WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION.

NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO
FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
2. SEMESTER:
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
(0661)
Eight to Tenth
3. CYCLE:
Professional
4. AREA:
5. COURSE TYPE:
Medicine and Animal Health, Livestock Production and
Economy
Theory (Elective)
6. DURATION:
Hours per week:
Total number of hours:
7. REQUIREMENTS:
Eight weeks
Theory: 4
Practice: 0
Theory: 32
Practice: 0
All courses of the intermediate cycle
8. GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
To understand the variability and basic characteristics of
the biology of Mexican terrestrial vertebrates, identifying
their different taxonomic groups, recognizing risk factors
that affect them and their potentiality as a resource,
towards their protection and rational use.
1. COURSE SYLLABUS:
AND
PROTECTION
9. TEACHING UNITS
9.1. Unit 1. Introduction
9.1.1 Basic concepts on wildlife.
9.1.2 The relationship of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Husbandry and wildlife.
9.2. Unit 2. Actual situation and problems regarding terrestrial vertebrates in Mexico
9.2.1 Intrinsic, functional and economic values of wildlife.
9.2.2 Threatens for wildlife in Mexico and worldwide.
9.2.3 Protection and rational use perspectives to allow a sustainable use of resources and the
conservation of wildlife.
9.3. Unit 3. Taxonomy and evolution
9.3.1 Taxonomic nomenclature
9.3.2 Bases on evolution
9.4. Unit 4. Mexican Amphibians
9.4.1 Evolution and main biological characteristics of Amphibia class.
9.4.2 Taxonomic orders in Mexico and main characteristics.
9.4.3 Biology, actual situation and importance of selected species.
9.4.4 Basic capture, identification and register techniques of amphibians in the field.
9.5 Unit 5. Mexican Reptiles
9.5.1 Evolution and main biological characteristics of Reptilia class.
9.5.2 Taxonomic orders in Mexico and main characteristics.
9.5.3 Biology, actual situation and importance of selected species.
9.5.4 Basic capture, identification and register techniques of reptiles in the field.
9.6 Unit 6. Mexican Birds
9.6.1 Evolution and main biological characteristics of Aves class.
9.6.2 Taxonomic orders in Mexico and main characteristics.
9.6.3 Biology, actual situation and importance of selected species.
9.6.4 Basic capture, identification and register techniques of birds in the field.
9.7 Unit 7. Mexican Mammals
9.7.1 Evolution and main biological characteristics of Mammalia class.
9.7.2 Taxonomic orders in Mexico and main characteristics.
9.7.3 Biology, actual situation and importance of selected species.
9.7.4 Basic capture, identification and register techniques of mammals in the field.
9.8 Unit 8. Wildlife – Human interactions (case studies).
9.8.1 Wildlife interactions with humans related to cultivations and domestic stock predation
9.8.2 Main conflicts related to urbanization: public health, wild – domestic animals
interfase, problems in wild populations caused by urbanization
9.8.3 Wildlife use: hunting, farming, ecotourism.
10. BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.
Ceballos, G. y Márquez V., L. (coord.). Las Aves de México en Peligro de Extinción.
Instituto de Ecología, UNAM; CONABIO; y Fondo de Cultura Económica, México D. F.
2000.
2.
Ceballos, G. y G. Oliva. Los Mamíferos Silvestres de México. Fondo de Cultura
Económica. CONABIO, 2005.
3.
Pough, F. H., R. M. Andrews, J. E. Cadle, y M. L. Crump.. Herpetology. Tercera
Edición. Prentice Hall. EUA, 2003.
4.
Primak, R., R. Roíz, P. Feinsinger, R. Dirzo y F. Massardo. Fundamentos de
Conservación Biológica, perspectivas latinoamericanas. Fondo de Cultura Económica, México
D.F., 2001 (ISBN 0-87893-721-8)
5.
Villa R., B y Cervantes F. A. Los Mamíferos de México. Inst. de Biología, UNAM,
Grupo Editorial Iberoamérica, S. A. de C. V., México, D. F. 2003.
6.
Zug, G., L. Vitt, y J. Caldwell. Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians
and Reptiles. Segunda Edición. Academic Press. EUA, 2001.
11. SUPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.
Arizmendi, M. C. y Márquez V., Laura. Áreas de Importancia para la Conservación de
las Aves en México. CONABIO, México, DF. 2000.
2.
Ceballos, G. y Simonetti J. A. (eds.) Diversidad y Conservación de los Mamíferos
Neotropicales. CONABIO-UNAM. México, D.F. 2002.
3.
Edwards, E. P. The Birds of México and Adjacent Areas. University of Texas Press.
3rd. ed. Austin, Texas, USA. 1998.
4.
Flores-Villela O. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana. Lista anotada de las especies de
anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes y nuevas especies. Carnegie
Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 7. 1993.
5.
Flores-Villela O. Hernández G., E. y Nieto M. de O., A. Catálogo de anfibios y
reptiles. Serie de Catálogos del Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”, UNAM. México, D.
F. 1991.
6.
Flores-Villela O. y Geréz P. Biodiversidad y conservación en México: vertebrados,
vegetación y uso del suelo. 2nda. Ed. CONABIO, UNAM, México, D. F.
7.
Howell, S. N. G. A guide to the birds of Mexico and Northern Central America.
Oxford University Press, USA. 1995.
8.
Lee, J. C. A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya World. The
lowlands of Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize. Cornell University Press, USA. 2000.
9.
Leopold, A.S.: Fauna Silvestre de México; aves y mamíferos de caza. 3era. Ed.
IMRNR (Instituto Mexicano para el Estudio de los Recursos Naturales Renovables). México,
D.F. 1990.
10.
Macdonald D. 1992. The velvet claw. A natural history of the carnivores. BBC
Books. Londres, UK. 1992.
11.
Pérez-Gil, R., Jaramillo F., Muñiz A., Torres M.: Importancia Económica de los
Vertebrados Silvestres de México. Proyecto financiado por la Comisión Nacional para el
Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, CONABIO, México, DF. 1995.
12.
Ramamoorthy, R., Bye R., Lot A. y Fa J.: (eds.) Diversidad Biológica de México, Inst.
de Biología, UNAM. México, D. F. 1998.
13.
Ramirez-Pulido, J., A. Castro Campillo, M. A. Armella y A. Salame Méndez.
Bibliografía Reciente de los Mamíferos de México 1994-2000. Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana, México, D. F. 2000.
14.
Zim, H. S., H. M. Smith and J. G. Irving. Reptiles and amphibians: Revised and
updated. A Golden Guide from St. Martin’s Press, USA. 2001.
15.
Llorente Bousquets, J. y Isolda Luna (comps). Taxonomía Biológica. Fondo de Cultura
Económica, UNAM, México. 1994.
16.
Papavero, N. y J. Llorente Bousquets. Herramientas prácticas para el uso de la
taxonomía zoológica. Ediciones Científicas Universitarias, México. 1999.
17.
Papavero, Nelson y Llorente-Bousquets Jorge, La taxonomía evolutiva. México,
UNAM: FC, 1996.
18.
Sosa Ortega Victoria. Taxonomía: la clasificación de los seres vivientes. Consejo
Nacional para la enseñanza de la Biología (CECSA), México. 1987.
Lecture with question-answer session
12. TEACHING
Case studies
METHODOLOGY
Group discussion
Selected readings
Problem solution
Written tests
13. COURSE
Homework, projects, exercises
EVALUATION
Class participation
14. REQUIREMENTS FOR Veterinarian or animal science specialist with 5 years of
TEACHING THE COURSE experience in these areas