NCEP Exercise- Bats of Madagascar: How to Manage a Landscape to Protect Bats.

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In this exercise students analyze given data to assess which areas in a landscape are important areas for bat conservation. Students will identify potential areas of importance on a map, prioritize these areas, assess threats to bat conservation, evaluate what additional information is needed, and justify their priorities based on data and evidence. Additional teaching materials on topics relating to biodiversity conservation and ecology can be obtained free of charge by registering at the Network for Conservation Educators and Practitioners’ website (http://ncep.amnh.org).

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Primary or BEN resource type	Laboratory exercise
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Format	doc
Ecological Core Concept	Populations -- Density and distribution Populations Communities -- Species composition, abundance, and diversity Communities Applied ecology -- Conservation Applied ecology
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This exercise aims to present students with a conservation problem, which they will assess using given data. Students then come up with a conservation strategy based on the data and other knowledge.
Keywords	NCEP, conservation, bats, Madagascar, landscape management
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	S.G. Cardiff R.K.B. Jenkins
Primary Author Affiliation	American Museum of Natural History/Columbia University University of Aberdeen
Primary Author email	biodiversity@amnh.org
Rights	Reproduction of this material is authorized by the recipient institution for non-profit/non-commercial educational use and distribution to students enrolled in course work at the institution. Copyright 2008, by the authors of the material, with license for use granted to the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation of the American Museum of Natural History. All rights reserved.
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2009-03-23

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Subject: NCEP Exercise- Bats of Madagascar: How to Manage a Landscape to Protect Bats.

Posted By: tashamforeman

Date Posted: 2010-03-18 01:26:17

Not sure I understand what the exercise is referring to when stating in the exercise opener "As you have learned in this module..." is this to imply that there is an accompanying resource that should have been introduced before this one or that the professor should have created their own lecture material to introduce the lab exercise? Just wanting to clarify as to whether or not all necessary material has been provided.