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