WFB122 Population Estimation Courseware

Click on the following to download the Macintosh-based course:

Course Notes.

These modules have been used for 6 years in the laboratory section of our introductory population dynamics course required of all Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology undergraduate majors. The programs produce a course report with student answers to multiple choice and essay questions. The TAs read and grade the reports which may be turned back to the students. The modules distributed here create the report in the top folder of the boot volume (for our classes we set it up to write to a file server).

Statistical Background explores sampling random sampling and the central limit theorm using computer generated random numbers and a real dataset of mouse skull measurements (the numbers are real, the images are faked).

Change in Ratio employs a game keeper at a hunt club to measure sex ratios before and after the fall buck-only deer hunt. The student is required to do the calculations to determine estimates of the number of deer on the club property.

Mark Recapture simulates a field experiment where Alice assists students to estimate the number of Cheshire cats in her neighborhood. Multiple Mark Recapture continues the experiment.

Praise, teaching issues, and general questions should be directed to Louis Botsford (lwbotsford@ucdavise.edu). Technical questions about using the programs should be directed to John Brittnacher (jgbrittnacher@ucdavis.edu).

John Brittnacher
Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
University of California
Davis, California 95616
USA

jgbrittnacher@ucdavis.edu

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