Module Identifier RS22020  
Module Title WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Dr John M Warren  
Semester Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)  
Other staff Mr David R Powell  
Course delivery Lecture   44 Hours 22 x 2 hour lectures  
  Practical   18 Hours 6 x 3 hour visits  
Assessment Semester Exam   2 Hours Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 5, 6   30%  
  Semester Assessment   Management plan and species recording exercise Outcomes assessed: 3, 4, 6   70%  
  Supplementary Assessment   100% examination covering all outcomes    

Learning outcomes

1. Describe the motivation behind countryside conservation
2. Describe the designations and powers available to protect wildlife
3. Produce appropriate management objectives for a range of wildlife habitats
4. Apply a standard management planning process within the confines of ecological theory
5. Justify the need for biological recording schemes at local, national and international level
6. Evaluate the sampling techniques that may be applied to a range of species and habitats

Brief description

This module covers the ecological principles plus the practical skills of species monitoring and habitat management that are required by today’s professional conservation practitioner. An understanding of applied community ecology is developed, in conjunction with the ability to record dynamic ecological processes. Management planning methodologies are evaluated. The techniques used to maintain, enhance and re-create the conservation value of a range of habitats are examined.

Reading Lists

Books
Alexander M. (1994) Management planning handbook. CCW
Andrews J and Rebane M. (1994) Farming and wildlife. RSPB

Technical Reports
Biological recording of changes in Britain's wildlife. (1992) Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, HMSO

Books
Bromley P. (1990) Countryside management : Chapter 2. Spon
Goldsmith F B and Warren A (eds). (1993) Conservation in progress. Wiley
Goldsmith F B (ed). (1991) Monitoring for conservation and Ecology. Chapman and Hall
Kent M and Coker P. (1992) Vegetation description and analysis: a practical approach. Wiley
Perring F H and Walters S M (eds). (1990) Atlas of the British flora. Botanical Society of the British Isles
Ratcliffe D. (1977) Nature conservation review - 2 volumes. CUP
Rodwell J S (ed). (1991-1994) British plant communities - 4 volumes. CUP
Spellerburg I F. (1991) Scientific management of temperate communities for conservation. Blackwell Scientific
Rodwell J S et al. (2000) Review of coverage of the national vegetation classification. JNCC
Spellerberg I F. (1991) Monitoring ecological change. Cambridge University Press
Spellerberg I F. (1992) Evaluation and assessment for conservation. Chapman and Hall
Sutherland W J. (1996) Ecological census techniques. Cambridge University Press
Sutherland W J and Hill D A (eds). (1995) Managing habitats for conservation. CUP
Winter M. (2000) practical delivery of farm conservation management in England. English Nature