6AE121 Wildlife Research

    • Emnekode
      6AE121
    • Studiepoeng
      7,5
    • Undervisningssemestre
      2024 Vår
    • Undervisningsspråk
      Engelsk
    • Undervisningssted
      Evenstad
Emnets innhold
  • Scientific study design 
  • Data collection methods 
  • Own field work around Evenstad (snow tracking & camera trapping)
  • Describing and exploring data 
  • Basic data visualisation and analysis in EXCEL, GIS, and R
  • Scientific reading and writing 

Læringsutbytte

A candidate with fulfilled qualifications will have the following learning outcome:

Kunnskap

The candidate:

  • knows what constitutes a scientific study 
  • is acquainted with different methods used in wildlife research for monitoring populations and biodiversity 
  • knows about basic visualisation and statistical methods to present data
  • understands some of the pitfalls, difficulties, and risks of collecting own data in the field
  • understands the importance of ethics in research 
Ferdigheter

The candidate is able to:

  • design and conduct a minor wildlife research study 
  • plan, organize and conduct data collection in the field 
  • apply basic visualisation and statistical analysis of field data
  • can present a study and it's key results in a scientific report 
  • is able to read scientific literature and discuss own results in the light of other publications 
Generell kompetanse

the candidate can:

  • conduct small wildlife research projects from design to report 
  • exchange ideas about and critically discuss different methods used in wildlife research 
  • reflect about shortcomings of wildlife research project designs and datasets
  • reflect ethical questions regarding wildlife research 
Arbeids- og undervisningsformer
  • Lectures
  • Data collection / field work
  • Group assignments   
  • Reports 
  • Presentation 
Arbeidskrav
  • Participation in training & data collection associated with 2 different group assignments (90%)
  • One group report (failed/passed) 
Vurdering
  • One group report (60%)
  • One individual assignment (40 %) 

Grading according to ECTS-system on scale A-E for passed and F for failed

 

Emnenavn på engelsk: 
Wildlife Research
Emnenavn på nynorsk: 
Wildlife Research
Fakultet
Fakultet for anvendt økologi, landbruksfag og bioteknologi
Institutt
Institutt for skog- og utmarksfag
Fagområde
Matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fag/informatikk
Studieprogram
Ecology and Evolution