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Presentation Schedule: Tues Thurs
Lab | Datea | Topicb | Suggested Readingsc |
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1 | Aug 23/25 | Introduction
About the lab Literature Searches |
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2 | Aug 30/1 |
Delineating Populations
- Part 1 Definitions and basic concepts Delineating population distributions Geographic Information Systems Help/Hints for problem set |
Braun 2005 - Chapter 15 (Spatial
Technologies)
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3 | Sep 6/8 | Delineating Populations
- Part 2 Delineating population distributions Models Gap Analysis Project Help/Hints for problem set |
Scott et al. 1993 |
4 | Sept 13/15 | Course Project:
Scientific Writing Description Guidelines and suggestions |
Chamberlain and Johnson 2008 (JWM Manuscript Guidelines) |
5 | Sep 20/22 | Modeling Exponential Population Growth | Humbert et al. (2009) |
6 | Sep 27/29 | Modeling Density Dependent Population Growth | Mills (Chapter 6) |
7 | Oct 4/6 | Analysis of Time-series Abundance Data | Dennis and Otten (2000) Eckmann et al. (1988) Staples et al. (2005) |
8 | Oct 11/13 |
Course Project:
Detailed Outline Guidelines and suggestions |
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9 | Oct 18/20 | Estimating Abundance:
Line/Point Transects Basic concepts Software for analyzing line-transect data Assumptions Field procedures Program DISTANCE References |
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10 | Oct 25/27 |
Estimating Abundance: Mark-Recapture |
Power point from class |
11 | Nov 1/3 |
Project Proposal Due
Definitions RAMAS |
Braun 2005 - Chapter 5 (Estimating Numbers
of Animals) Krebs 2001: 122-125 |
Nov 4 | EXAM II | ||
12 | Nov 8/10 | Life Tables | Braun 2005 - Chapter 6 (Population Analysis) Krebs 2001: 157-160 |
13 | Nov 15/17 | Proposal Presentations | |
. | Nov 22 - 25 | FALL RECESS - NO CLASSES | |
14 | Nov 29 /Dec 1 | Estimating Survival:
Band Recovery Analysis Band Recovery Data Analysis (overview) Help/Hints for problem set |
Krebs 2001: 133-154
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. | Dec 5 | EXAM III | |
15 | Dec 6/8 |
Predation/Population Regulation This problem set will be completed in class, so attendance is mandatory if you want to receive credit for the problem set this week
PROJECT REPORT DUE (9 Dec) |
a Lab dates are for the Tuesdays of each week. Add 2 days for Thursday lab sections.
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.
American Fisheries Society. 2006. North American Journal of Fisheries Management: guide for authors. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 135:246-252.
Braun, Clait, editor. 2005. Techniques for Wildlife Investigations and Management. Sixth edition. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. (required text)
Chamberlain, M. J., and C. Johnson. 2008. Journal of Wildlife Management guidelines. Journal of Wildlife Management 72 (1, Supplement).
Dennis, B., and M. R. M. Otten. 2000. Joint effects of density dependence and rainfall on abundance of San Joaquin kit fox. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:388-400.
Eckmann, R., U. Gaedke, and H. J. Wetzler. 1988. Effects of climatic and density-dependent factors on year-class strength of Coregonus lavaretus in Lake Constance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45:1088-1093.
Krebs, C. J. 2001. Ecology: the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance. Fifth edition. Harper Collins College Publishers, New York, New York, USA. (on reserve at library)
Mills, L. Scott. 2007. Conservation of wildlife populations: demography, genetics, and management. Blackwell Publishers, Malden, Massachusetts, USA. (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. Wildlife Monographs 123.
Staples, D. F., M. L. Taper, and B. B. Shepard. 2005. Risk-based viable population monitoring. Conservation Biology 6:1908-1916.