Readings
This page provides a consolidated list of readings for the course. If you want a complete bibliography of the readings associated with each lecture, you'll need to wait until the end of the semester. If you're trying to find a particular reference and don't remember which lecture it was associated with, you should be able to find it here.
Following each reference you'll find a "link" button that will take you to an on-line version of the article. Most of them are from journals that require a subscription, but the ones I link to are ones to which the University of Connecticut subscribes. So if you're planning to follow these links from within the UConn.Edu domain, you shouldn't have any problem. If you try to follow the links from off campus, you may not be able to see the references. If you want/need to see the references from off campus, you can use your NetID to access the UConn VPN. Once you've connected to the VPN, you should be able to follow the links to your heart's content.
Avise, J. C. and W. S. Nelson. 1989. Molecular Genetic Relationships of the Extinct Dusky Seaside Sparrow. Science 243:646-648. link
Baez, S. and S. L. Collins. 2008. Shrub Invasion Decreases Diversity and Alters Community Stability in Northern Chihuahuan Desert Plant Communities. PLoS ONE 3:e2332. link
Barrowclough, G. F., R. J. Gutierrez, et al. 1999. Phylogeography of Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) Populations Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences: Gene Flow, Genetic Structure, and a Novel Biogeographic Pattern. Evolution 53:919-931. link
Bean, M. J. 2001-2002. Overcoming unintended consequences of endangered species regulation. Idaho Law Review 38:409-420. link
Bowen, B. W., and S. A. Karl. 1999. In War, Truth Is the First Casualty. Conservation Biology 13:1013-1016. link
Briggs, S. V. 2009. Priorities and paradigms: directions in threatened species recovery. Conservation Letters 2:101-108. link
Cardinale, B. J., D. S. Srivastava, et al. 2006. Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of trophic groups and ecosystems. Nature 443:989-992. link
Clark, T. W. 1987. Black-footed ferret recovery: a progress report. Conservation Biology 1:8-11. link
Clark, J. S. 2003. Uncertainty and variability in demography and population growth: a hierarchical approach. Ecology 84:1370-1381. link
Curtin, C. 2007. Integrating Landscape and Ecosystems Approaches through Science-Based Collaborative Conservation. Conservation Biology 21:1117-1119. link
Czech, B., P. R. Krausman, et al. 1998. Social Construction, Political Power, and the Allocation of Benefits to Endangered Species. Conservation Biology 12:1103-1112. link
Dietz, R. W. and B. Czech. 2005. Conservation Deficits for the Continental United States: an Ecosystem Gap Analysis. Conservation Biology 19:1478-1487. link
Doak, D. F., J. A. Estes, et al. 2008. Understanding and predicting ecological dynamics: are major surprises inevitable. Ecology 89:952-961. link
Dobson, A. and A. Lyles. 2000. Black-footed ferret recovery. Science 288:985+987-988. link
Donlan, J. 2005. Re-wilding North America. Nature 436:913-914. link
Donlan, C. J., J. Berger, et al. 2006. Pleistocene Rewilding: An Optimistic Agenda for Twenty-First Century Conservation. American Naturalist 168:660-681. link
Edmands, S. 2007. Between a rock and a hard place: evaluating the relative risks of inbreeding and outbreeding for conservation and management. Molecular Ecology 16:463-475. link
Garnett, S. T. and L. Christidis. 2007. Implications of changing species definitions for conservation purposes. Bird Conservation International 17:187-195. link
Goldman, R. L. and H. Tallis. 2009. A Critical Analysis of Ecosystem Services as a Tool in Conservation Projects. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1162:63-78. link
Grady, J. M. and J. M. Quattro. 1999. Using Character Concordance to Define Taxonomic and Conservation Units. Conservation biology 13:1004-1007. link
Grenier, M. B., D. B. McDonald, et al. 2007. Rapid Population Growth of a Critically Endangered Carnivore. Science 317:779. link
Harwell, M. A. 1997. Ecosystem management of south Florida: developing a shared vision of ecological and societal sustainability. BioScience 47:499-512. link
Harwell, M. A., V. Myers, et al. 1999. A framework for an ecosystem integrity report card. BioScience 49:543-556. link
Ives, A. R. and S. R. Carpenter. 2007. Stability and Diversity of Ecosystems. Science 317:58-62. link
Jackson, S. T. and R. J. Hobbs. 2009. Ecological Restoration in the Light of Ecological History. Science 325:567-569. link
Jäger, H., I. Kowarik, et al. 2009. Destruction without extinction: long-term impacts of an invasive tree species on Galápagos highland vegetation. Journal of Ecology 97:1252-1263. link
Kareiva, P., S. Watts, et al. 2007. Domesticated Nature: Shaping Landscapes and Ecosystems for Human Welfare. Science 316:1866-1869. link
Karl, S. A. and B. W. Bowen. 1999). Evolutionary Significant Units versus Geopolitical Taxonomy: Molecular Systematics of an Endangered Sea Turtle (genus Chelonia). Conservation Biology 13:990-999. link
Keough, H. L. and D. J. Blahna. 2006. Achieving Integrative, Collaborative Ecosystem Management. Conservation Biology 20:1373-1382. link
Luck, G. W., T. H. Ricketts, et al. 2004. Alleviating spatial conflict between people and biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101:182-186. link
Maguire, L. A. 1991. Risk analysis for conservation biologists. Conservation Biology 5:123-125. link
Maiorano, L., A. Falcucci, et al. 2008. Size-dependent resistance of protected areas to land-use change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275(1640)1297-1304. link
McGarrahan, E. 1997. Much-studied butterfly winks out on Stanford preserve. Science 275:479-480. link
McKinney, M. L. and J. L. Lockwood 1999. Biotic homogenization: a few winners replacing many losers in the next mass extinction. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 14:450-453. link
McLaughlin, J. F., J. J. Hellmann, et al. 2002. Climate change hastens population extinctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99:6070-6074. link
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment. 2005. Living Beyond our Means: Natural Assets and Human Well-being. link
Melbourne, B. A. and A. Hastings. 2008. Extinction risk depends strongly on factors contributing to stochasticity. Nature 454:100-103. link
Milot, E., H. Weimerskirch, et al. 2007. Surviving with low genetic diversity: the case of albatrosses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274:779-787. link
Noon, B. R. and J. A. Blakesley. 2006. Conservation of the Northern Spotted Owl under the Northwest Forest Plan. Conservation Biology 20:288-296. link
Norton, D. A. 2009. Species Invasions and the Limits to Restoration: Learning from the New Zealand Experience. Science 325:569-571. link
Nuzzo, V. A., J. C. Maerz, et al. 2009. Earthworm Invasion as the Driving Force Behind Plant Invasion and Community Change in Northeastern North American Forests. Conservation Biology 23:966-974. link
Prendergast, J. R., R. M. Quinn, et al. 1993. Rare species, the coincidence of diversity hotspots and conservation strategies. Nature 365:335-337. link
Pritchard, P. C. H. 1999. Status of the Black Turtle. Conservation Biology 13:1000-1003. link
Prugh, L. R., K. E. Hodges, et al. 2008. Effect of habitat area and isolation on fragmented animal populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:20770-20775. link
Raymundo, L. J., A. R. Halford, et al. 2009. Functionally diverse reef-fish communities ameliorate coral disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:17067-17070. link
Ricciardi, A. and D. Simberloff. 2009. Assisted colonization is not a viable conservation strategy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24:248-253. link
Sabo, J. L. and D. M. Post. 2008. Quantifying periodic, stochastic, and catastrophic environmental variation. Ecological Monographs 78:19-40. link
Scheffer, M., J. Bascompte, et al. 2009. Early-warning signals for critical transitions. Nature 461:53-59. link
Seddon, P. J., D. P. Armstrong, et al. 2009. The Risks of Assisted Colonization. Conservation Biology 23:788-789. link
Shrader-Frechette, K. and E. D. McCoy. 1999. Molecular Systematics, Ethics, and Biological Decision Making under Uncertainty. Conservation Biology 13:1008-1012. link
Soltis, P. S. and M. A. Gitzendanner. 1999. Molecular Systemics and the Conservation of Rare Species. Conservation biology 13:471-483. link
Thomas, C. D., M. C. Singer, et al. 1996. Catastrophic extinction of population sources in a butterfly metapopulation. American Naturalist 148:957-975. link
Vitousek, P. M., H. A. Mooney, et al. 1997. Human domination of earth's ecosystems. Science 277:494-499. link
Vitt, P., K. Havens, et al. 2009. Assisted migration of plants: Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes. Biological Conservation In Press, Corrected Proof. link
Yaacobi, G., Y. Ziv, et al. 2007. Habitat fragmentation may not matter to species diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274:2409-2412. link