Text Box:   BR24120 & RD23120 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PETER DENNIS, IWAN OWEN, DAVE POWELL, JOHN WARREN AND CHARLIE FALZON            Programme for Semester I, 2012/2013     Lectures Fridays 12:00 to 14.00 in W19 Llanbadarn Campus/ Field Visits - occasional Tuesday afternoons    Week Date Time Subject Staff 0 28/09/12 12.00-14.00 Introduction - Why conserve? and Directing Succession PD 1 05/10/12 12.00-14.00 As above if not timetabled, or Habitat Creation Theory PD 2 12/10/12 12.00-14.00 History of British Woodland and Biodiversity Conservation Policy IO 3 19/10/12 12.00-14.00 Woodland NVC and Tree Species Formative Assignment: Tree Species Characteristics IO IO 4 26/10/12 12.00-14.00 a. Feedback on assignment b. Vegetation recording IO DP 5 30/11/12 2/11/12 pm 12.00-14.00 Vegetation Recording Practical. All RD students Woodland Site Conditions DP/ IO IO 6 6/11/12 9/11/12 pm 12.00-14.00 Vegetation Recording Practical. All BR students Regeneration and Management Systems DP/ IO IO 7 16/11/12 12.00-14.00 a. Feedback on woodland visits b. Assignment exercises DP 8 23/11/12 12.00-14.00 Woodland planning, design and management IO 9 27/11/12 29/11/12 30/11/12 pm 09:00 12.00-14.00 Elan Valley case study visit – All RD students Assignment Hand-in Woodland management for conservation and landscape   IO/ DP   IO     10   4/12/12 07/12/12   pm 12.00-14.00   Elan Valley case study visit – All BR students Effectiveness of Management - Monitoring   IO/ DP DP 11 14/12/12 12.00-14.00 Habitat creation theory PD     Programme  for Semester II 2013  Lectures 11.00 to 12.50 Tuesday Venue Edward Llwyd NB 0.33 Field visits  - Some Thursday afternoons   Week Date  Time Subject Staff 1   29/1/13   11.10 - 13.00     Populations for conservationists PD 2 5/2/13 7/2/13 11.10 - 13.00 14:10 - 17:00 Site-based conservation management planning & Example plan Conservation management tools: CS/CIS, CMS, CSM and NBN/ Recorder Field visit - Conservation Management Plan practice [RD21530 students and RS22020 students with surnames A-H*]   PD   PD JW 3 12/2/13   14/2/13 11.10 - 13.00   14:10 - 17:00 Invasive species and their control Field visit - Conservation Management Plan practice [RS22020 students with surnames H-Z*]   JW   NW JW 4 19/2/12     21/2/13 11.10 - 13.00     14:10 - 17:00 Woodlands Wetlands   Assignment field visit - Conservation Management Plan [RD21530 students and RS22020 students with surnames A-H*]   PD   PD JW 5 26/2/13   28/2/13 11.10 - 13.00   14:10 - 17:00 Wetlands 2 and Rhos pastures (fen meadow) Calcareous, mesotrophic and acid grasslands Assignment field visit - Conservation Management Plan [RS22020 students with surnames H-Z]   PD    PD JHW 6 05/03/13 11.10 - 13.00 Conservation Management plan assignment workshop MG3s & 5s hay meadows Grazing management for nature conservation   PD 7 12/3/13 11.10 - 13.00   Grazing management for nature conservation - rewilding land   PD 8 19/3/13 11.10 - 13.00   Moors and heaths   PD 9   26/03/13 28/03/13   11.10 - 13.00 09:00 Sand dunes & coastal habitats RS and RD Site Conservation Management Plan assignment hand in deadline PD ! 10 2/04/13      11.10 - 13.00     Module review and exam briefing    PD     11  30/04/13  11.10 - 13.00  Conservation designations and legal powers  CF   This module covers the ecological principles plus the practical skills of species monitoring and habitat management that are required by today’s professional conservation practitioner.  An understanding of applied community ecology is developed, in conjunction with the ability to record dynamic ecological processes. Management planning methodologies are evaluated. The techniques used to maintain, enhance and re-create the conservation value of a range of habitats are examined. Learning outcomes (On completion of this module, students should be able to ):  1.        Describe the motivations, designations and powers available to protect wildlife. 2.       Distinguish different wildlife habitats, devise appropriate management objectives and     their delivery through conservation management plans based on current ecological theory. 3.        Select, apply and interpret data from a range of species surveying and monitoring techniques.   Reading list: Key texts: Alexander M. (2008) Management planning for nature conservation. Springer. Begon M., Townsend C.R. and Harper, J.L. (2006) Ecology. From individuals to ecosystems. Blackwell. Sutherland W.J. and Hill D.A. (eds). (1995) Managing habitats for conservation. Cambridge. Sutherland W.J. (1996) Ecological census techniques - a handbook. Cambridge.   Additional reading: Andrews J and Rebane M. (1994) Farming and wildlife. RSPB. Bromley P. (1990) Countryside management : Chapter 2. Spon. Rodwell J S (ed). (1991-1997) British plant communities - 5 volumes. Cambridge. Goldsmith F B and Warren A (eds). (1993) Conservation in progress. Wiley. Ratcliffe D. (1977) Nature conservation review - 2 volumes. Cambridge. ScienceShopsWales (2008) Doing a local community biodiversity audit: a handbook for community groups in Wales. Science Shops Wales, University of Glamorgan (http://www.scienceshopswales.org.uk/handbook.htm). Spellerburg I F. (1991) Scientific management of temperate communities for conservation. Blackwell Scientific. Causton D R (1988). Introduction to vegetation analysis. Chapman and Hall. Crofts A. and Jefferson, R. (1999). The Lowland Grassland Management Handbook. 2nd edition. Peterborough, English Nature/ The Wildlife Trusts. Evans D.M., Redpath S.M., Elston D.A., Evans S.A., Mitchell R.J. and Dennis, P. (2006). To graze or not to graze? Sheep, voles, forestry and nature conservation in the British uplands. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 499-505. Grazing Animal Project website. Accessed at: http://www.grazinganimalsproject.org.uk/. Goldsmith F B (ed) (1991). Monitoring for conservation and ecology. Chapman and Hall. ITE (1992) Biological recording of changes in Britain's wildlife. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, HMSO. Spellerberg I F (1991). Monitoring ecological change. Cambridge University Press. Spellerberg I F (1992). Evaluation and assessment for conservation. Chapman and Hall. ITE (1992) Biological recording of changes in Britain's wildlife. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, HMSO. Kent M and Coker P. (1992) Vegetation description and analysis: a practical approach. Wiley. Perring F H and Walters S M (eds). (1990) Atlas of the British flora. Botanical Society of the British Isles. Small, R., Poulter, C., Jeffreys, D. and Bacon, J. (1999). Towards sustainable grazing for biodiversity: an analysis of conservation grazing projects and their constraints. Peterborough, English Nature. Winter M (2000) Practical delivery of farm conservation management in England. English Nature.   Past examination papers: This is the first year of this version of the Wildlife Management module. The style of examination papers will be similar to past papers for RS22020 and RD21530 in recent years EXCEPT that the woodland ecology and management content was not part of the earlier module and was therefore not examined with questions in the exam papers of the earlier module.