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Study programmes 2009-2010Last update : 28/06/2010
FORE0013-1  Natural ressources inventory methods
Duration :  8h Th, 14h Pr, 2h SEM
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Agricultural Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre2
Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd yearPremier quadrimestre2
Master in Environmental Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre2
Master in Forests and Natural Areas, Professional Focus, 2nd yearPremier quadrimestre2
Master in statistics : biostatistics, professional focus , 2nd yearPremier quadrimestre2
Holder(s) :  Philippe Lejeune
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  1. Introduction
2. Design, preparation and execution of sampling inventories
3. Field data capture systems and tools
4. Photo-interpretation and land use mapping
5. Database management Systems applied to ecological data
6. Introduction to wildlife survey techniques
7. Introduction to home range and radio tracking
Course objective :  Presentation of basic techniques and methods that can be used to collect and analysed data in the context of natural resources management. This course put emphasize on Information System (Database and Geodatabase) design and management.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- understand the basic concepts of natural resources inventories;
- be able to design sampling scenarios covering different kinds of inventories and surveys (management forest inventory, wildlife survey, tropical forest inventory, biodiversity assessment, ¿);
- be able to organise the collection, the storage and the treatment of datasets describing natural resources;
- be able to handle softwares dedicated to different types of ¿natural resources¿ datasets (forest, wildlife, habitat analysis, aerial photo interpretation, mapping, ¿).
Prerequisites :  Basic knowledge in geomatics (GIS softwares, GPS), statistics (sampling) and ecology (habitat notion)
Organization :  Lectures : 8h
Practical Works : 14h
Seminars : 2h
Written notes :  - http://intranet/unite/gf/gf202/menu_GF202.htm
- Distance sampling : http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/distance/
- WHITE G.C. ET GARROT R.A. [1990]. Analysis of wildlife radio-tracking data. Londres, Academic Press, 383 p.
- LILLESAND T.M., KIEFER R.W., CHIPMAN J.W. [2004], Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, United States, Las Vegas, Johnson Wiley & Sons Inc, 763 p.
Assessment :  Oral examination (50%)
Personal report (50%)
Contacts :  Lejeune, Philippe (Professeur)
Forest and Nature Management
081 62 le be
2296


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