Student oral presentations

11 Dezembro 2025, 09:00 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho

Student oral presentations and discussion of topical scientific papers on the course contents (class antecipated for 10th December 15h30m to 18h00m).

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Student oral presentations

10 Dezembro 2025, 10:15 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho

Student oral presentations and discussion of topical scientific papers on the course contents.

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Methods for estimating wildlife population abundances

4 Dezembro 2025, 09:00 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho

Why counting animal populations? How to count animal populations? Direct and indirect methods. Projections from hunting bags. Transect counts. Distance sampling methods.Vantages and disavantages of different methods.

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Methods for estimating diet compositin in wild herbivores

3 Dezembro 2025, 10:15 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho

Conclusion on discussion on methods for estimating diet composition in large mammalian wild herbivores. Diet composition in relation to the plant food availability. 

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Trophy hunting and wildlife conservation (conclusion)

27 Novembro 2025, 09:00 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho

Trophy hunting as a wildlife management tool (conclusion). Methods for estimating diet compositing in large mammalian wild herbivores. Direct observation, chemical markers, micro-histological analysis of pland epidermis.

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