BIOL 426 - Conservation and Management of Natural Resources

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Western Illinois University

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Problems in the conservation and management of natural resources including soil, water, rangeland, forest, wildlife, air, and energy resources. Special attention to resource problems of the United States. Not open to students with credit in Geog 426. Prerequisites: Geog 120 and 121, or consent of instructor. Ecological Techniques. (3) Techniques and analytical methods used to examine terrestrial and aquatic communities are studied, including data analysis specific to those techniques. Includes field experience. Prerequisite: Bot 200 and Zool 200 or permission of the instructor. Biological Applications of GIS. (3) This course deals with biological problems examined using data acquisition and analytical methods from geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS). Prerequisites: Bot 200, Zool 200, Geog 308, or permission of the instructor. Streams Ecology. (3) Structure and function in lotic ecosystems is emphasized in this course. Physical, chemical, and biotic factors, used in stream classification will be examined. Prerequisites: Bot 200, Zool 200, and either an ecology course or permission of the instructor. Mississippi River Ecology. (3) Students will be given an opportunity to study the structure and function of major abiotic and biotic components of a major river system. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how the components interact and are influenced by activities related to human interdiction. Prerequisite: one year of biology or permission of the instructor. Mississippi River Ecology Laboratory. (1) Techniques used to study the large floodplain river ecosystem of the Mississippi River will be demonstrated and/or used by students to collect samples from its plant and animal communities. Prerequisite: Biol 454 or concurrent registration in Biol 454. Plant-Animal Interactions. (3) Explores the co-evolutionary relationships of plants and animals. Lecture topics will include herbivory, pollination biology, and dispersal. Lab emphasis will be placed on research experiments that utilize chemical, behavioral, and molecular techniques, and review of the scientific literature. Prerequisites: Biol 330, Bot 200, Zool 200, or permission of instructor. ( cross-listed with Geog 459) Biogeography. (3) Study of the geographical distributions of organisms, the evolutionary and ecological processes underlying the patterns of distribution, and the role of biogeography in biological conservation. Not open to students with credit in Geog 459. Prerequisites: Bot 200 and Zool 200, or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.wiu.edu

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(309) 295-1414

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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