Biol/Envs 319 - Conservation Biology

This webpage provides information about Biology/Environmental Studies 319 - Conservation Biology. This webpage will change frequently as the course is taught during winter term 2010. There will be links to the course syllabus and to the Powerpoint presentations given during lecture. Please see below.

Stuart Allison
Office: SMAC B210
E-mail:  sallison@knox.edu
Phone: 341-7185
Office hours:  MWF 1:30-2:30 or by appointment.  

Links

• Course Syllabus
• Directions for writing critiques of the papers we read in discussion section.
• Virtual Salt link to website with guidelines for evaluating web based resources.
• Course introduction -Powerpoint material for January 4.
• Brief history of conservation and conservation ethics -Powerpoint material for January 6.
• Conclude conservation ethics and begin biodiversity -Powerpoint material for January 8.
• Species concepts and rarity -Powerpoint material for January 11.
• Species diversity, uses and conservation -Powerpoint material for January 13.
• Ecosystem diversity and Genetic diversity -Powerpoint material for January 15.
• More Genetic diversity -Powerpoint material for January 18.
• Still More Genetic diversity -Powerpoint material for January 22.
• Conclude Genetic diversity and begin Extinctions -Powerpoint material for January 25.
• More Extinctions -Powerpoint material for January 27.
• Conclude Extinctions -Powerpoint material for January 29.
• Begin Habitat Loss -Powerpoint material for February 1.
• Continue Habitat Loss -Powerpoint material for February 5.
• Island Biogeography -Powerpoint material for February 8.
• Overexploitation -Powerpoint material for February 10.
• Conclude Overexploitation and Begin Exotic Species -Powerpoint material for February 12.
• Continue Exotic Species -Powerpoint material for February 15.
• Ecosystem Management -Powerpoint material for February 17.
• Conclude Ecosystem Management; Restoration Ecology -Powerpoint material for February 19.
• Population Management -Powerpoint material for February 22.
• More Population Management -Powerpoint material for February 24.
• Economics of Conservation -Powerpoint material for February 26.
• Conclude Economics of Conservation -Powerpoint material for March 1.


Thank you ...