Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Research Virtually all of the
research conducted by the Department of Wildlife Ecology and
Conservation is conducted to enhance our knowledge and
understanding of the conservation and ecology of wildlife,
habitats, and natural systems. Within this scope, faculty and
students in the Department are engaged in a wide breadth of
research activities, at spatial scales ranging from
microhabitats to global phenomena, evaluating levels of
organization ranging from molecular genetics to ecosystem
responses, assessing temporal scales ranging from rapid
behavioral responses to multi-generational consequences, and
working with taxa ranging from plant species, to invertebrates,
fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. This work is
generating new knowledge that also spans significant breadth,
including the ecology of wildlife populations, conservation of
wildlife habitats, human perspectives on conservation,
approaches to managing ecofriendly human communities, spatial
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