Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/MBI US-African BioMathematics Initiative.
This Advanced Study Institute and workshop are jointly sponsored by:
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 Introduction - Outline of expectations and logistics
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University (ASI program organizer)
11:00 - 12:30 Plant and Animal Disease I (PAD - 2 lectures), Steve Bellan, UC Berkeley
1) Disease affecting conservation
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Guest Lecture: Sadie Ryan, University of California, Santa Barbara
3:30 - 5:00 Harvesting 1: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana
7:00 Dinner and Reception
Thursday, July 29, 2010
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 Harvesting II: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:00 Plant and Animal Disease (PAD - 2 lectures), Steve Bellan, UC Berkeley
2) Interaction between disease and:
a. Genetics
b. Reserve design
c. Extinction
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Guest Lecture: James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme, Kenya
3:00 - 3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30 - 5:00 Harvesting III: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana
7:00 Dinner
Friday, July 30, 2010
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 5:00 Day Trip
7:00 Dinner
Saturday, July 31, 2010
8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:30 Load Bus for Wildlife College
12:00 Lunch
7:00 Dinner
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Free Time
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
1:00 Lunch
7:00 Dinner
Monday, August 2, 2010
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 Population Viability Analysis Lecture I, (PVA - 5 lectures), Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
1. Population growth models, Markov chains and stochastic effects
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Global Change, Sadie Ryan, University of California and James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme
1. Landuse/Landcover change (LULC) and Demographic change
a. Crowding
b. Economic imbalances
c. Poverty and disease
d. Footprint maps
i. Definitions of urban v. rural
e. Protected Areas (PAs) and conservation maps
i. Hotspots
ii. Parks and 'levels' of protection
f. Fragmentation, its fx on, and interaxn with all of the above
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Guest Lecture: Steve Bellan, UC Berkeley
2:00 - 3:30 Conservation Genetics Lecture I, Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
1. Genetic models
3:30 - 4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:00 - 6:30 Discussion of Group Projects
7:00 Dinner and Welcome Reception
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
6:00 - 7:30 Game Drives
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 Conservation Genetics Lecture II, Gareth Russell, NJIT
2. Genetic diversity
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Population Viability Analysis II (PVA - 5 lectures), Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
2) Uncertainty, heterogeneity and other challenges
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Guest Lecture: Russell
2:00 - 3:30 GIS Lecture I (GIS - 4 lectures/classes), Sadie Ryan, University of California
GIS Part I: using remotely sensed imagery for quantifying LC and LC change
i. RS for climate change - NDVI and other indices of change
ii. Static vs. Dynamic imagery processing
iii. Data sources and programs out there
3:30 - 4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:00 - 5:30 Plant and Animal Disease Recap: Steve Bellan
5:30 - 7:00 Group Projects
7:00 Dinner and Welcome Reception
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
6:00 - 7:30 Game Drives
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 Conservation Genetics Lecture 3: Gareth Russell, NJIT
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:30 Population Viability Analysis III, Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
3. Uncertainty, heterogeneity and other challenges
11:30 - 12:15 Guest Lecture: Nina Fefferman, DIMACS
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Reserve Design (RD) Lecture 1: Gareth Russell, NJIT
1. Theory and Principles
a. History
b. Ecological principles
2:30 - 3:30 Harvesting Recap: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana
3:30 - 4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:00 - 5:30 Harvesting Recap: Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana
4:00 - 5:30 Computer exercises/walk/drive/group projects/soccer match
5:30 - 7:00 Computer exercises/Group Projects
7:00 Dinner
Thursday, August 5, 2010
6:00 - 7:30 Game Drives
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 Reserve Design II: Gareth Russell, NJIT
2. Biological components
10:00 - 10:30 Morning Tea Break - Check in with Mentor
10:30 - 11:30 Population Viability Analysis Lecture 4, Nina Fefferman, DIMACS
4. Dealing with limited datasets
11:30 - 12:00 Disease PVA - Ryan
12:00 - 1:00 Poster Session and Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Guest Lecture: Wash
2:00 - 3:30 GIS II (GIS - 4 lectures/classes), James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme
3. Animal Movement
a. GIS II: Animal movement exercise in Arc
i. Home range and habitat selection short intro/description
ii. Types of data commonly used
1. Information we can obtain from that data
b. Setting up computers and getting it all to run
3:30 - 4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:00 - 5:30 Computer exercises/walk/drive/group projects/soccer match
5:30 - 7:00 Computer exercises/Group Projects
7:00 Dinner
Friday, August 6, 2010
6:00 - 7:30 Game Drives
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 Reserve Design III, Gareth Russell, NJIT
3) Economics and Human components
10:00 - 10:30 Morning Tea Break
10:30 - 12:00 GIS III, James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Networks++, Nina Fefferman
2:00 - 3:00 Potpourri - All of the above
3:00 - 3:30 Afternoon Tea
4:00 - 5:30 Computer exercises/walk/drive/group projects
5:30 - 7:00 Computer exercises/Group Projects
7:00 Dinner
Saturday, August 7, 2010
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 1:00 Bus leaves for Hoedspruit
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch back at SAWC
2:00 - 7:00 Group Projects
7:00 Dinner
Sunday, August 8, 2010
6:00 am Bus leaves for Kruger Day Trip (packed breakfast to go)
7:00 pm Dinner
Monday, August 9, 2010
Guest Lectures (Times TBD)
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 Work on group projects/half-day trips to Moholoholo (Cheetah breeding project)
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 Work on group projects/half-day trips to Moholoholo (Cheetah breeding project)
5:00 - 7:00 Work on group projects
7:00 Dinner
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Guest Lectures (Times TBD)
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 - 1:00 Group Project
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 Group Project Presentations
7:00 Dinner
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - Friday, August 13, 2010
See Workshop schedule.
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