Objectives

Upon completion of the unit the trainee will be able to:

• define ecogeographic surveys and give examples of their application in plant genetic resources work
• summarise the three different phases of an ecogeographic survey, listing the objectives, activities and outputs of each phase
• list the different types of geographical, ecological and taxonomic data which are collected in an ecogeographic survey
• identify problems commonly encountered when recording and analysing ecogeographic data and suggest ways of reducing them
• review the different statistical and graphical methods available for analysing and displaying ecogeographic data
• list the contents of an ecogeographic conspectus and report and summarise the criteria used in setting conservation priorities

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