1. Welcome back! Read the board and review for quiz on laws!

2. Endangered Species Laws  Lacey Act  Endangered Species Act  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species  Be ready to compare/contrast  I will answer only two questions from the class.

3. OK! Please put your natural selection reading outline on your desk for a stamp during the quiz!

4. Healthy? Threatened? Endangered? Counting has legal consequences! Please get out your wildlife management notes.

5. Random Sampling activity – (the beans)  Share your * answers!  #3 – Asymptotic point = more PRECISION  #7 – How could we have improved accuracy?  Does any of this apply to our lab work comparing the managed and unmanaged prairie areas?

6. Why count population size accurately?  Census vs. Random sampling.  Standardized procedure reduces bias  Improving accuracy:  More samples  Strict standards for asymptotic point  Tailor data collection to organism’s life history  ROBUST DATA!  Accuracy is important – legal protection can limit individual land use/decisions

7. Quadrant Sampling in Wolf Prairie – design flaws?

9. Transect sampling

12. Tag and Recapture is a TYPE of random sampling  -population size  -identify critical habitat  -identify migratory pathways  -monitor population health

13.  Bird Banding

15. Contact info, ID number

16. Westside at Guadalupe State Park – Spring 2014 Bird Banding

20. Permanent tracking devices

23. PIT tagging

25. Tag and Recapture  OK to recapture same individual.  Formula accounts for this.  Why is it important for wildlife managers to determine population size accurately?

26. Assessing population size  Census  Counts each individual organism  Large organisms  Stationary  Areal photos  Random Sampling  VegetationAnimals  QuadrantTag and R  Transectratio  H’