Quantitative Conservation and Management

5 credits

Introduces students to quantitative methods used in conservation and management to model changes in fish and wildlife populations. Includes age-structured models, interactions between humans and protected areas, extinction risk, and effects of alternative management strategies. Covers fitting models to data using maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches, and increasing the programming skill of students by using the R programming language. Recommended: FISH 454/Q SCI 454 and familiarity with the R programming language. Offered: jointly with FISH 458; Sp.