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Course Announcement
Analysis of Telemetry Data in the GIS Environment
Held at the US Fish and Wildlife
Service's National Conservation Training Center
Course Title: FIS2216 Analysis of Telemetry Data
Course Date: September 8-12, 2003
Course Location: National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown
WV
The course will be a quantitative
and computer-intensive review of techniques involved in conducting analysis
of animal movement data. Major topics will include telemetry study design,
sampling and statistical considerations, importing data into a Geographic
Information System, determination of site fidelity and the presence
of a home range, multiple methods of home range calculation, examining
habitat preference, dynamic and static interaction between individuals
or individuals and events, and creating Monte Carlo and bootstrap tests
for examining spatial patterns of interest.
Instructor: Philip N. Hooge, Ph.D., a research population ecologist
from the USGS Alaska Science Center, is the author of the ArcView extension
Animal Movement. Dr. Hooge has conducted movement studies in aquatic
and terrestrial systems on fish, mammals, birds and reptiles.
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for biologists with basic
statistical skills who intend to begin a study of animal movements,
and for those projects that have already acquired such data and wish
to assess its usefulness with a broad range of current analysis methods.
Locational data can be acquired through observation, VHF telemetry,
sonic tags, ARGOS tags, or any other mechanism. The methods discussed
are not species- or system specific and can be applied across taxa and
in most habitats. In addition, many of the methods discussed can be
applied to a wide range of spatial point phenomena other than animal
locations. Participants need to have a basic understanding of ArcView
GIS such as can be acquired in a week-long course in addition to regular
use of the software. Participants are encouraged to bring their own
datasets and questions so that real-world problems can be addressed,
depending on available class time.
Objectives: Learn how to design a statistically valid tracking study
that will maximize analysis potential. Be able to select the appropriate
analysis tools and techniques to achieve study goals. Understand the
strengths and weaknesses of various statistical models and tracking
analysis software for estimating parameters such as home range, site
fidelity, habitat preference and others.
Contact:
Dan Everson
Course Leader, NCTC Aquatic Resources
dan_everson@fws.gov
phone: 304-876-7484
web address for course registration:
http://training.fws.gov
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