Conservation Management of Birds

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Abstract

Conservation management of birds often involves manipulating species at the population level by enhancing habitats, providing nesting sites and/or foods or controlling predators and pathogens. Manipulating the productivity of breeding birds can happen either in the wild or in captivity. This subject focuses on the areas of ornithology associated with hands-on conservation management in the wild and in captivity. Students build on their existing ornithological knowledge to gain an understanding of conservation genetics, avian health and diseases, translocation and reintroduction of birds and evolutionary consequences of conservation management. On completion, students will have an advanced understanding of the principles of conservation methods in the wild and captive conservation management.

Syllabus

The role of wild and captive conservation;Conservation management of threatened species in the wild and in captivity;Conservation genetics;Avian health and diseases;Translocation and reintroduction of birds;Evolutionary consequences of conservation management; andConservation management case studies.