AE9120 Applied models for fish and wildlife management

    • Course code
      AE9120
    • Number of credits
      5
    • Teaching semester
      2026 Spring
    • Language of instruction
      English
    • Campus
      Evenstad
    • Required prerequisite knowledge

      No special requirements.

      The course is a PhD-level course. National and international students admitted to a PhD program, or others fulfilling the requirement for admission to the PhD program may apply for admission to the course.

Course content

  • The theory on population dynamics and sustainable harvest

  • Problems of scaling down general theory to applied management
  • Count-based models for population dynamics
  • Modelling population viability under fixed and proportional harvest strategies
  • Occupancy models for determining population status and trends
  • Population models for estimation of abundance, apparent survival and other transition rates
  • Time-to-event models for estimating survival and hazard rates
  • Age-structured life tables and life-table calculations. Projection matrices and life-cycle diagrams
  • Adaptive management approach integrating several different indicators of the ongoing processes
  • Management consequences of complex interspecific interaction

Learning Outcome

After completing the course, the students should have the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate:

  • is familiar with statistical paradigms commonly used to analyse population data, and has advanced knowledge of demographic data used for conservation and management of fishand wildlife populations
  • can independently evaluate the appropriateness of different harvesting models used in management

 

Skills

The candidate:

  • can formulate problems in a way that is possible to analyse
  • can handle advanced and specialized methods and techniques to develop and apply models for fish- and wildlife management
  • can utilize advanced harvesting models

General competence

The candidate:

  • can participate in professional debates on fish- and wildlife management models

  • can assess the need for harvesting models and initiate innovation in management
  • can communicate and discuss the applicability of management models to different target audien

Teaching and working methods

2 weeks intensive course with lectures, seminars, computer labs and workshops

Required coursework

  • Participation in 80% of the organised teaching

  • The first week: Each student will hold a 30-40 min lecture which explores alternative strategies of fish- and wildlife management
  • The second week: The students will work through and hand in daily problem sets

Form of assessment

To pass the course, a student will attend the class, participate in computer exercises, and complete class assignments.

Graded as passed or failed

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Course name in Norwegian Bokmål: 
Applied models for fish and wildlife management
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology
Department
Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management
Area of study
Matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fag/informatikk
Programme of study
PhD in Applied Ecology and biotechnology
Course level
Doctoral degree level (900-FU)