M2

Name of the course

ECTS Crédits

Semester

Lectures

Tutorials

Practicals

Introductory field session

3

1

25h

Ethics, Deontology, History and Philosophy of Sciences

4

1

15h

10h

Scientific English

2

1

36h

Project management

3

1

10h

2h

26h

Behavioural Ecology and Wildlife Management

12

1

50h

10h

40h

Literature review

6

1

30h

Internship (4to 6 months)

30

2

More details:

In the “Behavioural Ecology and Wildlife Management” teaching unit:

  • Behaviour and conservation: an introduction
  • Behaviour and global change
  • Behavioural ecology and speciation
  • Behaviour, parasites and pathogens
  • Quantitative methods and tools in animal behaviour
  • Relevance of behavioural syndromes and animal cognition to conservation and wildlife management
  • Animal welfare and conservation
  • Behaviour and ex-situ conservation
  • Estimating population size, abundance and monitoring populations and individuals
  • Managing animal populations (optimal harvesting, fisheries, control and limitation of species)
  • Behaviour and conservation in the marine environment
  • Behaviour, conservation and technological advances
  • Behaviour and population ecology (Camargue field course)