ESPM 114: Wildlife Ecology (Spring 2013, UC Berkeley). Instructor: Justin S. Brashares.
September 23, 2023
English
English [CC]
Description
This course provides an introduction to wildlife ecology and its relationship to management and conservation programs. The course moves from a focus on populations to communities and ecosystems, followed by selected case studies. Students will be introduced to tools used by ecologists including basic population modeling, GIS, and wildlife survey techniques.
Course Curriculum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Niche Ecology Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Niche Ecology (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Habitat Selection, Social Organization Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Social Organization (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Population Dynamics Part I Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Population Dynamics Part II Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Populations III: Harvest Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Populations III: Harvest (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Population Estimation Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Metapopulations Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Wildlife Communities Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Animal Competition Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Predation Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Predation (cont.) Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Community Ecology, Zoogeography Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Zoogeography (cont.), Geospatial Applications in Wildlife Ecology Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Wildlife Disease Ecology & Emerging Infectious Diseases Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Wildlife and Climate Change Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Genetic Tools in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Invasion Ecology Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Wildlife Utilization and Economics Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Wildlife Utilization and Economics (cont.), Wildlife Policy in the U.S. Unlimited
- Lecture 24 – Wildlife Policy in the U.S. (cont.) Unlimited
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