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WLF
101
(1
Credit)
Spring
Survey
of
Wildlife
Science
(1+0)
Major
aspects
of
wildlife
biology
and
management,
research
of
local
wildlife
biologists
and
programs
of
management
agencies.
(Recommended:
A
course
emphasizing
the
biology
of
nonhuman
organisms.)
WLF
201
(3
Credits)
Spring
Wildlife
Management
Principles
(2+3)
Application
of
ecological
principles
to
the
study
and
management
of
wildlife
populations
and
their
habitat.
Management
of
game
and
non-game
species
considered.
Computer
exercises
explore
population
dynamics,
habitat
use
and
exploitation
strategies.
(Prerequisite:
BIOL
271.
Recommended:
Previous
microcomputer
experience.)
WLF
303W
(3
Credits)
Fall
Wildlife
Management
Techniques
(2+3)
Study
of
procedures
used
by
wildlife
biologists
and
managers
to
collect,
analyze,
and
disseminate
information.
Topics
include
using
wildlife
literature
and
scientific
writing;
behavioral
sampling;
nomenclature,
identification,
and
sexing
and
aging
of
wildlife;
census
methods;
habitat
evaluation
and
manipulation;
biotelemetry;
home
range;
food
habits
and
modeling;
and
necropsy
procedures,
animal
condition,
and
wildlife
diseases.
Term
paper
required.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
271;
ENGL
111X;
WLF
201
or
equivalent.)
WLF
304
(1
-
3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Wildlife
Internships
Practical
experience
in
wildlife
management
in
public
or
private
agencies.
Projects
are
approved
by
faculty
member
and
supervised
by
professional
agency
staff.
May
not
be
substituted
for
courses
required
for
major.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
instructor.)
WLF
305
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Wildlife
Diseases
(2+3)
Basic
concepts
of
parasitic,
infectious,
environmental,
and
nutritional
diseases.
Specific
study
of
Alaskan
wildlife
diseases.
Basic
necropsy
technique
and
chemical
immobilization.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
106X
or
equivalent;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
BIOL
310
and
317.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
WLF
410
(3
Credits)
Spring
Wildlife
Populations
and
Their
Management
(2+3)
The
characteristics
and
ecology
of
wildlife
populations
and
the
knowledge
necessary
for
their
wise
management.
Measures
of
abundance,
dispersal,
fecundity
and
mortality,
population
modeling,
competition
and
predation,
and
the
management
of
rare
species
and
their
habitats.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
271;
introductory
STAT
course;
a
calculus
course;
and
WLF
303
or
BIOL
471.)
WLF
419O/2
(4
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Waterfowl
and
Wetlands
Ecology
and
Management
(3+3)
Ecology
of
waterfowl
and
associated
wetland
habitats.
Management
of
populations,
including
harvest
and
manipulation
of
habitats.
Distribution,
abundance,
taxonomy
and
identification
of
North
American
waterfowl.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
271;
BIOL
426;
COMM
131X
or
141X;
WLF
201;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
WLF
431
(3
Credits)
Spring
Wildlife
Law
and
Policy
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
NRM
431)
Study
of
laws
and
agencies
shaping
wildlife
management
in
North
America.
History
and
current
status
of
major
policy
issues.
Organization
of
and
funding
sources
for
state
and
federal
programs
in
wildlife
conservation.
(Prerequisite:
WLF
201
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WLF
458
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Vertebrate
Endocrinology
(3+0)n
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
458)
Introduction
to
the
mechanisms
of
action
and
the
roles
of
the
main
hormonal
systems
that
operate
in
vertebrates.
Hormone
effects
at
the
organ,
tissue,
and
(sub)cellular
levels.
Hormonal
control
of
homeostatis
and
of
specific
behaviors.
Examples
to
be
taken
mostly
from
recent
comparative
studies.
(Prerequisite:
BIOL
310
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WLF
460
(3
Credits)
Fall
Nutrition
and
Physiological
Ecology
of
Wildlife
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
WLF
660)
Concepts
and
techniques
used
by
wildlife
biologists
to
understand
relationships
between
wild
animals
and
their
habitats.
Techniques
for
constructing
energy
and
nutrient
budgets
of
wild
animals
and
applications
of
these
budgets
to
population
level
processes
and
habitat
management.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
310,
271,
WLF
201.)
WLF
485
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Global
Change
Biology
(3+0)
n
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
485)
Contemporary
science
and
policy
concerns
of
global
change
that
involve
biological
processes.
Includes
structural
and
functional
responses
and
sensitivities
of
biological
processes
to
environmental
changes
(such
as
climate
and
human
uses
of
land
and
biological
resources);
implications
of
biological
responses
to
global
change
for
conservation
and
management
of
biological
resources;
and
the
social
and
economic
consequences
of
biological
responses
to
global
change.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
271,
CHEM
105X
and
CHEM
106X.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
WLF
602
(3
Credits)
Fall
Research
Design
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
602)
An
introduction
to
the
philosophy,
performance
and
evaluation
of
hypothetical/deductive
research
in
the
natural
sciences,
with
emphasis
on
hypothesis
formulation
and
testing.
Each
student
will
develop
a
research
proposal.
WLF
603
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Biotelemetry
(2+3)
An
introduction
to
the
basics
of
radio
and
ultrasonic
telemetry
and
their
application
to
the
study
of
the
ecology,
behavior
and
physiology
of
vertebrates
in
terrestrial
freshwater
and
marine
environments.
Review
of
concepts,
equipment
demonstration
and
a
class
project
to
expose
students
to
an
important
tool
for
biological
fisheries
and
wildlife
investigations.
(Prerequisites:
Graduate
standing;
or
senior
with
instructor
approval.)
WLF
614
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Grazing
Ecology
(2+0)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
614)
The
dynamics
of
herbivory,
emphasizing
the
grazing
process,
and
including
mechanisms
of
feeding,
feeding
behavior,
habitat
and
plant
selection,
physiological
influences
on
feeding,
plant
and
community
level
responses,
plant
defenses
against
herbivory
and
management
of
grazing
systems.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
approval
of
instructor.)
WLF
620
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Techniques
in
Physiology
and
Nutrient
Analysis
(2+3)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
620)
Techniques
for
analysis
of
energy,
protein,
lipid
and
carbohydrates
in
animal
and
plant
tissues.
Application
of
body
condition
and
tracer
methods
to
large
and
small
animals.
Students
collect
samples,
perform
analyses,
calculate
results
and
present
a
poster
on
their
investigations.
Laboratory
fee:
$50.00.
(Prerequisites:
WLF
460
or
BIOL
303,
graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WLF
621
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Vertebrate
Population
Dynamics
(2+3)
Assessing,
describing,
and
interpreting
the
characteristics
and
dynamics
of
wild
populations.
Estimates
of
survival,
mortality,
and
recruitment
rates,
and
of
population
size,
and
assessment
of
population
trends
and
welfare
using
data
from
sources
such
as
hunter-kill
samples,
composition
counts,
marking
and
recapturing,
predation,
and
various
types
of
surveys.
Students
will
proceed
from
simplified
artificial
data
sets
to
complex
real
ones.
Both
analytic
and
simulation
techniques
will
be
used.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
by
arrangement.
Minimal
preparation
equivalent
to
BIOL
271,
MATH
200X
and
STAT
300;
and
graduate
standing.)
WLF
622
(2
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Readings
in
Conservation
Biology
(2+0)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
622)
Critical
reading
and
discussion
of
historical
and
contemporary
literature
concerning
extinction
patterns,
population
viability,
and
the
preservation,
design,
and
management
of
habitats
for
small
populations.
Stresses
integration
of
principles
into
strategies
for
biological
conservation.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
471
or
WLF
410;
graduate
standing;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
WLF
625
(4
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Analysis
of
Vertebrate
Population
(3+3)
(Cross-listed
with
FISH
625)
Contemporary
methods
of
estimation
of
fundamental
population
parameters,
abundance
and
survival,
with
their
implication
for
management.
Focus
will
be
on
assumptions
and
methodology
of
estimation
techniques.
State-of-the-art
computer
applications
will
be
employed
in
laboratory
exercises
of
actual
and
simulated
data.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
271
and
STAT
401.)
WLF
636
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Life
History
Evolution
(2+0+3)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
636)
Examination
of
theory
and
literature
pertaining
to
life
history
evolution,
including
demography,
basic
quantitative
genetics.
Importance
of
trade-offs
and
population
processes
is
discussed.
Exposure
to
methods
of
estimation
of
life
history
parameters.
All
students
will
present
a
formal
seminar.
WLF
655
(2
Credits)
Fall
Principles
of
Humane
Animal
Care
and
Use
(2+0)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
655)
Humane
care
and
use
of
animals
in
laboratory
or
field
research
settings.
Promotes
a
sensitivity
and
concern
for
the
needs
of
the
research
animal
to
ensure
that
optimal
care
is
provided.
Topics
include
ethics,
legislation,
role
of
the
IACUC,
animal
handling,
animal
research
hazards,
wildlife
capture
and
marking
techniques,
anesthesia,
and
principles
of
aseptic
surgery.
Fulfills
the
formal
training
required
by
the
Animal
Welfare
Regulations
and
Public
Health
Services
Policy
for
individuals
working
with
live
vertebrates
in
a
research
or
teaching
environment.
(Prerequisites:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WLF
660
(4
Credits)
Fall
Nutrition
and
Physiological
Ecology
of
Wildlife
(3+3)
(Stacked
with
WLF
460)
Concepts
and
techniques
used
by
wildlife
biologists
to
understand
relationships
between
wild
animals
and
their
habitats.
Techniques
for
constructing
energy
and
nutrient
budgets
of
wild
animals
and
applications
of
these
budgets
to
population
level
processes
and
habitat
management.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
310,
271
and
WLF
201;
graduate
standing;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WLF
680
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Data
Analysis
in
Biology
(2+3)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
680
and
STAT
680)
Biological
applications
of
nonparametric
statistics,
including
tests
based
on
binomial
and
Poisson
distributions,
analysis
of
two-way
and
multiway
contingency
tables,
and
tests
based
on
ranks;
multivariate
statistics,
including
principal
component
analysis,
ordination
techniques,
cluster
analysis,
and
discriminate
analysis;
and
time-series
analyses.
Introduction
to
the
use
of
the
computer
and
use
of
statistical
packages.
Each
student
will
analyze
a
data
set
appropriate
to
the
student's
research
interests.
(Prerequisites:
STAT
200,
STAT
401
and
either
graduate
standing
in
a
biologically
oriented
field
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WLF
692
(1
Credit)
Fall,
Spring
Graduate
Seminar
(0+0+1)
Topics
in
fish
and
wildlife
management
explored
through
readings,
talks,
group
discussions
and
guest
speakers
with
a
high
level
of
student
participation.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
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