M.Ag., M.S. in Wildlife Science

The Wildlife Science graduate program in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife emphasizes wildlife research concerning interaction of wildlife with land uses, migratory waterfowl, upland game birds, forest bird communities, endangered species, population dynamics, and conservation biology. The Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit have active research programs funded in part by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Geological Survey. The Agricultural Experiment Station, the Sea Grant program, Forest Science Laboratory and other organizations fund major research projects. The department maintains extensive collections of vertebrate species, which are curated by Doctors Sidlauskas (fish), Epps (mammals), and Dugger (birds). Areas of Concentration: Animal-habitat relationships Behavior Biology of big game and small mammals Conservation biology Community studies Ecology of avian and mammalian predators Ecology of waterfowl and upland game birds Effects of parasites, diseases, and environmental contaminants Nutrition Population Population dynamics Reproductive biology Toxicology of pesitices Wildlife ecology Wildlife-forestry interactions Wildlife science