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GENERAL
INFORMATION
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Directions
to Dan Mennill's Lab
A map and instructions
on how
to get to the Mennill Lab.
Last Update: 2007
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How
to Prepare a Powerpoint Presentation
A slideshow on how to
deliver
an effective scientific talk with powerpoint.
Last Update: 2007
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Advice
for Slides at Scientific Meetings
A paper by Don Kroodsma,
published in the Auk in 2000, with good advice
for preparing effective powerpoint slides.
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LOGISTICAL
INFORMATION FOR FIELD
RESEARCH AT QUBS
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Black-capped
Chickadee Manual
Manual
of
research techniques for studying Black-capped Chickadees at QUBS, for
Mennill and Ratcliffe Lab researchers.
Last Update: 2004
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Information
for
QUBS Research Technicians
General
information
and a checklist of what to bring to
QUBS for Mennill Lab researchers. Make sure you
also read the offical QUBS user manual (link below).
Last Update: 2005
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QUBS
User's Guide
The official
QUBS
user manual. There may be a newer one at the QUBS website at:
http://biology.queensu.ca/~qubs/qubs/Home.html
Last Update: 2005
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Chickadee
Trap Construction Manual
Instructions
for
building Potter Traps (treadle traps) for capturing Black-capped
Chickadees written by Dr. Ken Otter (University of Northern British
Colombia).
Last
Update: 2004
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LOGISTICAL
INFORMATION FOR FIELD RESEARCH
IN COSTA RICA
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Costa
Rica Wren Research Manual
Research
techniques for studying Rufous-and-white Wrens in Costa Rica, for
Mennill Lab researchers.
Last
Update: 2004
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Information
for
Costa Rica Research Technicians
General
information
and a checklist of what to bring to Costa Rica for researchers working
on Mennill or Doucet Lab
research projects in Costa Rica.
Last
Update: 2008
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Instructions
for Use of Base Cero
Instructions for use of Base Cero for
research
teams that are renting the house while Mennill/Doucet labs are away.
Last
Update: 2007
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Bird
Lists
Checklist of the birds
of the
ACG
List of the birds of
Santa Rosa
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TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIELD RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
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Instructions for Collecting
Focal
Recordings
A
guide for
using Marantz PMD660s or PMD670s to collect focal recordings in the
field.
Last
Update: 2008
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Instructions
for Running Listening Stations
A
guide for
collecting recordings using Marantz units and omnidirectional
microphones as automated recorders.
Last
Update: 2008
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Instructions for Creating
Playback
Stimuli
A
guide for
turning digital recordings into playback stimuli using Syrinx and Adobe
Audition.
Last
Update: 2008
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Instructions for Garmin GPS
Tips
and
descriptions of how to use Garmin GPS units to collect useful field
data.
Last
Update: 2008
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Instructions for Ashtek
ProMark3 GPS
A
guide to
using the Mennill Lab Ashtek ProMark3 GPS system for collecting static
surveys of microphone array mic positions.
Last
Update: 2008
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Manufacturer
Instructions for Marantz
units
Marantz
PMD660
Manual
Marantz PMD670 Manual
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
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Instructions for Annotating
Recordings
Instructions
for how to use Syrinx-PC to annotate digital recordings collected in
the field.
Last
Update: 2008
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Instructions for
Array Analysis
Instructions for how to
process multi-channel array recordings (Acoustic Location System
recordings) using Syrinx-PC to generate annotations and MatLab to
generate locations of animals.
Last
Update: 2007
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Instructions for
ArcView GIS Array
Analyses
Instructions
for how to use ArcView GIS to analyze microphone array recordings.
Last
Update: 2008
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