4DEE Activity - Estimation of Animal Population Size
This activity is a lab exercise that teaches students how to estimate animal population size. It covers two main techniques: Mark and Recapture (MR) and Capture Per Unit Effort (C/UE). The MR methods include the Lincoln-Petersen and the Schumacher-Eschmeyer approaches. Three approaches for the C/UE method are also included. This exercise is aligned with the Ecological Society of America's Four Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) framework.
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| Keywords | estimating animal population size Mark-recapture Capture-per-unit-effort |
| Key taxa | mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) |
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| Pedagogical Use Description | This exercise is intended to be used in the population portion of a general ecology or population biology course that has a laboratory component. |
| Uniqueness | This activity contains more approaches to estimating animal population size than one or two other resources in EcoEd DL. It is also framed to fit with 4DEE. |
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| Full Name of Primary Author | Kenneth M. Klemow |
| Primary Author Affiliation | Biology Department Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 |
| Primary Author email | kenneth.klemow@wilkes.edu |
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| Submitter Name | Kenneth Klemow |
| Submitter Email | kenneth.klemow@wilkes.edu |
| Rights | May be used with attribution. |
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| Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | Off |
| Editors Choice | No |
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| Date Of Record Submission | 0000-00-00 |
| I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use | Yes |
| Date Of Record Release | 2021-08-19 07:12:50 |
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| Date Last Modified | 2021-09-09 17:31:43 |
| Release Flag | Published |
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