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WILD 433 - Wildlife Ecology
Credits:
4.00
Historical, biological, ecological, and sociological
factors effecting the wildlife resource and its management.
Concepts in populations, communities, habitat, and
contemporary wildlife issues. Special fee. Lab.
WILD 566 - Wildlife Law Enforcement I
Credits:
3.00
Fundamentals of wildlife law enforcement, its history,
values, and the philosophy of managing people in the
outdoors. Lab.
WILD 615 - Wildlife Habitats
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to animal-habitat associations, including
an examination of spatial and temporal features of wildlife
habitat, the evolution of habitat selection, and how habitat
suitability/productivity is evaluated. Prereq: woody plant
identification; limited to wildlife management majors and
minors. Prereq: permission. Special fee.
WILD 636 - Wildlife Techniques
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to major behavioral, physical, and
pyschological characteristics of wild mammals and birds;
application of field and laboratory techniques used to study
these characteristics. Prereq: one course in general ecology
and statistics. Weekend field trips required. Special fee.
Limited to Wildlife Majors and Minors. Permission. Writing
Intensive.
WILD 655 - Vertebrate Biology
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to systematics, behavior, physiology,
and ecology of terrestrial vertebrates. Topics include
reproductive systems, foraging strategies, and
animal-habitat relationships. Some emphasis on New
England species. Prereq: BIOL 411; 412; FOR 427 or
equivalent. Special fee. Lab.
WILD 655H - Honors/Vertebrate Biology
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to systematics, behavior, physiology,
and ecology of terrestrial vertebrates. Topics include
reproductive systems, foraging strategies, and
animal-habitat relationships. Some emphasis on New
England species. Prereq: BIOL 411; 412; FOR 527 or
equivalent. Special fee. Lab.
WILD 710 - 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 is placed on
biological, sociological, economic, and political factors
that influence endangered-species policy. Prereq: basic
ecology/biology; permission. Special fee.
WILD 737 - Wildlife Population Dynamics
Credits:
3.00
Mechanisms that influence the characteristics of terrestrial
wildlife populations. Prereq: One course in general ecology
and statistics; senior major or permission of instructor.
WILD 738 - 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: senior
majors only;/or permission. Special fee. lab. Writing
Intensive.
WILD 739 - 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. Prereq:
permission. Special fee.
WILD 772 - Wildlife Energetics
Credits:
2.00
Energy requirements of wildlife species and the manner
in which these needs are met in their natural environment.
Thermodynamics in ecological systems, factors influencing
metabolic rate, food habits, food-use efficiency, food
availability. Prereq: permission. Special fee.
WILD 799 - Honors Senior Thesis
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Working under the direction of a faculty sponsor, honor
students conduct an independent research project. The
student submits a research proposal, writes a final report
in the format of a journal manuscript, and provides an oral
presentation. Two semester sequence; grade of IA (continuous
course) given at the end of first semester. Prereq:
permission. Writing Intensive.