PKMT 209 - Wildlife Management

4 Credits: (3 lecture, 2 lab)

Course Description
This course introduces the concepts involved in the management of wildlife and their related habitat. The student will learn to recognize problems and develop management solutions relevant to maintaining a desirable wildlife population in the Northeastern United States. Project Wild training is also a component of this course. 

Note Fall semester only. 

Prerequisite BIOL 101 or BIOL 103.

A. Identify wildlife species and their habitat requirements.

B. Observe, analyze and propose probable solutions to management problems.

C. Identify organizations and literature pertinent to wildlife management.

D. Explain wildlife management from an ecological standpoint.

E. Develop and use field study methods.

F. Explain the importance of wildlife for recreation; both hunting and non-hunting views.

G. Develop a wildlife report for class.

H. Identify factors responsible for wildlife population changes.

Content
A. Historical perspective of wildlife management

B. Laws and legislation

C. Ecosystems and natural communities

D. Population ecology (behavior and management)

E. Habitat manipulation and ecological consideration

F. Predators and predation

G. Wildlife diseases

H. Wetland management

I. Endangered species

Student Evaluation
Student evaluation will be based on a combination of assignments, attendance of field trips, examinations, and presentations. Means of determining final grade will be reviewed with students at the beginning of the semester.Bibliography
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Barnard, C. J. Animal Behavior: Ecology and Evolution. New York: Wiley, 1983.

Bennett, George W. Management of Lakes and Ponds. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971.

Cooperrider, A. Y., R. J. Boyd, and H. R. Stuart, eds. Inventory and Monitoring of Wildlife Habitats. U. S. Department Interior. Bureau Land Management Service Center, 1986.

Decker, Daniel. Wildlife Habitat Improvement. Ithaca: Cornell Cooperative Extension, 1982.

Ehrlich, Paul R. The Machinery of Nature. New York: Simon, 1986.

Flader, Susan L. Thinking Like a Mountain: Aldo Leopold and the Evolution of an Ecological Attitude Toward Deer, Wolves, and Forests. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 1974.

Giles, Robert H., Jr. Wildlife Management. San Francisco: Freeman, 1978.

Giles, Robert H., Jr., ed. Wildlife Management Techniques. Washington: Edwards Brothers, 1969.

Leopold, Aldo. Game Management. New York: Scribner’s, 1986.

Matthiessen, Peter. Wildlife America. Harrisonburg: Donnelley, 1959.

Medve, Richard J., and Mary Lee Medve. Edible Wild Plants of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States. University Park: Pennsylvania State U P, 1990.

Pyle, Robert M. Wildlife Watching. New York: Scribner’s, 1984.

Schmidt, John L., and Douglas L. Gilbert. Big Game of North America: Ecology and Management. Harrisburg: Stackpole, 1978.

Smith, Robert Leo. Elements of Ecology and Field Biology. New York: Harper, 1977.

Sutton, Ann. Wildlife of the Forests. New York: Abrams, 1979.

Verner, Jared, Michael L. Morrison, and C. John Ralph. Wildlife 2000. Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1986.