
  16. The human context part II
  17. Technology & Conservation
  18. Rewilding