This subject contains a 4 day Compulsory Residential School.
This subject teaches the principles and practice of wildlife management, focusing on Australian case studies in an array of biogeographical settings. It discusses the main ecological concepts fundamental to a thorough understanding of population dynamics, distribution and abundance, habitat assessment and management strategies of animals. The intention of this subject is to provide students with the necessary theoretical, conceptual and practical skills required to manage wildlife populations in Australia.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2019.
HD/FL
One session
School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Restricted to students in the Graduate Certificate in Applied Science (Captive Vertebrate Management), or a subject in an approved option/minor strand with approval of the appropriate Course Co-Ordinator.
- definitions and principles of wildlife management in Australia; - theoretical underpinning of population ecology - genetics, evolution and extinction, biogeography, cycles, trophic levels, communities and populations; - concepts of niche and habitat; - understanding the resource base; - population dynamics - parameters, growth, harvesting and sustained yields, modelling; - types of wildlife management and manipulation - pest animals, rare and endangered species, maximum diversity, direct manipulations, indirect population controls; and - development and examination of wildlife management programs.
This subject contains a 4 day Compulsory Residential School.
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The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2019. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.