Course: Capture-Mark-Recaptur methods

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Course title Capture-Mark-Recaptur methods
Course code KZO/396
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the summer semester.
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Faltýnek Fric Zdeněk, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Content of lectures 1. Introduction to the problematics, what will be part of the course (data analyses) and what not (capture methods); simple methods (Lincoln-Peterson index, Craig) (2 hours. 2. Advanced CMR methods, problems with open and closed populations. Traditional methods (Jolly-Seber, Capture) vs. CLM (constrained linear models) (2 hours) 3. Program Mark - ClosedCaptures: basic work in environment of MARK, modelling and model testing (2 hours) 4. Program Mark - POPulationAnalyses: matrix design for advanced models, categorical or linear data, problems with number of estimated parameters (2 hours) 5. Program Mark - other methods (Robust Design, MultiState Model, Nest Survival Analysis), individual covariates (2 hours) 6. Other use of CMR data (VirtualMigration atd.) (2 hours) Content of practicals See content of lectures

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Practical training
  • Preparation for exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to show students how to work with Capture-Mark-Recapture methods. Such methods are important for study of population parameters like population size, probability of survival or dispersality. Students will learn to select appropriate method including critical points for field work planning. They will learn how to analyze data in the program MARK using various models. The practical will consist from analyses of trial data as well as of their own datasets. Output of the course should be analysis of data plus interpretation of the results.

Prerequisites
Special course for Ph.D. study field Zoology

Assessment methods and criteria
Development of laboratory protocols

Recommended literature
  • Cooch E &White G (Eds.) 2009. Program Mark - a gentleintroduction. 8th Edition. http://www.phidot.org/software/mark/docs/book/.


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Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Zoology (1) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer