Notes on conservation biology
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icon. I'd also suggest printing them not long before lecture, because
they're liable to be modified. (I know that there are errors to be
corrected in some of them).- What is conservation biology?

- Patterns of extinction

- Biology of small populations
- Population viability analysis
- Systematics and endangered species

- Diversity, stability, and ecosystem function

- Ecosystem management

- Habitat fragmentation

- Landscape change and conservation objectives

- Species invasions

- Global biodiversity patterns
- Theory and design of conservation reserves

- Decision making under uncertainty: statistical decision theory

- Valuing biodiversity -- economics

- Valuing biodiversity -- ethics and aesthetics

Case studies
- Black-footed ferret
- Black sea turtle

- Ecosystem management in the interior Columbia basin

- Pleistocene re-wilding

- Setting global conservation priorities

Discarded notes (no longer updated)
- Species interactions and biodiversity conservation

- Design of reserve systems: an example

- Conservation of genetic resources

- Philosophical problems for an environmental ethic

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