WFB 6140 - Wildlife Nutritional Ecology

3 Credits (3 Contact Hours)

Concepts of how terrestrial wildlife obtains and utilizes energy and nutrients in wild ecosystems are taught. Energy and nutrient availability are discussed in the ecological context of distribution, flow, and cycling in natural and modified foraging areas. Physiology of digestion is discussed for major homeotherms. Preq: WFB 3000 and WFB 3500.