Wildlife Dynamics

Catalog description

Students learn advanced concepts and analytical skills in population and habitat ecology and apply this knowledge to answer contemporary questions in wildlife conservation. The class consists of lectures, class discussions about scientific papers and active learning exercises. Students work with a diversity of real-world data sets, including from wildlife cameras, acoustic bat monitors, GPS telemetry and other field methods for a range of different species. Uses the statistical program R as an integral component of the class; a familiarity with R is desirable, but not required.