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| FORE0018-3 | Management of large fauna in temperate climate
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| Duration : | 16h Th, 8h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Alain Licoppe |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| * Biology of the main game species in Wallonia.
* Basics of hunting legislation.
* Managing the balance forest - game.
* Forest management for carrying capacity
* Population dynamics, population estimation and calculation of the culling plan
* Bioindicators-based management
* Management of small game species
* Monitoring of protected species
* Management of invasive species
* Monitoring tools of wildlife |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The student will be able :
* to adapt the management based on the status of the species
* integrating the forest management components required for large wild mammals
* to adapt its management and, in particular, culling plans based on objective criteria
* to use monitoring tools adapted to the species studied
* to have fully integrated management system that prevails in Walloon hunting context |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures
Exercise session (shooting plans)
Lectures by external professionals on well defined topics
Excursion on a pilot estate concerning habitat management for red deer, supervised by field rangers |
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| written test combining:
* a multiple choice questionnaire
* Some open questions
* exercise on the shooting plan |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| alain.licoppe@spw.wallonie.be |
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| Items online : |
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| ecampus |
| Diaporama structuré en chapitres (format pdf) |
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