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This course introduces the idea of ecological monitoring, a key aspect of protected area management. The different units set the foundation to understanding what ecological monitoring is and how it should be implemented. Ecological monitoring is a vital component of adaptive management within a protected area. It is based on the surveillance of the environment, and consists in systematically collecting information over time, to answer one or several specific questions.
This course is part of the BOOC series (Book ad Open Online Courses), a collection of reading material supporting the MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) provided by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. These documents ideally complement the course, as they help revising the MOOC and obtain the certificate.
Content
- Ecological monitoring and its design: Why do we monitor? – What is ecological monitoring? – What is ecological monitoring for? – Values and ecological attributes – What method to use? – What sampling plan to implement? -Best cost-effective monitoring plan – Data collection and analysis – Summary: ecological monitoring plan – Statistics: Basic notions of statistics – Numerical summaries – Graphical summaries – Population distribution models – Confidence intervals – Hypothesis tests – Jolly method
- Techniques: Basics of ecology (part 1) – Basics of ecology (part 2) – Monitoring abiotic factors – Monitoring plants – Monitoring large mammals directly – Monitoring large mammals indirectly – Monitoring carniores – Monitoring primates – Aerial count – Monitoring mobile animals
- Examples of ecological monitoring: Levels of ecological monitoring – Ecological monitoring of NRT conservancies – Example of EM in Nazinga – Marine protected areas – EM example in the forest: Tai National Park in Côte d’Ivoire – EM example in the savanna: Comoé National Park in Côte d’Ivoire – Monitoring water birds – EM elephants – 20 Golden rules
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Publisher: EPFL Press
Collection: BOOCs EPFL
Published: 28 february 2017
Edition: 1st edition
Media: eBook [PDF]
Pages count eBook [PDF]: 47
Size: 5,5 Mo (PDF)
Language(s): French
EAN13 eBook [PDF]: 9782889144228
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