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Wildlife Investigational Techniques
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Instructor Syllabus Revised Schedule Readings Assignments Animal Care & Use Game Id |
Welcome to the course
webpages for NRM 4407, Wildlife
Investigational Techniques.
This course is required for students in the Wildlife Track of the Wildlife
and Fisheries Management Major. It is also required for students in the
Environmental Conservation of Natural Resources Major. This course
provides hands on experience in general wildlife techniques commonly
utilized by wildlife professionals. This course address topics such as
aging and sexing of game birds and mammals, scientific writing,
statistical analysis of wildlife data, capture and marking of
vertebrates, GPS, abundance and density estimation techniques, diversity
indices, habitat analysis, radio telemetry, home range estimation,
survival analysis, necropsy, and wildlife management techniques. These
techniques are important to the practice of wildlife management and
research. Without an understanding of the current practices of the
wildlife profession, your career as a wildlife professional will be
handicapped. This course will not be limited to lectures, but will focus
on exposing you to wildlife techniques in hands on field situations.
Some of the subject matter of this course will be taught by other
members of the Department of Natural Resources Management and outside
agency personnel. It is important that in your upper level training, you
become familiar with other professionals and their areas of expertise. These pages are
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