EEB 489 (2005) Conservation theory in practice – schedule

Date

Topic

Reading

Leader

24 Jan

Putting theory into practice

Meffe & Carroll:  “Five principles”

Chris

31 Jan

NO CLASS – CHRIS GONE

 

 

7 Feb

Reintroduction

Sutherland: pp. 169-176,

plus see: www.cvps.com/eagles

Selena

14 Feb

Conservation in agricultural habitats

USDA 1999,

plus see Norment 2002

Dan

21 Feb

CANCELLED FOR SNOW

RESCHEDULED FOR 2 MAY

 

24 Feb

TEALE LECTURE

William Hooke: Living Sustainably on a plant of extremes

 

28 Feb

Marine conservation

Safina 1993

Justin

7 Mar

NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

 

 

14 Mar

Ecosystem management

Daily & Ellison: pp. 61-85, plus see:

Christensen et al. 1996 (ESA report), and Ecosystem Management Initiative

Patrick

17 Mar

TEALE LECTURE

Carl Jones: The Dodo’s legacy, conservation on Mauritius

 

21 Mar

Reserve design

Gurd et al. 2001 and Bazilchuk 2003

Courtney

24 Mar

TEALE LECTURE

Char Miller: Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism

 

28 Mar

Population viability analysis

Menges 1990 plus Morris & Doak 2002 for background on PVA

Martha

4 Apr

Conservation genetics

DeMauro 1993 plus Frankham et al. 2004 pp. 74-72 for background

Krissa

11 Apr

Indicator/flagship/umbrella species

Simberloff 1998 and Caroll et al. 2001 (no pdf available)

Gretchen

18 Apr

Invasive species control

Lundgren et al. 2004

Emily

21 Apr

TEALE LECTURE

Pedro Sanchez: Title to be announced

 

25 Apr

Habitat restoration

Moerke and Lamberti 2004 and Roman et al. 1995

Kira

2 May

Conservation economics

Klosowski et al. 2001 and Wätzold and Schwerdtner 2005

Corie