Title: (Optional) Differentiate between population ecology, population density, and population dispersion and the importance of these concepts to natural resource systems.
Course: Introduction to Natural Resources and Ecology Systems (18504) > Section: Managing Wildlife Resources

Differentiation should include

- factors influencing population density and population dispersion in natural resource systems
- comparisons of various methods of sampling wildlife
- information about the length, weight, age, and sex/maturity of wildlife
- big data wildlife monitoring techniques such as GPS telemetry
- techniques for wildlife preservation.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a given species’ life history (e.g., description, geographic distribution, habitat, reproduction and growth, patterns in activity, behavior, stressors)?
- What quantifiable method (e.g., observation, counting) of monitoring a species can be used?
- Why is a sampling design an important part of data collection?
- How do humans affect wildlife populations?
- Why is monitoring wildlife populations important?