WILD 6500
Fall

Design and Analysis of Ecological Research
Examines research design from statistical perspective, showing how data analysis is largely determined by reserach design and its implementation. Reviews statistical tools for analysis of ecological data in the context of design.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

4

Edwards

WILD 6510
Spring

Topics in Spatial Ecology
An annual seminar on the analysis and interpretation of spatially explicit ecological data. Topics vary yearly, and range from spatial statistics to assessing uncertainty in environmental information systems to spatial analyses of plant and animal populations.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Repeatable for credit.

1-3

Edwards

WILD 6710/7710
Spring

Landscape Ecology
Focuses on landscape-scale patterns and processes, and ways of understanding ecological complexity. Explores conceptual underpinnings of larger-scale ecology. Emphasizes understanding of current peeer-reviewed literature.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

3

Bissonette

WATS 3100
Fall

Fish Diversity and Conservation
Systematics, physiology, ecology, evolution, and conservation of major groups of marine and freshwater fishes. Stresses functional morphology, physiological ecology, and community interactions explaining fish abundance and distribution.
Prerequisite: BIOL 1010 or 1610 or 1620.

3

Budy

FW 6500
Fall

Assessment of Abundance and Related Parameters for Biological Populations
Students learn to estimate population abundance and associated error bounds using mark-recapture, area-swept, declining catch, line-transect, and other techniques. Emphasizes sampling design considerations to match objectives of an assessment to appropriate/feasible level of accuracy and precision.

3

Budy

WATS 6230/7230
Spring

Fish Ecology
Reviews current literature on physiological, behavioral, population, and the community ecology of fishes. Particular emphasis placed on current literature relevant to management of sport and endangered freshwater species.

2

Budy

WATS 6330
Spring

Large River Management
Focuses on the scientific basis of river management and the constituencies participating in modern management of large rivers, including water developers, irrigators, municipalities, power consumers, recreationists, environmentalists, and scientists. Primary examples drawn from Colorado, Columbia, Rio Grande, and Missouri river basins.

3

Budy