Fish and Wildlife Population Ecology - Dr. Edward O. Garton
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Wilderness
Wildlife Monitoring
Wlf
504 – CRN 61086 Wilderness
areas provide a unique landscape in which natural processes and communities are
protected from overt human manipulation. As
such they offer a foil against which to evaluate major changes such as those
produced by global warning, habitat conversion and harvesting.
The purpose of this course is to develop guidelines and illustrative
examples of the potential for conducting monitoring programs for wildlife in
wilderness areas in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Format: 8 weekly sessions consisting of a presentation followed by
discussion of the topic and readings. I
or other faculty members will make the first 6-7 presentations and then students
will lead a discussion on the presentation and readings on the topic. Projects: Each student will choose a species of interest and do a
project consisting of designing a monitoring program for that species in the
River-of-No-Return Wilderness area in the vicinity of Taylor Ranch, the
University of Idaho’s wilderness research facility along Big Creek, 7 miles
above its confluence with the Middle Fork of Salmon River.
Each student will present his/her proposed monitoring program for
discussion by the group during the final 1-2 sessions. Grading: Based 25% on student’s role as discussion leader, 25% on
student’s written class assignments, 25% on student’s presentation of their
monitoring program and 25% on student’s final written proposal for a
monitoring program. Tentative
Schedule: 1/15/09
– Introductions and orientation/discussion of course plan 1/22/09
– Overview of Monitoring Research and Sampling Design 1/29/09
– Gathering preliminary data for a cost-efficient baseline inventory 2/5/09
– Monitoring approaches for birds; Sampling dippers in Selway-Bitteroot and
River-of-No-Return Wilderness areas – Kath Strickler 2/12/09
– Monitoring approaches for mammals 2/19/09
– Practical experiences with bears in Glacier National Park – Dr. Lisette
Waits 2/26/09
– Practical experiences with cougar, wolves, elk, deer, bighorn sheep and
their habitats in Idaho wilderness areas over the past 40 years – Dr. James
Peek 3/05/09
– Student presentations of proposed monitoring programs 3/12/09
– Monitoring approaches for amphibians and reptiles – Dr. Chuck Peterson,
ISU 3/27-30/09
– Field trip to Taylor Ranch, River-of-No-Return – Drive to McCall or
Cascade and fly in to Taylor Ranch. Preliminary
Bibliography: Garton, E.O.
1984. Cost-efficient
baseline inventories of research natural areas.
Pp. 40-45, in: Johnson,
J.L., J.F. Franklin, and R.G. Krebill. Research
in natural areas: Baseline
monitoring and management. USDA
Forest Service General Technical Report INT-173.
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, Utah.
84 pp. Garton, Edward
O., John T. Ratti, and John H. Giudice. 2005.
Research and Experimental Design. Chapter 3 In Braun, Clait (ed.). Techniques For Wildlife Investigations and Management.
The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, MD. Gibbs, James P.
2000. Monitoring populations.
Pp. 213-252 in Boitani, Luigi and Todd K. Fuller (eds.)
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology.
Columbia University Press, New York, NY. Thompson, William L., Gary C. White, and Charles Gowan. 1998. Monitoring Vertebrate Populations. Academic Press, Inc. San Diego, CA |