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Gamma Theory

Modern Wild Faunal Resource Management
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Course Topics and Units

Cross Currents

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    General Topics...

  1. Course Outline
  2. Warm-up: Words and concepts you should know before the course has been completed
  3. Adaptive Management
  4. Rasking: An Alternative Wildlife Management
  5. Problems with the Definition of Wildlife Management
  6. Your Future in Wildlife Management
  7. Faunal Life Group Management, etc.
  8. Principles of Wildlife Management
  9. The Wildlife Resource and General Systems
  10. Unit 2: Wildlife Management as Decision Making and a Structure for Problem Solving
  11. Objectives and Optimization
  12. The Role of Objectives
  13. Risk and Risk Analyses
  14. Osprey Food: A Sunday Tale About Objectives
  15. Sampling and the Costs of Management: Statistics as a Decision Tool
  16. Guide for Soil Textural Classification and Triangular Graphs

    System Inputs...

  17. Unit 5: Building a Knowledge Base
  18. Leads to the Literature of Wildlife Management
  19. Selected References in Wildlife Management
  20. Using Library Resources
  21. Supplementary Materials

    Studies and Knowledge-Base Building...Research as Input to the Decision System...

  22. Unit 6: Research Techniques
  23. Alternatives to Conventional Research in Wildlife Management
  24. Research and the Rationally Robust
  25. Rational Sloppiness
  26. A Matter of Logic
  27. On Knowing: Epistemology for the Resource Manager (Additional Comment on Place)
  28. Chapter 18: Natural Heuristics
  29. Equifinality

    Feedback and Control Concepts...

  30. Now Available: Wildlife Valuation
  31. Monetary Values for a Financial Objective

    Human Dimensions and People Management...

  32. Elements of People Management
  33. Human Attitudes Toward Wildlife
  34. Journals Addressing "Managing People"
  35. Figure 3: Public Relations Box
  36. Potential Influence of Outdoor Recreationists on Wildlife
  37. Clues on Being a Good Seminar or Discussion Participant
  38. Effective Slide Show Presentation
  39. Teaching Systems
  40. The Movie as a Technique for Social Engineering for Sound Wildlife Management
  41. The Field Trip as a Technique for Social Engineering for Sound Wildlife Management
  42. A Booth for Fairs, Shows, and Conferences
  43. How to Write a Report for Management
  44. How to Read a Footnote
  45. Proofreader's Marks
  46. Letter Writing Hints
  47. The Publication Process
  48. Manuscript Evaluation
  49. Publication Pointers: Writing-Editing: USDA Manuscript Checklist for Editors
  50. Brainstorming
  51. Social Engineering: Listening Techniques
  52. Getting a Favorable Reaction
  53. Notes on Evaluating Student Projects
  54. Shaping the Teachers of Wildlife Management
  55. Some Instructions for Seminar Participants on Presenting Papers (Scanlon)
  56. Directing Employees of Wildlife Agencies for Peak Performance
  57. Feedback (Communication)
  58. Non-verbal Communication: Body Language

    Conflicts and Subsystems...

  59. Wildlife Law Enforcement (Poaching and Illegal Harvest)
  60. Law Enforcement Objectives
  61. More About Wildlife Law Enforcement Objectives
  62. Decision Making Methods for Ecosystem Management Decision Support
  63. Unit 11: Changing Population or Demand?
  64. Variety or Biodiversity
  65. Richness

    Dynamic Planning Systems...

  66. R* Guidance
  67. Major Sections of a Plan for a Wildlife Management Ava

    Population Structure, Dynamics, and Relations...

  68. Elements of Population Management
  69. A Raccoon Resource System
  70. An Alternative Raccoon Management System within The Trevey
  71. Life Group Analyses
  72. Population Abundance and Density Estimation: Convergence
  73. Estimating Population Size: Resistance and Convergence
  74. Using Home Range in Estimates
  75. Outline of the Major Population Ecology Topics
  76. Virginia Deer Herd Management Systems
  77. Species-Specific Management Units (approx 80)
  78. Plan for Making Observations (Seton)
  79. Classification and Names of Important North American Big Game Animals
  80. Population Analysis
  81. Predator-Prey Relations
  82. Predator Control as a Game Management Tool
  83. Population Resource Exploitation
  84. Hunting Concepts - 1
  85. Hunting Concepts - 2
  86. Season Setting
  87. License Fees
  88. Ravens
  89. Waterfowl Management
  90. Ruffed Grouse Management
  91. Bobwhite Quail
  92. Quail02
  93. R* Deer
  94. Introduction to White-Tailed Deer Management Principles
  95. The Cottontail Rabbit
  96. Black Bear Harvest Data
  97. Songbirds
  98. Principles for the Avifauna Manager
  100. An Introduction to BOVA
  101. How to Measure the Heart Girth of a Deer
  102. Cleaning Skulls and Skeletons

    Faunal Space Management...

  103. Faunal Space Elements of Gamma Theory
  104. Faunal Space
  105. Carrying Capacity
  106. Cover
  107. Re-visiting Range
  108. Contiguity and Juxtaposition: Estimating Interspersion
  109. Fragmentation and Edge/Area Ratios
  110. Techniques for Nest Location and Estimates of Nesting Success
  111. Zone of Influence Concept
  112. Forest Wildlife Clearing Diagrams
  113. A Hierarchy of Ecosystems
  114. CAPS - Wildlife Form 4 - Field Data (4 pages)
  115. Landscape Ecology
  116. Techniques of Landscape Interpretation
  117. Index of Diversity for Between-County Comparisons
  118. Measures of Habitat Interspersion (Patchiness of Landscape Ecology?)
  119. A Waterhole Project: Planning the Distribution of Watering and Similar Developments for Terrestrial Wildlife
  120. Biomass and Area Conversions
  121. Technical Note 15: Vector Diagram
  122. Species-Area Relations
  123. Island Biogeography: Species-Area-Curve Z Values
  124. A Brief Summary of Habitat Evaluation Procedures
  125. Notes on Production and Utilization of Browse
  126. Wetland Habitat Analysis Techniques and Literature
  127. Planting Trees Along Streams
  128. Habitat Evaluation Form
  129. Farm Wildlife (open land and table)
  130. The Watershed Battle
  131. Cover
  132. Tabular Model of Ecological Succession
  133. Estimating Field Crop Residue
  134. Twig Features
  135. Unit 23: Production Functions
  136. The Wildlife Resource and Modern Agroforestry
  137. Wildlife Management for Developing Countries
  138. Unit 30A: The Total Production System Paradi
  139. Chapter 18: The Guild Concept
  140. Unit 33: Ecosystem Management and the 5 E's
  141. Unit 34: Managing the Other Fauna
  142. General Wildlife Management Concepts
  143. The Negative Roles of Wildlife
  144. Edge, Mammals, Songbirds, and Cooperatives
  145. Notes on Winter Feeding
  146. Sampling Strategy Diagram
  147. Computer-Aided Bird Leaflet Generator
  148. Integrating Anuran Amphibian Species into Environmental Assessment Programs
  149. Possible Wildlife Diseases in Virginia
  150. Feedforward: Group Action

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