Inventory and Monitoring of Wildlife (KSH1213)

Module objectives/intended
learning outcomes

  1. Students acquire ability to analyze roles of wildlife and measure
    wildlife potential.
  2. Students acquire ability to plan wildlife management.

Content

This course is consisted of 9 topics, namely:

  1. Introduction
    Students are expected to be able to understand the objectives of
    the course and to understand the definition, scope, and benefits of
    the knowledge of inventory and monitoring of wildlife through this
    topic. Assessment indicator for this topic is the completeness and
    correctness of explanation which accounts for for 5% of the final
    score of this course.
  2. Determining wildlife spatial distribution pattern
    Students are expected to be able to explain various kinds of wildlife
    spatial distribution pattern in its relation with sampling for
    inventory and monitoring of wildlife through this topic. Assessment
    indicator for this topic is the completeness and correctness of
    explanation which accounts for for 5% of the final score of this
    course.
  3. Statistics methods and sampling procedure in inventory and
    monitoring of wildlife
    Students are expected to be able to explain the statistical theory
    in its relation with wildlife inventory, including its parameters,
    through this topic. Assessment indicator for this topic is the
    completeness and correctness of explanation which accounts for
    for 5% of the final score of this course.
  4. Animal census methods
    Students are expected to be able to explain the use of census
    methods in inventory and monitoring of wildlife activities
    through this topic. Assessment indicator for this topic is the
    completeness and correctness of explanation which accounts for
    for 5% of the final score of this course.
  5. Sampling method of inventory and determining animal’s
    distribution pattern based on index or ordinal method
    Students are expected to be able to explain the sampling
    method and index and ordinal method in determining animal’s
    distribution pattern through this topic. Assessment indicator for
    this topic is the completeness and correctness of explanation
    which accounts for for 5% of the final score of this course.
  6. Indirect methods
    Students are expected to be able to explain the use of indirect
    methods in inventory and monitoring of wildlife through this
    topic. Assessment indicator for this topic is the completeness
    and correctness of explanation which accounts for for 5% of the
    final score of this course.
  7. Bird population inventory methods
    Students are expected to be able to explain and implement the
    use of bird inventory methods in wildlife management through
    this topic. Assessment indicator for this topic is the
    completeness and correctness of explanation as well as skill and
    correctness of analysis which accounts for for 20% of the final
    score of this course.
  8. Herpetofauna inventory methods
    Students are expected to be able to explain and implement the
    use of herpetofauna inventory methods in wildlife management
    through this topic. Assessment indicator for this topic is the
    completeness and correctness of explanation as well as skill and
    correctness of analysis which accounts for for 25% of the final
    score of this course.
  9. Wildlife population monitoring methods
    Students are expected to be able to explain and implement the
    use of inventory methods learned beforehand for wildlife
    monitoring in conservation activities through this topic.
    Assessment indicator for this topic is the completeness and
    correctness of explanation as well as skill and correctness of
    analysis which accounts for for 25% of the final score of this
    course.
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