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| Workshop Agenda
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Vegetation Monitoring in a Management
Context (VM) |
| Date: |
TBD |
| Host: |
The Nature Conservancy |
| Place: |
Archibold Biological Station - Lake Placid,
Florida |
Tuition: It was $750 previous years - register as soon as possible online at the University of Florida website, because the workshop fills up fast.
Tuition includes course materials, lodging and meals.
TNC/University of Florida Online Calendar // Natural Areas Training Academy
Vegetation Monitoring in a Management Context may no longer be offered by NATA. Contact NATA to confirm.
Day 1
| Morning 11:00 |
Registration |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| Afternoon 1:00 |
Welcome, Workshop Objectives, Introductions |
| 1:45 |
Introduction to Ecological Monitoring
and Monitoring in a Management Context |
| 2:30 |
Monitoring Objectives and Management
Objectives |
| 3:30 |
Ecological Models |
| 4:00 |
Levels of Monitoring |
| Evening 6:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Setting Management and Monitoring Priorities
- Exercise |
Day 2
Sampling Design Lectures (AM)
| Morning 8:00 |
Introduction to Sampling Design |
| 8:30 |
Statistical Terms and Concepts Essential
to Sampling Design |
| 9:40 |
Non-sampling and Sampling Errors |
| 11:10 |
Setting Monitoring Objectives |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| Afternoon 1:00 |
Sampling Methods for Populations and Vegetation |
| 2:15 |
Photographic Monitoring |
| 3:00 |
Field Demonstration and Exercise: Sampling
Forest Vegetation |
| Evening 6:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Sampling Design Exercise |
Day 3
Sampling Design Lectures (continued in AM)
| Morning 8:00 |
Selecting Sampling Units |
| 8:40 |
Placement of Sampling Units |
| 11:00 |
Number of Sampling Units |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| Afternoon 1:00 |
Monitoring Plant Populations |
| 2:00 |
Monitoring Plant Communities |
| 3:00 |
Monitoring Landscapes |
| 4:00 |
Free Time |
| Evening 6:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Field Trip to Rough Ridge,
Grandfather Mountain (optional) |
Day 4
| Morning 8:00 |
Interpreting Monitoring Results |
| 10:00 |
Field Demonstrations and Exercises at
Roan Mountain: Comparing Different Sampling Methods |
| 12:00 |
Bag Lunch |
| Afternoon 1:00 |
Field Demonstrations and Exercises continued |
| 4:00 |
Return from Field |
| Evening 6:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Sample Size Exercise |
Day 5
| Morning 8:00 |
Field Exercise: Monitoring Plant Populations
and Communities |
| 12:00 |
Bag Lunch |
| Afternoon 1:00 |
Field Exercise continued |
| 4:00 |
Return from Field |
| Evening 6:00 |
Barbecue Dinner |
| 7:30 |
Analysis of Field Exercise Data |
Day 6
| Morning 8:00 |
Team Presentations |
| 10:00 |
Developing Monitoring Protocols |
| 10:30 |
Open Discussion and Examples |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| Afternoon 1:00 |
Data Collection and Data Management |
| 1:30 |
Final Comments and Evaluation |
| 2:00 |
Depart |
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