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 2009. 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: -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 5.
• Conservation - brief history and ethics -Powerpoint material for January 7.
• Ethics concluded and begin biodiversity -Powerpoint material for January 9.
• Species diversity and rarity -Powerpoint material for January 12.
• Values of Species Diversity -Powerpoint material for January 14.
• Human Footprint Maps for Discussion Section
• Ecosystem Diversity and Beginning of Genetic Diversity -Powerpoint material for January 16.
• More on Genetic Diversity -Powerpoint material for January 19.
• Even More on Genetic Diversity -Powerpoint material for January 21.
• Genetic Diversity Concluded -Powerpoint material for January 23.
• Extinction and Conservation -Powerpoint material for January 26.
• Climate Change and Extinction -Powerpoint material for January 28.
• Factors effecting Extinction -Powerpoint material for January 30.
• Habitat Loss -Powerpoint material for February 2.
• More On Habitat Loss -Powerpoint material for February 6.
• Theory of Island Biogeography -Powerpoint material for February 9.
• Exploitation and Overexploitation of Wild Species -Powerpoint material for February 11.
• Exploitation and Overexploitation of Wild Species II and Exotic Species -Powerpoint material for February 13.
• Effects of Exotic Species -Powerpoint material for February 16.
• Effects of Exotic Species cont'd and Reserve Design -Powerpoint material for February 18.
• Reserve Design concluded and Restoration Ecology -Powerpoint material for February 20.
• Population Management -Powerpoint material for February 23.
• Population Management 2 -Powerpoint material for February 25.
• Conclude Population Management and Begin Economics of Conservation -Powerpoint material for February 27.
• Economics of Conservation -Powerpoint material for March 2.



Readings for Discussion Section

• Jan. 6, 8 Aldo Leopold "Wilderness" and William Cronon "Trouble with Wilderness"
• Jan. 13, 15 Sanderson et al. "Human footprint and last of wild" and Turner et al. "Global conservation..."
• Jan. 20, 22 Miller-Rushing and Primack "Global warming and flowering times..." and Kitchell et al. "Nile perch in Lake Victoria"
• Jan. 27, 29 Janzen "Eternal external threat" and Davradou and Namkoong "Science, ethical arguments and management - grizzly bear"
• Feb. 3, 5 Armbruster and Lande "PVA for African elephant" and Berger et al. "Indirect effects and trophic cascades - wolves, etc."
• Feb. 10, 12 Diamond "Design of nature reserve system" and Hobbs and Huenneke "Disturbance, diversity, and invasion..."
• Feb. 17,19 Costanza et al. "Value of world's ecosystem services" and Sagoff "Our Lady of Fatima or why political questions are not all economic"
• Feb. 24, 26 Katz "The Big Lie..." and Vogel "The Nature of Artifacts"


Thank you ...