wildlife biology
Fauna research field
Wildlife biology is the scientific study of wild animals and their relationships with their environments.
The field encompasses animal behavior, population dynamics, habitat requirements, and conservation.
Wildlife biologists conduct field research, manage populations, and develop strategies to protect species: She's pursuing a degree in wildlife biology.
The discipline overlaps with ecology, zoology, and conservation biology.
- ethologyStudy of animal conduct
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- species recoveryRebuilding threatened animal populations
- conservation effortsWork to protect nature
foraging · food chain · migration · carrying capacity · wetlands · mark-recapture · rewilding · territoriality · grasslands · predation · biodiversity hotspots · genetic diversity · adaptation · den · breeding season · tundra · population density · migratory birds
- biologycells, DNA, cell, gene, bacteriology
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- natural sciencesecology, botany, zoology, geology, genetics
- nature booksanimal stories, White Fang, Walden, field guides, The Lorax
- biology careersmicrobiology, bioinformatics, lab technician, research assistant, clinical research
- field sciencefield research, ecology, geology, botany, zoology
wildlife biologygame management
Overseeing huntable animal populations
commercial fishing · poaching · trophy hunting · industrial agriculture · habitat destruction
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