Conservation Biology (BIOL4020)

Description of what A-B cleavage is based off a short excerpt from Leopold (1949). 1. excerpt from Leopold, A. 1949. A Sand County Almanac.

An analysis of Soulé (1985), discussing conservation biology broadly (source referenced below). 1. Soulé, M. E. 1985. What is conservation biology? BioScience 35:727-734.

An analysis of Donlan et al. (2005), who discuss the conservation strategy re-wilding. Includes a brief analysis of two correspondance letters (sources used referenced below). 1. Donlan, J. et al. 2005. Re-wilding North America. Nature 436:913-914 (and Correspondence – two letters)

An analysis of the article written by Hoegh-Guldberg et al. (2008) on assisted colonisation. Includes a brief analysis of the response letter written by Davidson and Simkanin (sources used in analysis referenced below). SOURCES USED 1. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. et al. 2008. Assisted colonization and rapid climate change. Science 321:345-346. 2. Letter by Davidson, I. and C. Simkanin. 2008. Skeptical of assisted colonization. Science 322:1048-1050.

An analysis of the article posted in Nature by Thomas et al. (2013) and the TED Talk given by Brand (2013). Eight questions that look into facilitated adaptation and de-extinction, including risks, approaches and candidate species.

An analysis of McCauley (2006), discussing conservation biology and the commodification of nature (source referenced below). 1. McCauley, D. J. 2006. Selling out on nature. Nature 443:27-28 and Correspondence.