Natural Resource Measurements 2 (Practical) RENR 2107

Due to the nature of the material, the need to accommodate weather conditions, and in order to retain the ability to react to teaching opportunities the instructor reserves the right to modify the allocation of marks by + or - 5 % per category.

• Perform as a compassperson or as a resource assistant trainee.
• Perform compassperson duties for field measurement crews.
• Perform crewperson responsibilities for waste assessment, silvicultural surveys, ecological assessments, wildlife sampling or habitat assessment.
• Perform a field reconnaissance and collect data for sampling plan development.
• Use aerial photos for orienteering and route mapping.
• Determine a coefficient of variation for sample populations.
• Perform a basic stratification from photos and field examination.
• Prepare sampling plans.
• Prepare a sampling plan to provincial standards.
• Determine the number of samples req'd to achieve stated statistical objectives.
• Perform fixed area, variable plot and line transect sampling.
• Perform a fixed area sampling process on a stratified area.
• Compile and interpret fixed area samples.
• Perform MOF vegetation, range and forage sampling procedures.
• Perform line transect sampling for coarse woody debris, biodiversity and range data.
• Establish provincial succession and old growth samples.
• Describe procedures and underlying assumptions for:
• Quadrat sampling for wildlife.
• Line transect distance methods for wildlife sampling.
• Capture / recapture sampling methods for wildlife and specifically for fish.
• Compute and interpret fixed area and variable plot samples.
• Explain the basic concepts of variable plot sampling.
• Understand sampling efficiency based on sample type.
• Recognize statistical and practical significance of CV, SD, E and confidence limits.
• Recognize the potential and limitations of sample data.
• Recognize the concept of combining estimates of error.

Effective as of Fall 2003