Certificate in Field Techniques for Surveying Invertebrates
University of Oxford
Description
This course offers expert-led training in invertebrate surveying techniques from planning and preparations through to sampling strategies, surveying methods and reporting. Topics covered include interception and responsive trapping techniques, identification and taxonomic considerations, habitat description and evaluation, managing specimens, and analysing and interpreting data.
As a part-time course taught online, Field Techniques for Surveying Invertebrates is ideal for professional ecological consultants, environmental managers and rangers, research and postgraduate students, and volunteers that are seeking flexible study combined with expert training. The course can be taken from anywhere in the world and is international in its use of case studies and examples. Past students on the Ecological Survey Techniques programme have joined us from the UK, the USA, Australia, Africa and Europe.