Wild IQ - Field to Lab
24th-26th June 2022 | Venue: KCRE, Agumbe
Eligibility: 14 years and above
We share the planet with 15 million different species of which only 2 million are known to science.
How many of these do you know ? Can you tell them apart ?
At Wild IQ’s Field to Lab sessions you will explore these basic constructs comprehensively.
What you will learn…
- What is a species?
- How do we know a species when we find one?
- Classic viewpoints on what constitutes a species
- Basic methods to identify species
- Hands-on experience with basic phylogenetic software
- Diversity and function of animal displays and signals
- Behavioural sampling of Draco (gliding lizard) and plotting its behaviour
- How do individuals interact spatially?
- Basic spatial pattern and processes
- Grid sampling of frogs in streams and estimating basic spatial indices
Are you ready to take your learning from the field to the lab ?
Meet your researchers
Priyanka Swamy
Ph D scholar, University of Mysore
Priyanka has diverse experience across ecological field and laboratory work. As part of the Phylogeography of king cobras project, she has travelled to king cobra habitats across the world and has experience with phylogenetic and population genetics tools to understand evolutionary and biogeography patterns and assist conservation prioritisation.
She has also addressed questions related to diversity pattern, population structure and drivers of diversification of the Ranids of the Western Ghats and other herpetofauna.
An excellent environment educator, she has co-conducted a wide range of outreach programs for diverse audiences from school and college students, to forest officials, researchers, and enthusiasts.
She is now embarking on her PhD project on Malabar pit vipers which will mark the beginning of a topic long-awaited to be discovered.
Avantika Deep Sharma
(M Sc), Wildlife Biology and Conservation
National Center for Biological Sciences
Avantika is studying sex-specific signalling and spatial behaviour of the gliding lizard Draco dussumieri. Though still refining her interest she is broadly interested in animal behaviour and its integration with conservation.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to ALL above 14 years.
DETAILS
Dates: 24th to 26th June 2022
Maximum no of participants: 15
COST
Rs. 14,850/-
Includes:
* Pickup and drop to Guddekere bus stop
* Accommodation in tents
* Veg/non-veg food
* Program charges, and
* Educational materials.
Excludes:
* Transportation to KCRE
* Personal expenses
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