WBIO 311 - Game Ecology and Management: [Topics title]

Credit(s): 3-6
Lecture Hours: 3-6
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: As Needed

This course will be offered in two sections, each which may be taken for 3 hours credit (6 hours total). The first section, Waterfowl, is taught online and deals with the ducks and geese of North America, with an emphasis on those common along the Mississippi Flyway. The second section, General, covers waterfowl, big game, small game, upland gamebirds, and furbearers. The course will provide students with our most up-to-date scientific knowledge of the ecology of those species and with a basic understanding of the tools used by wildlife scientists and managers to maintain healthy populations. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to provide an overview of the range and status of the species of interest at a continental scale; detail the range, life history, behavior and habitat of the species of interest in Tennessee; explain the management history and recovery efforts for the species in Tennessee; understand essential components of habitat management, including establishment of refugia, food plots, native habitat provision, etc; and describe harvest management practices and policy.