Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Eco-ethology and wildlife conservation | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 12h Th, 12h AUTR | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Marie-Claude Huynen, Pascal Poncin | ||||||||
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Coordinator :
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| Marie-Claude Huynen | ||||||||
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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 first semester, review in January | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| The course aims at clarifying the interactions between behavioral ecology and conservation biology. It will include the discussion of the main elements affecting the elaboration of conservation projects: general ecology, socio-reproductive systems, migration type of the sexes, home range exploitation. A particular interest will be given on behavior quantification methods (with pratical exercices). A personnal work will be asked focussing on behavioral aspects of conservation of a chosen species or group of species. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| theoretical elements on behavioral ecology
techniques of observation and quantification |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| theretical sessions, talks on on-going research projects, pratical training | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Synthesis on a species taxonomy and conservation status, report of behavioural observations in zoo and short bibliographical synthesis | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Contacts :
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