Wildlife Ecology and Management

Course: Wildlife Ecology and Management
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Prerequisites: Mandatory
Credits: ECTS 6
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COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF

FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT

OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE ΔΣΣΤ9Υ SEMESTER SUMMER
COURSE TITLE Wildlife ecology and management
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
  5 6
     
     
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

 No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek

English for Erasmus students
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02181/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
To develop an understanding of the techniques useful for monitoring wildlife populations and habitats. To develop current methodology for studying wildlife populations and structure. To develop a knowledge for implementing management plans for wildlife species and particularly for endangered species. To understand the modern human impacts on wildlife and determining appropriate management measures for their mitigation.
General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
 

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Respect for the natural environment

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.      History and goals of wildlife management.

2.      Decision analysis, feasible options and failures in wildlife management.

3.      Methods of estimating population parameters, estimation of abundance, growth rates, reproduction, mortality, dispersion, food habits and genetic structure.

4.      Experimental design and sampling techniques.

5.      Wildlife management techniques, capture, marking, radio-telemetry, blood sampling, artificial nest-sites.

6.      Characteristics of animal community.

7.      Conservation of endangered species.

8.      Causes of species and population extinction.

9.      Minimum viable population size and population viability analysis.

10.   Estimation of maximum sustainable yield in game species population. Causes and prevention of damage by vertebrate pest species.

11.   Conservation of biodiversity and management of animal community. Criteria for protected areas establishment. Processes of protected areas degradation.

12.   Conservation, management, restoration of wildlife habitat within protected areas.

13.    Human impacts (pollution, global warming, roads, wind farms, electrocution, invasive species etc) on wildlife and their mitigation measures.
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Use of ICT in Teaching
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures, 39
Laboratory Exercise 26
Bibliographic research & analysis 25
project. 20
Field Exercise 10
study 30
   
Total 150
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

  

(Formative or Concluding)

Exams with Short Answer Questions (70%)

Laboratory Report (30%)

 

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Μπακαλούδης Δ. & Χ. Βλάχος (2009) Διαχείριση Άγριας Πανίδας: Θεωρία και Εφαρμογές. Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, Θεσσαλονίκη.

2. Nova J. Silvy (2012) The Wildlife Techniques Manual, Volumes 1 & 2, Seventh Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

3. Sinclair, A.R.E.,  Fryxell, J. M. &  Caughley, G. (2006) Wildlife  ecology,  conservation,  and  management  –  2nd  ed. Blackwell  Publishing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Malamati Papakosta
Contact details: mpapakos@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods: (2) written assignment or/and exercises
Implementation Instructions: (3) Final grade= written assignment (70%)+ laboratory exercise (30%)

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.