Species Monitoring and Conservation - Reptiles

(19.12.2012) Graduate and Professional Course, May 13-24, 2013

The course focuses on the use of field, laboratory, computational, and captive techniques to measure, monitor, and conserve reptile populations.

Participants will gain first-hand experience by working with professionals in a variety of settings designed to address current and developing issues in the conservation of reptile diversity.

During the 12-day intensive residential session, participants will learn the principles of study design, develop and carry out field assessments, and use the latest techniques to analyze their data.

Practical training in hands-on field techniques, including distance sampling, modern surveillance, trapping, handling and marking methods, sample collection for disease monitoring, and radio-telemetry will be provided by scientists who use these methods as part of their research programs. Participants will also be introduced to use of relevant analytic software, such as DISTANCE, PRESENCE, and MARK, for the application of field-monitoring data to population management and decision making.

Course instructors include experts from the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park (Curator Jim Murphy and Biologist Matt Evans) and National Museum of Natural History, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the University of Massachusetts, and national and international NGO’s.

While most instruction takes place on the 3200-acre campus in Front Royal at the newly opened facilities of the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, the course also includes trips to field sites around the region and visits to the National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center and the National Museum of Natural History’s Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, which houses the world’s largest curated reptile collection.

The total course fee, which includes instruction and course materials, food, shared lodging, and transport to/from Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD) is ,478.

All other travel costs and incidental expenses are the participant’s responsibility. Partial scholarships are available on a competitive basis. Participants earn Continuing Education Units; graduate course credit is available for qualified applicants through George Mason University at an additional fee. Participants should have previously completed a college- level basic ecology/evolution course.

For first consideration, apply before March 4, 2013. Courses such as this have been full during previous offerings, so you are encouraged to apply early.




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ARAV

Call for Titles: 20th Annual ARAV Conference

The ARAV and the AEMV invite submissions of titles for their joint Annual Conference, September 14-19, 2013. Proposals on all aspects of reptilian, amphibian, and exotic mammal medicine are welcome
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International Conference on Avian, Herpetological and Exotic Mammal Medicine 2013

1. International Conference on Avian, Herpetological and Exotic Mammal Medicine 2013

Vom 20. bis 26 April 2013 veranstalten ECZM, EAAV, ARAV und AEMV eine gemeinsame Konferenz in den Rhein-Main-Hallen in Wiesbaden
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International Conference on Reptile and Amphibian Medicine

Reptile and Amphibian Medicine: Call for papers

Call for papers for the 2012 International Conference on Reptile and Amphibian Medicine (Cremona, May 13th-15th 2012)
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International Conference on Reptile and Amphibian Medicine

2012 International Conference on Reptile and Amphibian Medicine

The conference will take place in Cremona (Lombardia, northern Italy) from the 13th to the 15th of May 2012
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11th EAAV Conference

11th EAAV Conference

The European Committee of the Association of Avian Veterinarians (EAAV)and the European College of Zoological Medicine (EZCM) will have their biannual joint meeting in Madrid-Spain in 2011
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International Conference on Reptile and Amphibian Medicine

1st International Conference on Reptile and Amphibian Medicine

Tagungsband zur Tagung der Reptilientierärzte vom 4.-7.3.2010 in München, die von der AG ARK und der ARAV veranstaltete wurde
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