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CONS 645 - Estimating Animal Abundance and Occupancy

Credits: 3
Not Repeatable for Credit
Offered by Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation

Provides a strong theoretical and analytical background to the current and accepted methods of estimating population parameters including abundance, survival, and population change. The course teaches study design, implementation and analysis of data from distance sampling, mark-recapture, and occupancy modeling techniques, with a strong focus on the practical use of field data in the programs DISTANCE MARK and PRESENCE.

Prerequisite(s): College-level Introductory Statistics Course
Notes: Course Format: This course is taught as an intensive, mixed format (lectures and computer work) offering, in a residential full-day (8:30am-6pm), 2-week session held at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VA. Students complete pre-course reading assignments, and are graded in participation, computer exercises and a final exam. Some night sessions occur throughout the two weeks as well.

Schedule Type: LEC
Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
When Offered: Fall, Summer, Spring

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CONS 645 - Estimating Animal Abundance and Occupancy