Purdue Agriculture > Forestry and Natural Resources > Wildlife Science

Wildlife Science

Increase and disseminate knowledge about wildlife species, populations, and communities and how they relate to ecosystem structure and functioning and respond to environmental changes.

Faculty
Andrew DeWoody	Population genetics, molecular ecology and evolution
John Dunning	Response of wildlife populations to large-scale change, conservation biology, restoration ecology, conservation biology
Bryan Pijanowski	Land-use modeling & spatial ecology,ecological assessment, natural resource economic impact analysis
Eugene Rhodes	Genetics of species reintroduction programs, conserevation genetics of animals & plants, human-wildlife interactions
Maria Sepulveda	Ecotoxicology, development and application of molecular biomarkers of exposure and effects to environmental contaminants in vertebrate and invertebrate animal models
Rob Swihart	Disturbance ecology, effects of habitat fragmentation, spatial modeling of populations & communities
Harmon (Mickey) Weeks	Ecological energetics of avian reproduction, mineral nutritional ecology of mammalian herbivores
Rod Williams	Ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles, education and outreach, genetics
Patrick Zollner	Behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes, forest management in changing landscapes, animal movements

Undergraduate	Graduate Areas of Specialization
Downloadable Plan of Study for Wildlife Science	Quantitative Ecology Wildlife Management Restoration Ecology Conservation Biology Spatial Ecology Fragmentation Ecology Ecotoxicology Wildlife Nutrition Wildlife Physiology Population Ecology Community Ecology Human Wildlife Interactions
Undergraduate students work with faculty and staff in the Office of Student Services to select courses that fulfill their interests and requirements of their major.	Graduate students work with their major professor and advisory committee to develop a plan of study that is customized to their individual needs.
Lab Link	Animal Care Facility
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