NTRES 3140 - [Conservation of Birds]

Spring. 2 credits.

Prerequisite: NTRES 2100 or permission of instructor.

Staff.

A course for majors and nonmajors, focusing on science-based bird conservation and management at the organism, population, community, and landscape levels.

Outcome 1: Students will review the history of ornithology and bird conservation in North America.

Outcome 2: Students will examine and review the evolution of Federal legislation in the United States as it relates directly to bird conservation.

Outcome 3: Students will examine and review ecological principles most relevant to bird conservation, at the population, community, ecosystem, and landscape levels of organization.

Outcome 4: Students will evaluate and compare the current and historical roles of agriculture in the context of bird conservation in the United States.

Outcome 5: Students will question and evaluate the bird conservation claims of nongovernmental organizations in the context of adaptive, science-based bird conservation.

Outcome 6: Students will be encouraged to develop healthy skepticism to question and evaluate the bird conservation goals and objectives of government agencies and nongovernmental organizations.