Course Outline

Regular class meetings on Mon and Wed. We will schedule some lab meetings to deal with field issues and software for data analysis.

1. History and development of biotelemetry (11 Jan – John Carroll—demonstration from previous classes—Class Notes)

2. Propagation of electromagnetic radiation, waves, and direction finding (18 Jan – Kim Sash -- Class Notes)

3. Transmitters for wildlife and fish: types and attachment methods (23 Jan – Jen Linehan – Class Notes)

4. Experimental design in radio-telemetry studies (25 Jan – Chris Winchester – Class Notes)

5. Survival analysis of radio-tagged animals (30 Jan – Randy Cass – Class Notes)

6. Assessing movements of radio-tagged animals (1 Feb – xx – Class Notes)

7. Assessing habitat of radio-tagged animals (6 Feb – Shane Roberts – Class Notes)

8. Assessing physiological parameters of radio-tagged animals (8 Feb – Anna Derrick – Class Notes)

9. Satellite telemetry and automated telemetry systems (13Feb – Brian Schamblin Class Notes)

10. Non-radio telemetry (15 February – Justin Bezold – Class Notes)

11. MCMC approaches to analyzing habitat data (20 February – Kaci Cook – Class Notes)

Lab Meetings

1. Georeferencing Whitehall forest.

2. Establishment of telemetry stations that are GPSed.

3. Field trip to Whitehall to radiotrack transmitters using triangualation and homing.

4. Analysis of location data and error (using Locate).

5. Integration of telemetry and GIS data using ArcView and the Animal Movements Extension.

6. Analysis of habitat data using compositional analysis.