CON-113 Wildlife Field Techniques

This course focuses on field techniques employed by wildlife professionals. Topics include proper animal handling, various capture techniques, measuring and tagging, telemetry, camera traps, sampling protocols and basic research design. Mammal and bird techniques will be emphasized with some reptile and amphibian techniques covered as appropriate.

Credits

3

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

• Environmental Conservation and Horticulture

Grading Scheme

• Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

• No

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate proper equipment usage and animal handling and care techniques for each capture method employed.
2. Collect data and perform basic calculations (e.g. mean, range).
3. Graph data collected in field work to drive decision making.
4. Write protocols for the various field techniques employed in class.