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WILD 7250 - Wildlife Population Analysis (updated 8 November 2009) Check back & refresh often – lecture schedule is subject to change
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Date (Week of)		Links to notes & readings
24 August	Lecture	1. Population analysis: Theory and scientific process
	Readings	Williams 1977, Chapter 3 - Williams et al. 2002 (on reserve)
	Lab	Science & Logic in Ecology Right-click on link and save to disk
31 August	Lecture	2. Maximum-likelihood and information theoretic paradigms
	Readings	Johnson 1999, Anderson et al. (2000), Anderson_Burnham_2002
	Lab	MLE & AIC
	Data/Examples	MLE & AIC spreadsheet Right-click on link and save to disk
7 September	Labor Day Holiday
14 September	Lecture	3. Estimating survival rates – Kaplan-Meier and known fate models
	Readings	Pollock et al. (1989)
	Lab	Lab – Introduction to Program MARK Kaplan-Meier/ Known fate models
	Other resources	Program MARK – A gentle introduction Ch 16. MARK Homepage
	Data/Examples	K-M and Known fate spreadsheet, km3.inp Right-click on link and save to disk
21 September	No Class
28 September	Lecture	4. Nest success/survival & link functions
	Readings	Mayfield (1975) Dinsmore et al. (2002)
	Lab	Mayfield method, & Nesting models
	Data/Examples	lab_04.xls, nestex.inp Right-click on link and save to disk
5 October	Lecture	5. Design matrix (see lecture 04 above)
	Readings	None – review notes on Design Matrix and Odds Ratios
	Lab	Design matrix
	Data/Examples	lab_05.xls,km53.inp
12 October	Lecture	6. Multinomial and CMR Models for closed populations
	Readings	Chapter 14 - Williams et al. 2002 (on reserve) Or Cooch and White Chapter 15
	Lab	Multinomials, Closed Populations
	Data/Examples	lab_06.xls, capmod.zip
	Other resources	Huggins_1991.pdf, Pledger_2000.pdf
19 October	Lecture	– TITLES OF TERM PROJECTS DUE – 7. Open populations and Goodness of fit
	Readings	Cooch and White Chapter 5.
	Lab	Band recovery/CJS models/GOF
	Data/Examples	lab_07.xls, lab_07.zip
26 October	Lecture	8. Robust Design & Time symmetrical models
	Readings	Kendall_RbstDsn.pdf, Nichols and Hines, Pradel
	Lab	RD & Time symmetrical models
	Data/Examples	lab_08.xls, lab_08.zip , robust5.inp
2 November	Lecture	9. Patch Occupancy models I: Single-season models
	Readings	MacKenzie_et_al 2002, MacKenzie_et_al_2003,Barbraud_et_al_2003
	Lab	Patch occupancy models, Tucker_et_al_2003
	Data/Examples	lab_09.xls, hesp.inp, Robust Design Occupancy.inp
9 November	Lecture	– DETAILED OUTLINES OF TERM PROJECT DUE – 10. Multistate model, Variance Components
	Readings	Hestbeck_et_al_1991
	Lab	Multistate models, variance components
	Data/Examples	deer.inp lab_11.xls
16 November	Lecture	11. Putting the estimates to work – Introduction to Matrix models
	Readings	None assigned – read the notes
	Lab	Introduction to Matrix models using Poptools
	Other stuff:	lab12.xls
23 November	Thanksgiving Break
	Time for Work on Class Projects
7 December	Student presentations
	Mark example files