1st Edition
NRC 261: Wildlife Conservation
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst )
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Pages: 6A lecture on zoos and the problems associated with them as well as the idea of conservation in "new zoos" and how to effectively manage captive populations. -
Pages: 8How certain areas get to be classified as reserves/parks and what can be done to manage wildlife in regards to these areas. -
Pages: 6More information on CITES and the problems concerning the control of wildlife trade internationally and conservation efforts. -
Pages: 6A lecture defining exotic species, and covering the problems with the introduction of exotic species. -
Pages: 7The roles that hunting and trapping fill as well as the controversy surrounding it. -
Pages: 7How to deal with problems that arise from human-wildlife interactions, and the ways in which the two can coexist. -
Pages: 25Information covering population dynamics through habitats like grassland and forests. -
Pages: 7The history of forests in north america, and how the change in forests affects wildlife, and offers habitat for different species. -
Pages: 6The distribution of grasslands, how wildlife interacts with and uses them, the problem of agriculture and overgrazing. -
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Pages: 9How water and soil impact the wildlife that lives in different environments, and the effect that wildlife has on water and soil as well. -
Pages: 12A discussion on the types of interactions different species can have, and the effects of these interactions. -
Pages: 9The discussion of how animals act when it comes to home ranges, their movement patterns, and their degree of territoriality. -
Pages: 7A discussion of the ways in which genetics can give us information about a specific animal, species or population and their origins. -
Pages: 9A discussion of the reasons why it is important to count wildlife and keep track of populations, as well as the possible biases that can occur when estimating a population size. -
Pages: 32This exams covers the basic ideas of wildlife conservation and management, and moves on through wildlife issues and human attitudes, the history of conservation, habitats and ecosystems, food and nutrition, parasites and diseases, and population demography. -
Pages: 7An overview of what constitutes a population, how changes in populations can be measured in terms of birth/reproductive rates, death rates, and the concepts of cultural and biological carrying capacity. -
Pages: 20An overview of the reasons behind the occurrence of wildlife-transmitted diseases in the human population, with a specific focus on the distribution and vaccination of rabies. -
Pages: 8The affect food and nutrition and their availability have on the population of wildlife. -
Pages: 7The ways and characteristics of where wildlife life, including diversity, interactions and habitat. -
Pages: 5The history of wildlife conservation and how this concept changed over several different eras in North America.