Materials from Biol 420/620 - ecological monitoring

Wk	Lecture	Activity
1	Intro to class	Lab 1 - intro to ArcMap
2	Adaptive management	Image interpretation , Landsat
3	NDVI over time	NDVI
4	Cover typing	Cover typing
5	Change detection	Change detection
6	Accuracy assessment	Accuracy assessment
7	Stats review	Statistics review
8	Sampling design	Sampling design
9	Status and trend	Trend analysis
10	Traditional abundance estimation	Traditional population size estimation
11	Likelihood	Likelihood exercise
12	Likelihood-based abundance estimation	Likelihood-based population size estimation
13	Testing for trap response	Using likelihood to assess trap response
14	Density estimation	Density estimation, Distance sampling app
15	Demographic monitoring	Reproduction estimation
16	Survival estimation	Survival estimation
17	Life table methods	Life tables
18	Matrix population models	Matrix population models
19	Sensitivity analysis	Sensitivity analysis
20	Biodiversity monitoring	Monitoring biological diversity