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I got busy and forgot to provide a full PDF version of the source material for Project #3. Fortunately, Pablo was kind enough to prepare one. It's now available.
I've also posted some suggested readings for Monday. Kathy Segerson will be presenting a guest lecture, but because of other commitments she won't be arriving until 10:45 or 11:00. We'll still plan to start at 10:30. I have some introductory comments to share about economics and conservation that I hope will set the stage for Kathy's lecture.
Science recently began a 4-week series called "State of the Planet." The articles are intended to provide "brief overviews of the current states of affairs...and how things might change in the near future." On 12 December a special issue, "Tragedy of the Commons" will appear. I encourage you to read the entire series. It promises to be very informative.
Links and web resources are available at http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/sotp/.
It's been brought to my attention that the PDF version of the readings for Project #3 is missing sections 2.1-2.4. When I get back on Friday, I'll try to get a complete version posted. In the meantime, you'll have to make do with the HTML version of those parts.
In case you're wondering, I am still planning to hand back papers tomorrow. I've been grading almost non-stop since 9:00 this morning, but I only have half a dozen more to go.
I'm going to go out for a walk and get some fresh air. After supper I'll get back to grading, and I'll either finish the rest before I go to bed or I'll finish them tomorrow morning. I will return them in class tomorrow.
Don't forget to take a look at the assignment for Project #3. Tomorrow's the only chance we'll have to discuss it in class.
Greg suggested two papers to accompany his guest lecture on ethnobotany and conservation next Wednesday. (Yes, even though I won't be in class, you should be there.) Links are now posted.
I'm making progress on grading papers, but I'll be grading all weekend, because I am determined to hand them back Monday.
Project #3 is now posted. Please take a look at it before class on Monday. That will be the only chance we have to discuss it face to face before it's due the Monday after Thanksgiving Break. (Hey, at least I'm giving you two and a half weeks to do it!)
I promise to have Project #2 graded and ready to hand back on Monday -- even if it kills me.
The reading for 11/17 has been posted. Since I'll be out of town Tuesday through Thursday next week, I'll try to get the reading for 11/19 posted by Friday.
I've posted some notes on genetic resources and revised some notes on invasives. You can find the notes on invasives either by following the link from the Notes menu above or by following the links from the 10/29 lecture. If Melinda doesn't need the whole hour and a quarter tomorrow, I'll probably say a few more words about invasives. There are a couple of examples that are worth knowing about. Greg Anderson's guest lecture next week will touch on some of the same issues that I'd planned to cover in my genetic resources lecture.
I will also try to have the Project #3 assignment posted by Friday afternoon. Please take a look at it before class on Monday if possible. I'll be out of town Tuesday through Thursday next week, and the week after that is Thanksgiving Break. So Monday is the only chance we'll ahve to talk about questions on the project.
Don't forget that the final project is due on the 3rd of December. I leave for a conference in Santa Barbara on the 6th. If your paper arrives after the 3rd, I cannot guarantee that I'll be able to grade it before I have to submit final grades. In fact, I can almost guarantee that you'll get an incomplete. You have been warned.
Melinda Daniels will return next Wednesday, 12 November for a second guest lecture -- with pictures this time. I'll add a few thoughts of my own on a completely different topic (genetic resources), if she doesn't need the whole time.
I've posted a link to a second paper that she suggested you might want to read. You'll find the link associated both with yesterday's lecture and with the lecture for 12 November.
Chris Elphick has also suggested some on-line resources associated with his lecture on Monday that I encourage you to look at.
The National Research Council recently released a report entitled Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Causes of Decline and Strategies for Recovery. An article in last Friday's Science summarizes the recommendations: "tearing out dozens of small dams, resotoring wetlands, altering logging practices, and refilling long-drained lakes." Notably, the recommendations do not include substantial restrictions on the use of water for irrigation. Critics of the report say that the recommendations will take too long to implement.
The 2004 annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences will be held March 16th-18th in Washington, DC. The theme of the 2004 meeting is "Invasive species: the search for solutions."
You may register at http://www.aibs.org/annual-meeting-2004/ via secure online credit-card submission or fax-back / mail-back form; early registration closes 2 March 2004. Poster abstracts may also be submitted at the above URL; poster submissions close 16 February 2004.
Plenary speakers, panel sessions, and informal discussion groups at the 2004 AIBS Annual Meeting will approach the topic of "Invasive Species: The Search for Solutions" from the perspective of one or more of the meeting's cross-cutting themes: what makes a species "invasive"; research questions and tools; aquatic and terrestrial issues; economics; public policy; education; public health; prevention and remediation; international issues; and local initiatives. Each plenary speaker will couch his or her talk with reference to invasive species issues involving particular major taxonomic groups: plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, and microbes.
Attendees will hear distinguished plenary speakers and panelists present synthesizing lectures from the forefront of their fields, then will join those speakers and other equally notable scholars in panel sessions and informal discussion groups. The rest of the meeting's program is rounded out by events such as a poster session; a diversity scholars competition; AIBS awards, a workshop on effective public policy activities for biologists; and a special evening performance by John Acorn, The Nature Nut.
All sessions take place in the Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M St. NW, Washington DC, 20037 (three blocks north from the Foggy Bottom Metro Station, on the edge of Georgetown). Contact the hotel directly to arrange for accommodations: 800/937-8461 or 202/429-0100. The AIBS room rate is $199/night before 21 February 2004.
Ann Bartuska, The Nature Conservancy
"Abating the Threat of Invasive Species: Linking Science and Policy"
Richard Mack, Washington State University
"Prevention and Remediation of Plant Invaders"
Stephen Morse, Columbia University
"Emerging Infections: Microbial Invaders Discover New Territory"
David Lodge, University of Notre Dame
"Bioeconomic Risk Analysis of Invasive Vertebrates and Other Species"
Andrew Dobson, Princeton University
"Zen, Parasites, and the Art of Alien Invasion"
Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee
"Invasion Biology"
Topics include:
Panels and discussion groups will be led by plenary speakers, special speakers, AIBS Board and committee members, and AIBS staff. Special speakers continue to be added to the program and currently include:
Cynthia Kolar, U.S. Geological Survey
David Pimentel, Cornell University
Fred C. Dobbs, Old Dominion University
Early registration prices for the 3-day meeting are $200 for individual members of AIBS; $250 for non-members (includes automatic one-year AIBS membership); $160 for government employees; $150 for educators; $130 for students. Early registration closes 2 March 2004. Attendance is limited to 200--register early!
For more information, contact rogrady@aibs.org.
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