ZOO 585 - Field Mammalogy

Catalog Year 2012-2013

Field study of the ecology, distribution and behavior of the mammals using examples from the local fauna. Field techniques used in studying small mammals will be emphasized, including tracking, live trapping, mark and recapture, and powder tracking with phosphorescent dyes. Graduate students will develop a teaching resource such as an appropriately documented display of a food web showing the relationships among selected mammals.

PREREQ: Bio 112 (or equivalent), graduate standing, and permission of instructor.
NOTE: This course is intended for graduate students in Education and in-service teachers at the elementary and secondary level.
credit: 3

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