Wildlife
WLF 101 1
Credit
Survey of Wildlife Science
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.) (1 + 0)
Offered Spring
WLF 201 3
Credits
Wildlife Management Principles
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.) (2 + 3) Offered Spring
WLF 303W 3
Credits
Wildlife Management Techniques
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; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or
permission of instructor; WLF 201 or equivalent.) (2 + 3) Offered
Fall
WLF 304 1-3
Credits
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.) Offered Fall, Spring
WLF 305 3
Credits
Wildlife Diseases
Basic concepts of parasitic, infectious, environmental and
nutritional diseases. Specific study of Alaska wildlife diseases. Basic necropsy
technique and chemical immobilization. (Prerequisites: BIOL 105X, 106X or
equivalent; or permission of instructor. Recommended: BIOL 310 and 317.)
(2 + 3) Offered Alternate Spring
WLF 410 3
Credits
Wildlife Populations and Their Management
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.)
(2 + 3) Offered Spring
WLF 419O/2 4
Credits
Waterfowl and Wetlands Ecology and Management
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. Laboratory Fee: $42. (Prerequisites: BIOL 271; BIOL 426; COMM 131X
or 141X; WLF 201; or permission of instructor.) (3 + 3) Offered
Alternate Fall
WLF 421 3
Credits
Ecology and Management of Large Mammals
Identification, taxonomy, distribution, life history and
ecology of North American large mammals. Exploration of roles of reproduction,
predation, nutrition, habitat alteration and competition in population dynamics
of large mammals, and management practices designed for conservation of
habitats and populations. (Prerequisites: BIOL 271, WLF 201, or permission of
instructor. Recommended: WLF 303.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
WLF 431 3
Credits
Wildlife Law and Policy
(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.) (3 + 0) Offered
Spring
WLF 433 3
Credits
Conservation Genetics
(Stacked with BIOL/WLF 633 and cross-listed with BIOL 433)
Concepts of population genetics, phylogenetics, pedigree
analysis, systematics and taxonomy as they apply to conservation of species.
Evaluating the impact of small population size, population fragmentation,
inbreeding, hybridization, taxonomic uncertainties and other factors on
viability and management of species. (Prerequisites: BIOL 271, 362 or
equivalents or permission of instructor. Recommended: BIOL 277 and NRM 277.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
WLF 458 3
Credits
Vertebrate Endocrinology (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. Next offered:
2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
WLF 460 3
Credits
Wildlife Nutrition
(Cross-listed with BIOL 459 and stacked with WLF 660 and
BIOL 659)
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.
Laboratory Fee: $70. (Prerequisites: BIOL 310, 271) (3 + 0) Offered
Fall
WLF 469O 3
Credits
Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat
(Cross-listed with BIOL 469 and stacked with BIOL 669 and
WLF 669)
A problem-based learning and critical thinking approach to
modern methods in landscape ecology, including geographic information systems,
remote sensing, modeling, software, and the Internet. Graduate students are
expected to help undergraduates with problems and questions. (Prerequisites:
COMM 131X or 141X and BIOL 217 or equivalent.) (2 + 3) Offered Spring
WLF 485 3
Credits
Global Change Biology (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.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
WLF 602 3
Credits
Research Design
(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. (3 + 0) Offered Fall
WLF 603 3
Credits
Biotelemetry
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. Next offered: 2008-09.) (2 + 3) Offered Alternate Fall
WLF 614 2
Credits
Foraging Ecology
(Cross-listed with BIOL 614)
The dynamics of herbivory, emphasizing the foraging 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 plant-herbivore systems.
(Prerequisite: Graduate standing or approval of instructor. Next offered:
2008-09.) (2 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
WLF 622 3
Credits
Readings in Conservation Biology
(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: 2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
WLF 625 3
Credits
Analysis of Vertebrate Population Survival and Movement
(Cross-listed with FISH 625)
Contemporary methods of estimation of fundamental population
parameters, survival and movement, with their implications 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. Next offered: 2008-09.)
(2 + 3) Offered Alternate Spring
WLF 633 4
Credits
Conservation Genetics
(Stacked with BIOL/WLF 433 and cross-listed with BIOL 633)
Concepts of population genetics, phylogenetics, pedigree
analysis, systematics and taxonomy as they apply to conservation of species.
Evaluating the impact of small population size, population fragmentation, inbreeding,
hybridization, taxonomic uncertainties and other factors on viability and
management of species. (Prerequisites: BIOL 271, 362 or equivalents or
permission of instructor. Recommended: BIOL 277 and NRM 277.) (3 + 3)
Offered Spring
WLF 660 4
Credits
Wildlife Nutrition
(Cross-listed with BIOL 659 and stacked with WLF 460 and
BIOL 459)
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.
Laboratory Fee: $70. (Prerequisites: BIOL 310, 271; graduate standing; or
permission of instructor.) (3 + 3) Offered Fall
WLF 669 3
Credits
Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat
(Cross-listed with BIOL 669 and stacked with BIOL 469 and
WLF 469)
A problem-based learning and critical thinking approach to
modern methods in landscape ecology, including geographic information systems,
remote sensing, modeling, software, and the Internet. Graduate students are
expected to help undergraduates with problems and questions. (Prerequisite:
Graduate student standing.) (2 + 3) Offered Spring
WLF 680 3
Credits
Data Analysis in Biology
(Cross-listed with BIOL 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 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 200X, STAT 401 and either graduate standing in a biologically oriented
field or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2008-09.) (2 + 3)
Offered Alternate Fall
WLF 692 1
Credit
Graduate Seminar
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.) (0 + 0 + 1)