Conservation Biology

Date		Description
27	Aug	Course overview -- What is conservation biology?
29	Aug	Patterns of biological extinction
03	Sep	Labor Day -- no class
05	Sep	Biology of small populations -- introduction
10	Sep	Biology of small populations -- demography
12	Sep	Case study -- black-footed ferret
17	Sep	Population viability analysis -- principles
19	Sep	Population viability analysis -- northern spotted owl Project #1 assigned
20	Sep	Edwin Way Teale Lecture Geoffrey Heal, Corporate Environmentalism: Doing Well by Doing Good? 4:00pm, Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center
24	Sep	Population viability analysis -- bay checkerspot butterfly
26	Sep	Systematics and endangered species
01	Oct	Case study -- black sea turtle Project #1 due
03	Oct	Diversity, stability, and ecosystem functioning
04	Oct	Edwin Way Teale Lecture Michael J. Bean, Endangered Species Conservation: An Assessment and Prognosis, 4:00pm, Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center
08	Oct	Diversity, stability, and ecosystem functioning
10	Oct	Ecosystem management
11	Oct	EEB Departmental Seminar John Volin, The Florida Everglades: Will an Alien Fern Strangle its Restoration? BSP 130, 4:00pm
15	Oct	Ecosystem management; Habitat fragmentation
17	Oct	Habitat fragmentation
22	Oct	Case study -- ecosystem management
23	Oct	Geosciences Seminar Jeff Dukes, Burning Buried Sunshine: Understanding the Ecological Consequences of Using Ancient Energy, 3:30pm, Beach Hall 233
24	Oct	Landscape change and conservation objectives Project #2 assigned
25	Oct	EEB Departmental Seminar Gene Likens, Ecosystem Science, Environmental Change and Society: A Personal View BSP 130, 4:00pm
29	Oct	Landscape change and conservation objectives; Re-wilding North America
31	Oct	Species invasions
01	Nov	EEB Departmental Seminar Dave Strayer, Effects of the zebra mussel invasion on freshwater ecosystems: the Hudson River and beyond BSP 130, 4:00pm
05	Nov	Species invasions; Global biodiversity patterns Project #2 due
07	Nov	Principles of conservation reserve design
12	Nov	Case study -- setting global conservation priorities Project #3 assigned
14	Nov	Decision making under uncertainty
15	Nov	Edwin Way Teale Lecture Ariel Lugo, Emerging new forests in the shining star of the Caribbean, 4:00pm, Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center
19	Nov	Thanksgiving recess -- no class
21	Nov	Thanksgiving recess -- no class
26	Nov	Decision making under uncertainty; Valuing biodiversity -- economics
28	Nov	Valuing biodiversity -- economics Project #3 due
29	Nov	EEB Departmental Seminar William H. Schlesinger, The Global Carbon Cycle and the Duke Forest Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) experiment BSP 130, 4:00pm
03	Dec	Valuing biodiversity: ethics and aesthetics
05	Dec	No class
06	Dec	EEB Departmental Seminar David Marcogliese, Parasites as indicators of ecosystem health, BSP 130, 4:00pm
10	Dec	Final project due -- 5:00pm