Course Description

Review of recent advances and approaches in the study of wildlife-habitat relationships, with an emphasis on Resource Selection. Course covers relevant terminology, theory, and quantitative methods required for assessing wildlife-habitat relationships. Course concludes with student projects based on each student’s own data. Experience with R software strongly recommended.

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Athena Title

Wildlife Habitat Modelling

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in WILD 8321

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Non-Traditional Format

This course will be taught 95% or more online.

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Prerequisite

Permission of department

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Pre or Corequisite

FANR 6750-6750D or graduate level STAT course or permission of school

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Semester Course Offered

Not offered on a regular basis.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to define and explain terminology, theory, and quantitative methods used to evaluate wildlife resource selection.
• Students will be able to construct a database to quantify wildlife resource selection.
• Students will be able to select and apply appropriate statistical approaches to a resource selection database.
• Students will be able to interpret statistical results from a resource selection model.
• Students will be able to justify, explain, and interpret a resource selection analysis through written and oral communication.

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Topical Outline

• Course covers relevant terminology, theory, and quantitative methods required for assessing wildlife-habitat relationships. Course concludes with student projects based on each student’s own data.

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Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Analytical Thinking

The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.

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