CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

READING ASSIGNMENTS

What is Conservation Biology?

January 22 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.22-25).

Hardin, G. 1968. The tragedy of the commons. Science 162:1243- 1248.

Leopold, A. 1949. The Land Ethic. In, The Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press, New York.

Conservation: A Historical Perspective

January 27 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.7-16).

How many species are there?

January 29 May, R.M. 1988. How many species are there are earth? Science 241:1441-1449.

Causes, Rates & Consequences of Loss of Diversity

February 3-5 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.123-139).

Monitoring Biodiversity

February 10 Roush, G.J. 1985. The heritage concept: entering the second decade. The Nature Conservancy News 35:5-10.

Genetics

Feb 12-24 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation

Biology. (Read pp.161-199).

Quantitative-Genetic Perspective

February 26 Avise and Hamrick. 1996. Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature. (Read pp.471-501).

Demography

March 5 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.203-230).

Habitat Fragmentation

March 10-12 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.269-302).

Single-Species Conservation & The Endangered Species Act

March 17,31, Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read

April 2 pp.76-82)

Ranking Systems

March 19 Mace, G.M. and R. Lande. 1991. Assessing extinction threats: toward a reevaluation of IUCN threatened species categories. Conservation Biology 5:148-157.

Community-Level Conservation

April 7-9 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.235-266).

Ecosystem Stress

April 16 Odum, E.P. 1985. Trends expected in stressed ecosystems. BioScience 35:419-422.

Ecosystem Management

April 21 Grumbine, R.E. 1994. What is Ecosystem Managment? Conservation Biology 8:27-38.

Sustainable Development

April 23 Costanza, R. and H.E. Daly. 1992. Natural capital and sustainable development. Conservation Biology 6:37-46.

Politics & Economics

April 28 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.513-542).

Ecological Restoration

April 30 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.479-509).

Conservation Goals/Management Principles

May 5 Meffe and Carroll. 1997. Principles of Conservation Biology. (Read pp.643-671).