Courses
BIOL 828 Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology (2) II, in odd years. This course considers one or two topics in conservation biology in depth. Topics vary from year to year. Some potential topics are: community-based ecosystem management and policy implementation, habitat loss and fragmentation, demographics of small populations and population viability models, conservation genetics, and others depending on interest.
BIOL 875 Evolutionary Ecology (3) I, in even years. Co-listed with Entomology 950, Conceptual Issues in Evolution. This course addresses controversial topics in evolution and ecology to present the interactions of population genetics, life-history theory and behavioral ecology to an effort to understand the evolution of complex traits such as sexual reproduction, symbiotic coevolutionary processes, how interspecific interactions affect ecology and morphology, and various aspects of behavioral ecology.
BIOL 890 Topics: Ecology of wildlife diseases (2) I, in odd years. This class will introduce basic epidemiological theory of microparasites, potential management options, and will involve primary literature readings and discussions of important wildlife diseases. Some of the diseases to be considered are Sylvatic Plague, West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease, Rinderpeste, Brucellosis, Bovine Tuberculosis, and Chronic Wasting Disease.
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