Ron Carroll (C)
139 Ecology Building
rcarroll@sparrow.ecology.uga.edu; tel: 542-6018
Catherine Pringle (P) 308 Biological
Sciences Building;
Pringle@sparc.ecology.uga.edu; tel: 542-1120.
Lecture: 8-9:15 AM, Tuesday and Thursday,
Ecology Auditorium (Rm 201)
Discussion Section: 10:10 ? 11:00
AM Wednesday, Ecology Seminar Room; Readings for discussion will be passed
out on Thursday of the preceding week.
Text: Principles of Conservation Biology,
2nd edition by Meffe and Carroll
Grading: Midterm (40%) and final (60%)
both comprehensive; You are responsible for ALL lecture and discussion
content, text readings, videos and any additional readings assigned for
discussion.
Date Lecture/Discussion/Text Lecturer(s)
Week 1: Text: Chaps 1, 2, 3
T 19 Aug Introductions, class format and questionnaire P & C
W 20 Aug Discussion
Th 21 Aug
Dominant paradigms in conservation biology
C
Week 2: Text: Chap 11
T 26 Aug
Coastal Ecosystem ? Complex social
C
and biological webs
W 27 Aug Discussion
Th 28 Aug
Science-management connections: Balancing water
P
use with ecosystem integrity in the Caribbean National
Forest, Puerto Rico
Week 3: Text: Chaps 12, 13
T 2 Sept
Management of complex ecosystems: Chesapeake
C
Bay, USA, and the Choco-Andean Corridor Project,
Ecuador
W 3 Sept Discussion
Th 4 Sept
Our threatened public lands and the importance of
P
ecosystem management.í
.
Week 4: Text: Chaps 4, 5
T 9 Sept
How scale and disturbance regimes influence ecosystem
C
patterns and processes
W 10 Sept Discussion
Th 11 Sept
Historical and current losses in biodiversity
P
Week 5: Text: Chaps 6, 7
T 16 Sept Marine ecology and conservation C
W 17 Sept Discussion
Th 18 Sept Conservation
genetics and evolutionary viability
C
Week 6: Text: Chaps 8, 10
T 23 Sept
Linking population ecology to ecosystem
P
management: Case studies from South Africaís
Krueger National Park
W 24 Sept Discussion
Th 25 Sept Population
biology: scale, environmental
C
heterogeneity, and extinction
Week 7: Text: Chap 9
T 30 Sept
Community ecology in conservation and ecosystem
C
management: protecting keystone species and
processes
W 1 Oct Discussion
Th 2 Oct
Introduction to habitat fragmentation and loss of
P
ecosystem integrity
Week 8: Text: Revisit Chaps 9, 10
T 7 Oct
Conservation implications of habitat
P
fragmentation in aquatic ecosystems
W 8 Oct MIDTERM
Th 9 Oct
Introduction to exotic species with emphasis on
P
aquatic species
Week 9: Text: Revisit Chap 13
T 14 Oct nvasive species in terrestrial ecosystems C
W 15 Oct Discussion
Th 16 Oct
Species recovery
P
Week 10: Text: Chap 14
T 21 Oct
Pathogens and parasites: Emerging challenges in
P & C
conservation biology
W 22 Oct Discussion
Th 23 Oct
Ecological restoration of aquatic ecosystems
P
Week 11: Text: Chap 14
T 28 Oct
Ecological restoration of degraded terrestrial
C
ecosystems
W 29 Oct Discussion
Th 30 Oct
HOLIDAY ? FALL BREAK
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Week 12: Text: Chap 16
T 4 Nov
Conservation policy: Endangered Species Act and
C
other legislation
W 5 Nov Discussion
Th 6 Nov
Habitat conservation plans
C
Week 13: Text: Chap 15
T 11 Nov Ecotourism: boon or bane and for whom? C
W 12 Nov Discussion
Th 13 Nov
How does globalization affect environmental
P
conservation?
Week 14: Text: Chap 17
T 18 Nov
Raising public awareness of conservation issues
P
through environmental outreach
W 19 Nov Discussion
Th 20 Nov
Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica:
P
A success story in conservation?
Week 15: Text: Chap 18
T 25 Nov
Climate change: Conservation planning for
C
an increasingly uncertain future
W 26 Nov THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Th 27 Nov
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Week 16: Text: Chap 19 (revisit Chap 17)
T 2 Dec
The next generation of questions in conservation
C & P
ecology
W 3 Dec Discussion
Th 4 Dec
How can scientists and other professionals make
P & C
a difference?
FINAL EXAMINATION - DECEMBER 11TH 8 - 11AM IN THE
ECOLOGY AUDITORIUM, RM 201