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| Course ID: | WILD 4700/6700. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Techniques in Wildlife Population Management | Course
Description: | Field and laboratory methods commonly used by professional wildlife ecologists to analyze and manipulate animal populations. | | Oasis Title: | Techniques Wildlife Pop Mgmt | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in WILD 4110 or WILD 6110 | | Prerequisite: | [(BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E or BIOL 2107H ) and BIOL 1107L] or [(BIOL 1108 or BIOL 2108H) and BIOL 1108L] | | Corequisite: | WILD 4700L/6700L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | 1. To learn the "what," "how," and "why" of various techniques
used by wildlife technicians, managers, researchers and others;
2. To introduce students to the many specialties within
wildlife management and research;
3. To appreciate the need for, and process of research in
wildlife management (how can you contribute to the greater
understanding of wildlife populations and their interactions
with external factors?);
4. To become acquainted with professional wildlife biologists
(our guest speakers) and the requirements of their jobs. | | Topical Outline: | Research methods
Reading animals' signs
Criteria for mammal and bird species I.D., gender, and age
Implications of population age structure
Causes and effects of sex ratio variation
Indices of physiological and nutritional condition
Reproductive condition analyses
Wildlife diseases
Necropsy
Capturing and handling wild animals
Estimating numbers of animals in wildlife populations
Analysis of population data
Radiotelemetry
New technologies for wildlife management and research | |
| Course ID: | WILD 4700L/6700L. 1 hour. 4 hours lab per week. |
| Course Title: | Techniques in Wildlife Population Management Laboratory |
Course
Description: | Students will complete assignments to illustrate principles and
techniques presented in Techniques in Wildlife Population
Management. |
| Oasis Title: | Tech Wildlife Pop Mgmt Lab |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in WILD 4110L or WILD 6110L |
| Corequisite: | WILD 4700/6700 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. To learn “how” to conduct various wildlife techniques and
apply these techniques to answer research and management
questions;
2. To introduce students to the many specialties within
wildlife management and research;
3. To appreciate the need for, and process of research in
wildlife management (how can you contribute to the greater
understanding of wildlife populations and their interactions
with external factors?);
4. To become acquainted with professional wildlife biologists
(our guest speakers) and the requirements of their jobs. |
| Topical Outline: | Research methods
Reading animals' signs
Criteria for mammal and bird species I.D., gender, and age
Implications of population age structure
Causes and effects of sex ratio variation
Indices of physiological and nutritional condition
Reproductive condition analyses
Wildlife diseases
Necropsy
Capturing and handling wild animals
Estimating numbers of animals in wildlife populations
Analysis of population data
Radiotelemetry
New technologies for wildlife management and research |
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