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Demonstrate a general understanding of how DNA (and RNA) based methods contribute to many areas of ecology, including the identification of species for wildlife management and forensic purposes, conservation biology, behavioural ecology, the study of dispersal on historical and contemporary timescales, management of captive breeding to rescue and support wild populations
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BIOL 3042
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Explain why small population size is of concern to conservation biologists
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BIOL 1011
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Identify key ecological and coastal issues in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Recall the general biology of marine mammal taxa
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BIOL 3090
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Understand concepts of fragmentation and edge influence.
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BIOL 3066
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Demonstrate critical and independent thinking skills to understand coastal policies and action plans in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Describe conservation issues facing taxonomic and functional groups of metazoans
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BIOL 2003
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Describe the differences and similarities between marine and terrestrial mammals and their relative ecological importance
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BIOL 3090
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Understand how social systems have evolved, the types of social systems in marine mammals and the evolution of mating strategies as an example of a social system Describe the influence of social structure on vocal categories
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BIOL 3090
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Understand the origins, taxonomic diversity, structure and ecological importance of the marine mammal orders and families
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BIOL 3090
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Apply behavioural ecology to problems in animal conservation
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BIOL 3062
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Compare the political versus the apolitical approaches to environment
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BIOL 4160
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Demonstrate awareness that science, law and politics play an important role in the conservation and management of marine mammals, threats they face and mitigation options
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BIOL 3090
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Describe the concept of effective population size (Ne), its importance in population and conservation biology, and the different ways in which it is estimated
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BIOL 3042
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Discuss the genetics of invasive species
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BIOL 3042
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Identify roles of invertebrates in ecosystems and relationships that human have with invertebrates
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BIOL 3301
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Understand the meaning of life history and the life history characteristics of cetaceans and pinniped and the factors that shape their evolution
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BIOL 3090
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Understand the use of both deterministic and stochastic models in conservation biology, and the appropriate and inappropriate use of models
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BIOL 3065
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Diagram causality between the local and global levels in Political Ecology case studies using a chain of explanation model
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BIOL 4160
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