ZOO 807
Wildlife Conservation and Management
3
Course Description
Wildlife in relation to their environment.
Course Outline
Wildlife in relation to their environment; Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of wildlife; Inter-relationships between climate; soils; vegetation; history and wildlife populations; The wildlife resources of Nigeria; Movement; behaviour; life cycles; reproduction; food and food habits of wildlife; Natural and efficient usage of range lands in Africa; Methods of range assessment and management; Principles of biological conservation; Natural reserves