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FW 552 - Applied Sampling for Wildlife/Fish Studies

  • 3 credits
This course covers the core concepts of sampling design, including survey sampling theory and techniques, which provide a foundation for designing and interpreting fish and wildlife studies. After students learn concepts and issues in the application of sampling designs used in FWCB, they will apply different sampling designs to a project of their own.

Prerequisite

STAT 301 (Introduction to Statistical Methods) or STAT 307 (Introduction to Biostatistics); Graduate standing.

Textbooks and Materials

Section 801

Required

  • Sampling, 3rd Ed. (2012)
    Thompson, S.K. John Wiley & Sons, New York
    Not available at the CSU Bookstore

Available as ebook for free through CSU's library. Print editions available on Amazon and elsewhere.

 

Instructors

Heather B. Jackson
Heather B. Jackson

heather.jackson@colostate.edu

Heather Jackson is a conservation and landscape ecologist with a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University. She is interested in research that will help conservation organizations maximize biodiversity protection given limited funds. In addition, her research aims to help researchers and conservation planners to conduct their work at the spatial scales that are most relevant to the species with which they are concerned. Dr. Jackson administers the Conservation Actions with Lands, Animals, and People graduate certificate provided through the Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology department.

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