- Grading and Max Credits: Graduate Catalog Info WIS6559
WIS 6559
CREDITS: 3
Course Description
Students completing this course will have an understanding of wildlife ecology, biodiversity, current environmental and wildlife concerns, and wildlife and environmental forensics, as well as an overview of some wildlife forensic techniques. The student will have learned some of the various considerations in wildlife management and population assessments, in addition to how to evaluate animal populations for decreases, altered structure, or changing adaptations. The student will be familiar with the current trends in wildlife and ecology threats, including poaching, illegal trade, and environmental disasters, as well as some investigative tools such as soil and isotopic analysis, chemical fingerprinting, and microscopy, that can be used to combat these issues.
Topics
- Module 1: Course Introduction/Conservation Biology & Biodiversity
- Module 2: Biodiversity Threats
- Module 3: Population Ecology
- Module 4: Community Ecology
- Module 5: Restoration Ecology
- Module 6: Wildlife & Environmental Crime/Ethics
- Module 7: Environmental Forensics I: Chemical Fingerprinting/Isotopes
- Module 8: Environmental Forensics II: Microscopy/Denroecology/Palynology
- Module 9: Environmental Forensics III: Soil & Subsurface Issues
- Module 10: Information and Intelligence Gathering: Photointerpretation/Historical Records
- Module 11: Emerging Sciences and Trends