overview  location  Front Royal Virginia  time  3/6/2004 - 3/14/2004  syllabus  BIOL 465 Syllabus The main focus of this course is to provide an overview of techniques used by conservation biologists and wildlife managers. The emphasis is on field work and most of each day will be spent outside attempting to collect real data on real organisms.

	professors Bill McShea 1500 Remount Road Front Royal, VA 22630 wmcshea@crc.si.edu +1 540.635.6563 teaching assistants Richard Lucas rlucas@sas.upenn.edu

	course information textbook Recommended text (not required): Sutherland, W. J. 1996. Ecological Census Techniques. Cambridge University Press. McShea, W. J., and W. M. Healy. 2003. Oak Forest Ecosystems. Johns Hopkins University Press. grading and exams Attendance at Field Laboratory Evaluated on participation and ability to be useful-50% of grade Completion of 2 papers 1 group paper using field data-25 % of grade 1 individual paper on survey techniques-25% of grade lecture schedule Please refer to the BIOL 465 PDF talk schedule for more information on this course. academic integrity All relevant University policies regarding Academic Integrity must be followed. This includes no cheating, no plagiarism and reporting any knowledge thereof. Please consult the Student Handbook or the appropriate web-page: http://www.college.upenn.edu/responsibilities/integrity.html

	downloads  schedules BIOL 465 Schedule  assignments + handouts NA  online Blackboard resources Blackboard site  exams NA

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Department of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania

last updated January 7, 2004