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Lab | Datea | Topicb | Suggested Readingsc |
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1 | Aug 21 | Introduction | |
2 | Aug 28 | Delimiting Populations
- Part 1 Definitions and basic concepts Delineating population distributions Geographic Information Systems Help/Hints problem set |
Geographic Info. Systems: Braun Chap. 15
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3 | Sep 4 | Delineating populations Part 2 | Scott et al. 1993 |
4 | Sep 11 | Estimating Abundance: Aerial Surveys
Correcting for visibility bias Help/Hints for problem set |
Braun Chap. 5 |
5 | Sep 18 | Estimating Abundance: Mark-Recapture
Help/Hints for problem set |
Braun Chap. 5 Krebs 2001: 122-125 |
6 | Sept. 25 | Estimating Abundance: Line/Point Transects
Software for analyzing line-transect data Help/Hints for problem set |
Braun Chap. 5 |
7 | Oct 2 | Band Recovery Analysis
HELP/HINTS for problem set
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Krebs 2001: 133-154 Braun Chap. 14 |
Oct 5 | EXAM I |
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8 | Oct 9 | Population Growth: Simple
Models
Instantaneous versus Finite Rates PART II: Life Tables Extended or expanded life tables Survivorship and mortality curves
HELP/HINTS for problem set |
Braun Chap. 6 Krebs 2001: 157-160 |
9 | Oct 16 | Population Growth: Limited Environments
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Braun Chap. 6 Krebs 2001: 157-172 |
10 | Oct 23 | Scientific writing
Topic sentence example Journal of Wildlife Management Guidelines North American Journal of Fisheries Management Guidelines Conservation Biology Guidelines
In-class exercise |
Braun Chap. 6 Krebs 2001:173-176 |
. | Nov 2 | EXAM II | |
11 | Oct 30 | Population Viability Analysis
In-class exercises |
Braun Chap. 26 |
. | Oct 29 | Project Proposal Due | |
12 | Nov 6 | Metapopulations | Krebs 2001: 355-359 |
13 | Nov 13 | Interspecific Competition
Lotka-Volterra competition model
Tilman's resource-competition model
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Krebs 2001: 170-190 |
. | Nov 19 | FALL RECESS - NO CLASSES | |
14 | Nov 27 | Population Interactions: Predation
In-class Exercise |
Krebs 2001:206-232 |
. | Nov 30 | EXAM III | |
. | Dec 3 | PROJECT REPORT DUE | |
15 | Dec 5 | Population Regulation | .Krebs 2001: 280-296 |
. | Dec 11 | FINAL EXAM 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
a Dates are for lab section 1; lab sections 2 and 3 meet two and three days later, respectively.
b To view or print lab notes (handouts), in-class exercise, or problem sets, click on the highlighted topic.
c Readings are optional but highly recommended.
Braun, Clait, editor. 2005. Techniques for Wildlife Investigations and Management. Sixth ed. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Md. 974pp. (required text)
Krebs, C. J. 2001. Ecology: the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance. Fifth ed. HarperCollins College Publishers, New York, NY. (on reserve at library)
Mills, L. Scott. 2007. Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics, and Management. Blackwell, Malden, MA. 407 pp. (required text)
Scott, J. M., F. Davis, B. Csuti, F. Noss, B. Butterfield, C. Groves, H. Anderson, S. Caico, F. D'erchia, T. C. Edwards, Jr., J. Ulliman, and R. G. Wright. 1993. GAP Analysis: A geographic approach to protection of biological diversity. Wildl. Monogr. 123.
Revised: 25 August 2011