Movement and Spatial Ecology

3 credits · Undergraduate

How animals use their three-dimensional habitat impacts their life history. Spatial ecology, the study of animal location, and movement ecology, the study of the drivers of movement, are fields of inquiry that are relied upon to inform management decision making. Movement ecology, animal tracking, and methods for testing hypotheses using statistical programming will be covered. PREREQUISITES: BIOL 2060.03 (or BIOA 3001.03), or PSYO/NESC 2160.03 or permission of the instructor. CROSSLISTED: MARI 4323.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Lab