GAME MAMMALS - ZOOLOGY 463
Fall Semester 2000
Instructor:
Joe WhittakerLSII 372 - A
Office Hours:
Tues: 11-12 PM, 1-2 PM;
Wed: 12-1 PM;
Thurs: 11-12 PM; and by appointment
Phone: 453-4124
Email:
jwhittak@pc.eduT. A.:
Clare WeickertLSII 372 - D
Office Hours:
Mon: 10:30-11:30 AM;
Fri: 11:00-12:00 PM;
Phone: 453-4124
Email:
elaphus@siu.edu
GRADING
Grades will be based on the following:
1. Two Lecture/Lab midterm exams
2. Lecture/Lab final exam
3. Class assignments (mark/recapture exercise, etc.)
Your grade will be based on your percentage* of the total points as follows:
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Percentage |
Grade |
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> 90 |
A |
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80-89 |
B |
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70-79 |
C |
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60-69 |
D |
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< 59 |
F |
* Your percentage = Your total points / Total number of points possible
SYLLABUS
Tentative Lecture and Lab Schedule:
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August |
22 |
Introduction; Objectives |
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23 |
(Lab) General considerations: age estimation |
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24 |
General considerations: reproduction |
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29 |
General considerations: density estimation |
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30 |
(Lab) Operate density estimation "trapping grid" |
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31 |
General considerations: age distribution; sex ratios |
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September |
5 |
Furbearers: introduction |
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6 |
(Lab): Factors in mark-recapture density estimation |
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7 |
Furbearers: bounties, reintroduction, control, propogation |
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12 |
Furbearers: density estimators, surveys, and indices |
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13 |
(Lab) Furbearers: density estimators, surveys, and indices |
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14 |
Furbearers: factors affecting harvest |
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19 |
Furbearers: muskrats; raccoons and Illinois system |
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20 |
(Lab): Traps and trapping (D. Woolard, IDNR) |
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21 |
Small game: Squirrels |
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26 |
Small game: Habitat suitability models |
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27 |
(Lab): Illinois Conservation Police (C. Mohrman, CPO) |
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28 |
Small game: rabbits |
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October |
3 |
Small game: final considerations |
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4 |
*** FIRST LECTURE/LAB EXAM*** |
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5 |
Bear Management |
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10 |
Ungulates |
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11 |
(Lab): Horns, antlers, and antler growth |
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12 |
Ungulates |
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17 |
Ungulates |
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18 |
(Lab): Illinois deer management (P. Shelton, IDNR) |
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19 |
Ungulates |
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24 |
White-tailed deer: general considerations |
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25 |
(Lab): age estimation - jaws and cementum annuli |
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26 |
White-tailed deer: populations and harvest |
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31 |
--- Fall Break --- |
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November |
1 |
--- Fall Break --- |
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2 |
White-tailed deer: habitats |
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7 |
White-tailed deer: illegal kill |
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8 |
***SECOND LECTURE/LAB EXAM*** |
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9 |
Exotics: introduced game mammals/game farms |
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11 |
Field Trip: Land Between The Lakes (USFS) |
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14 |
Exotics: introduced game mammals/antler trade |
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15 |
(Lab): The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (D. Blakely) |
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16 |
Predators and predation |
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--- Thanksgiving Holiday --- |
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28 |
Predators and predation |
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29 |
(Lab): Management on Shawnee N. F. (S. Widowski) |
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30 |
Radiotelemetry and current advances |
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December |
5 |
Genetics and management implications |
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6 |
(Lab) Genetics and management implications |
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7 |
Catch up, final considerations and review |
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15 |
***** FINAL EXAM (5:50 - 7:50 PM) ***** |
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