OS5a - The importance of collecting environmental data about the environment - some of the necessary information for a good data set and how to improve our resources for the analysis of this data: birds as a case study - course description

General information

Course name	OS5a - The importance of collecting environmental data about the environment - some of the necessary information for a good data set and how to improve our resources for the analysis of this data: birds as a case study
Course ID	13.9-WB-OS2P-Gr.dan.-S17
Faculty	Faculty of Biological Sciences
Field of study	Environmental Protection
Education profile	academic
Level of studies	First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree
Beginning semester	winter term 2021/2022

Course information

Semester	4
ECTS credits to win	2
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	english
Author of syllabus	dr hab. Federico Morelli, prof. UZ

Classes forms

The class form	Hours per semester (full-time)	Hours per week (full-time)	Hours per semester (part-time)	Hours per week (part-time)	Form of assignment
Class	15	1	-	-	Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The importance of our senses for ecological data collection in the field: some essentials to obtain a good dataset and improve our resources for the data analysis: birds as case study

Prerequisites

Regular students. Basic knowledge of ecology, evolution, biodiversity and conservation biology is helpful.

Scope

Topics: different surveys strategies in nature. Difficulties related to the bird species recognition. Environmental data and species data. The importance of georeferencing data. Common field-form and data entry. A simulation experiment in the laboratory: bird survey by song-call recognition. Use of software of simulation field work (Canto Pájaros, from SEO, Spain).

Teaching methods

Lectures, multimedia presentations, exercises and semester assignment (exposition of 1 selected topic in a presentation).

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Presence all lectures of the course. Development and presentation of one topic selected during the course.

Recommended reading

Santangeli, A., Toivonen, T., Pouzols, F.M., Pogson, M., Hastings, A., Smith, P., Moilanen, A., 2016. Global change synergies and trade-offs between renewable energy and biodiversity. GCB Bioenergy 8, 941–951. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12299

Morelli, F., Møller, A.P., Nelson, E., Benedetti, Y., Liang, W., Šímová, P., Moretti, M., Tryjanowski, P., 2017. The common cuckoo is an effective indicator of high bird species richness in Asia and Europe. Sci. Rep. 7, 4376. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04794-3

Caro, T.M., O’Doherty, G., 1999. On the Use of Surrogate Species in Conservation Biology. Conserv. Biol. 13, 805–814.

Butchart, S.H.M., Clarke, M., Smith, R.J., Sykes, R.E., Scharlemann, J.P.W., Harfoot, M., Buchanan, G.M., Angulo, A., Balmford, A., Bertzky, B., Brooks, T.M., Carpenter, K.E., Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Cornell, J., Ficetola, G.F., Fishpool, L.D.C., Fuller, R.A., Geldmann, J., Harwell, H., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Joolia, A., Joppa, L., Kingston, N., May, I., Milam, A., Polidoro, A., Ralph, A., Richman, N., Rondinini, C., Segan, D., Skolnik, B., Spalding, M., Stuart, S.N., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Visconti, P., Watson, J., Wood, L., Burgess, N.D., 2015. Shortfalls and solutions for meeting national and global conservation area targets. Conserv. Lett. 1–9. doi:10.1111/conl.12158

Notes

Modified by dr Olaf Ciebiera (last modification: 19-05-2021 22:02)

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