1st Edition
NRC 261: Wildlife Conservation
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst )
-
-
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: 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. -
-
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: 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. -
Pages: 13The discussion of the impact human values have on wildlife, and the negative and positive values wildlife has on humans, as well as the history of human views towards wildlife. -
Pages: 5An introduction to the conservation of wildlife and what it entails.