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3601C. Major types of plant-animal interactions and the conceptual
and empirical approaches used to study them. Offered evennumbered
years.
WIS 5555C: Conservation Biology (3) Prereq: basic courses in
ecology, genetics. Application of biological and resource
management theory to the problem of the conservation of natural
communities. Offered fall term.
WIS 6444: Advanced Wetlands Ecology(4) Prereq: WIS 4443,
SOS 4242, EES 6308C, or consent of instructor. Examination of
geology, hydrology, chemistry, flora, fauna, and ecology of major
wetland systems in North America.
WIS 6452: Wildlife Ecology (3) Prereq: WIS 3401 or equivalent.
Population processes of wildlife resources in subtropical and
temperate ecosystems, and policy processes governing management
structure; experimental testing of community interaction; applying
theory to management. Offered fall term of odd-numbered years.
WIS 6455: Wildlife Population Ecology(3) Rigorous background
in population analysis covering population growth and regulation,
species interactions, life-history theory, and population viability
analysis.
WIS 6466: Wildlife Population Modeling(3) Prereq: one course
in calculus or liner algebra; one course in basic or popular ecology.
Theory and applications of life tables, age, and stage-structured
matrix population models. Sensitivity analysis and analysis of life
table response experiments. Unstructured population models.
WIS 6468C: Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology(3)
Exploration of applied and quantitative methods to explore links
between landscape patterns and processes.
WIS 6525: Environmental Interpretation (3) Theory and
practice of environmental interpretation for natural resource
management. Design, implementation, and evaluation of
programming about environment for variety of audiences and
settings.
WIS 6544: Administration in Natural Resources(3) Natural
resource agency administration primer in budgets, personnel
management, program development, leadership, and strategic
planning.
WIS 6575: Mammalian Carnivores: Conservation and
Management Issues (2) Prereq: PCB 3034C or 4044C. Strategies
and paradigms for management and conservation of mammalian
carnivore populations. Social systems, life history variables, conflicts
with human, reintroduction and translocation. Offered spring term of
odd-numbered years.
WIS 6578: Human Dimensions of Biological Conservation (3)
Interdisciplinary overview of theory and practice of conservation
education, communication, and integrated resource management
using local and international models.
WIS 6905: Research Problems in Wildlife and Range Sciences
(1-6; max: 10) Prereq: consent of instructor.
WIS 6910: Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) Prereq: consent
of instructor. S/U.