Course Schedule |
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Date |
Lecture title |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Assignment |
| Sept. 3 | Course intro | Ira | Scalet, Chap. 1 | |
| Sept. 5 | Definitions | Ira | ||
| Sept. 8 | History and ecosystem management |
Ira | ||
The Biota |
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| Sept. 10 | Population dynamics | Ira | Scalet, Chap. 3 | |
| Sept. 12 | Population dynamics | Ira |
Scalet, Chap. 3 |
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| Sept. 15 | Population assessment: age | Ira |
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| Sept. 17 | Population assessment: growth, number, reproduction | Ira | Scalet, Chap. 8 | |
| Sept. 19 | Population assessment: mortality, food, physiology | Ira | Scalet, Chap. 9 | |
| Sept. 22 | Island biogeography |
Ira |
QUIZ | Quammen 11-114 (Key pages = 11-21; 27; 35; 39-41; 41-54; 64-65; 75-81; 98-101) |
| Sept. 24 | What Darwin Never Saw |
Video | ||
| Sept. 26 | Dodo (continued) & Fish and wildlife capture techniques | Ira | Scalet, Chapt. 7 | |
| Sept. 29 | Direct manipulations of biota & Walleye stocking |
Ira |
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Scalet, 226-239 |
| Oct. 1 | Deer management in MN | Lou Cornicelli | MN DNR | |
| Oct. 3 | Waterfowl management | Sean Kelly | US FWS | |
| Oct. 6 | Lake Waconia: Walleye case study | Brian Nerbonne | MN DNR | |
| Oct. 8 | EXAM #1 | |||
| Oct. 10 |
Conservation genetics |
Ira |
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| Oct. 13 | Exam review | Ira | ||
| Oct. 15 |
Evolution of species |
Ira | QUIZ |
Quammen, 117-381 |
| Oct. 17 | Causes and examples of extinction | Ira | Key pages = 128-130, 133, 134, 144, 175, 196, 204, 206, 217-219, 257, 293-296, 342-344 | |
| Oct. 20 | Endangered species | Ira | ||
| Oct. 22 |
Endangered species: Case study--Gray wolf management |
Dave Mech | BRD, USGS | FIRST PAPER DUE |
| Oct. 24 | Gray wolf management--class discussion | Ira | ||
| Oct. 27 | Exotic species management | Ira | ||
| Oct. 29 | Exotic species: Case study--Purple loosestrife | Luke Skinner | MN DNR | |
The Habitat |
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| Oct. 31 | Habitat types--North American Biomes | Ira |
Scalet, Chap. 12 |
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| Nov. 3 | Ocean ecosystems | Ira | Dept. FWCB | |
| Nov. 5 | Wetlands | Tom Landwehr | TNC | |
| Nov. 7 | Forested ecosystems (text)(slides) | Lee Frelich | Dept. FR | |
| Nov. 10 | Stream ecology |
Bruce Vondracek |
Dept. FWCB | |
| Nov. 12 | Urban wildlife | Rob Blair | Dept. FWCB | |
| Nov. 14 | Exam #2 | |||
| Nov. 17 | Agricultural Lands: Wildlife habitat management |
Wayne Edgerton |
MN DNR | Scalet, Chap. 15 |
| Nov. 19 | Exam review | Ira | ||
| Nov. 21 | Adaptive management | Ira | ||
The
Human Users |
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| Nov. 24 | Human dimensions overview | David Fulton | Dept. FWCB | SECOND PAPER DUE Scalet, Chap. 17 |
| Nov. 26 | Management of human users |
Ira | ||
| Dec. 1 | Role of economics in fisheries and wildlife |
Mike Kilfore |
Dept. FR | |
| Dec. 3 | Song of Dodo review and development of the theory of island biogeography | Ira | QUIZ | Quammen, 381-625 |
| Dec. 5 | Fragmentation; minimum viable populations; SLOSS | Ira | Quammen, key pages = 391,414,421-423, 432, 440,443-47,512, 519,525-527, 536, 542, 568,570-571,598,601-02 | |
| Dec. 8 | Population Viability Analysis; metapopulations; landscapes | Ira | ||
| Dec. 10 | Fear and Fishing in Lake Davis |
Ira | DVD | |
| Dec. 13 | Final: 10:30-12:30 | |||