Wildlife Management

WILD 810 - Endangered Species Seminar
Credits: 2.00
This seminar provides students with an interactive class of student presentations and guest lectures by endangered-species biologists. Emphasis placed on biological, sociological, economic, and political factors that influence endangered-species policy. Prereq: basic ecology/biology; permission. Special fee.

WILD 837 - Wildlife Population Dynamics
Credits: 3.00
Mechanisms that influence the characteristics of terrestrial wildlife populations. Prereq: one course in general ecology and statistics.

WILD 838 - Wildlife Policy and Management
Credits: 4.00
Wildlife administration and policy. Local, regional, and national wildlife management strategies. Contemporary management issues of land-use commercialization of wildlife, and wildlife professionalism. Prereq: permission. Lab. Special fee.

WILD 839 - Methods in Wildlife Demography and Conservation Biology
Credits: 3.00
Introduction to estimators of abundance, survival estimates, life tables, and assessment of population viability. Prereq: concurrent or previous enrollment in a course on the concepts of population dynamics or conservation biology and one course in statistics; permission. Special fee.

WILD 872 - Wildlife Energetics
Credits: 2.00
Energy requirements of wildlife species and the manner in which these needs are met in the natural environment. Thermodynamics in ecological systems, factors influencing metabolic rate, food habits, food-use efficiency, food availability. Prereq: permission. Special fee.

WILD 995 - Investigations in Wildlife Management
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
Topics may include wildlife energetics and physiology, habitat management, population dynamics, waterfowl management, fire ecology, wildlife management, captive wildlife care, landscapes and wildlife habitat, or teaching experience. Prereq: permission.