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FWCE 409/509 - Population Ecology

Syllabus, Spring 2012

January 18, 2012

1 Instructor

Dr. Mark C. AndersenProfessor, Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology

Associate Dean, Honors CollegeOffice: 204 Conroy Honors Center and 126 Knox HallPhone: 646-8034email: via Blackboard preferredOffice hours:

2 Class meeting

Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:45 to 1:00, in GT 338. Please be on time; attendance isexpected.

3 Required materials

L. Scott Mills, 2006. Conservation of Wildlife Populations: Demography, Genetics, and Manage-ment. Wiley-Blackwell.

Other readings as assigned; these will be posted to the course web site on Blackboard.

4 Course description

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of population ecology relevant to contem-porary natural resource science. Prerequisites include a course in general ecology (such as FWCE301); courses in calculus (such as MATH 142) and statistics (such as A ST 311) are helpful but not

essential.

5 Course objectives

Students will:

Understand and apply basic concepts of population ecology.

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8 Students with disabilities

Feel free to call Diana Quintana, Coordinator or Student Accessibility Services at 575-646-6840with any questions you may have on student issues related to the Americans with DisabilitiesAct (ADA) and/or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. All medical information will be

treated confidentially. Feel free to call Gerard Nevarez, Director of Institutional Equity at 575-646-3635 with any questions you may have about NMSUs Non-discrimination Policy and complaint ofdiscrimination, including sexual harassment. Feel free to call Gerard Nevarez, Director of Institu-tional Equity at 575-646-3635 with any questions you may have about NMSUs Non-discriminationPolicy and complaint of discrimination, including sexual harassment.

9 Course Schedule (tentative)

Week Date Topic Reading Due

1 01/19/12Administrivia

Course overviewCh 1

2 01/24/12 Introduction Ch 22 01/26/12 Excel team exercises3 01/31/12 Estimation lecture Ch 4 Excel quiz3 02/02/12 Estimation lecture4 02/07/12 Estimation team exercises4 02/09/12 Estimation team exercises5 02/14/12 Estimation team exercises5 02/16/12 Basic models lecture Ch 5 Estimation quiz6 02/21/12 Basic models lecture Ch 66 02/23/12 Basic models lecture7 02/28/12 Basic models team exercises7 03/02/12 Basic models team exercises8 03/06/12 Basic models team exercises

8 03/08/12 Demography lecture Ch 7 Basic models quiz9 03/13/12 Demography lecture9 03/15/12 Demography lecture

10 03/20/12 SPRING BREAK10 03/22/12 SPRING BREAK11 03/27/12 Demography lecture11 03/29/12 Demography team exercises12 04/03/12 Demography team exercises12 04/05/12 Demography team exercises13 04/10/12 Demography team exercises Tribble assignment13 04/12/12 Spatial models lecture Demography quiz14 04/17/12 Spatial models lecture

14 04/19/12 Spatial models lecture15 04/24/12 Spatial models lecture15 04/26/12 Spatial models team exercises16 05/01/12 Spatial models team exercises16 05/03/12 Spatial models team exercises Spatial models quiz17 05/10/12 FINAL EXAM (online)

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