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Course code: BBS20234o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Mammalogy
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr Tomasz Kokurewicz
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes:
Competences:
Prerequisites: none
Course content: the first part of the course contains information about study methods i.e. – trapping, preserving and maintaining the mammalian collection, marking, radio-tracking and using data loggers. During its second part the protection status of mammals in Europe is revealed and the procedures of applying for licenses are described. The next part contains the information about taxonomy, species diversity and role in ecosystems of particular mammalian orders. The last part is composed of the field trip including the practical course of radio-tracking.
Recommended literature: 1. Corbet, G. B., J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species, Oxford Univ. Press, London. 2. Kunz, Thomas H., M. Brock Fenton (red.). 2003. Bat Ecology. 3. Mitchell-Jones, i in. 1999. Atlas of European Mammals. Academic Press, London. 4. Nowak, R. M. 1994. Walker's Bats of the World. 5. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Vol. 1-2. 6. Pucek, Z. (red.). 1984. Klucz do oznaczania ssaków Polski: Mammals, PWN, Warszawa. 7. Pucek, Z., J. Raczyński. 1983. Atlas rozmieszczenia ssaków w Polsce. PWN, Warszawa
Assessment methods: Tutorials: the current score (on the basis of oral statements) progress in knowledge and activity. Assessed is also a report of the results of measurements of the skulls (performed in triple groups), including the statistical analysis of data, presented in the electronic form as PowerPoint presentation. The presence on the tutorials is obligatory; the student can have only one unjustified absence. The field course is compulsory. In the case of justified absence, the passing of the relevant part
Comment: specialization: Environmental Biology