Joshua R. King Laboratory

Insect Ecology Research at the University of Central Florida

Conservation Biology BSC 3052

BSC 3052 Spring 2020 Syllabus

Announcements:

Welcome to Conservation Biology.

READINGS:

2007 Didham et al

2006 King and Tschinkel

2005 Puth and Post

Endangered Ecosystems of the US

The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity

www.redlist.org

Endangered Species Act

http://w3.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/biome_main.htm

http://www.ecosystemvaluation.org/dollar_based.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3jp5AcDavA Cheetahs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HacjH-Kq2ug&feature=related ESA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_Species_Act ESA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUgpl5X6_xo Black Robin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKxUi7qSaeI Condors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYDbLCTHFxM&feature=related Value

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAS5T1FjyD4&feature=relmfu Externalities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLirNeu-A8I Tragedy of the commons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz3U4fxQVY Debt for nature swaps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Clmlbvl04 Sustainable development projects in Peru

CASE STUDIES:

Tschinkel 2006 small

SE Grasslands Lecture

Sustainable fisheries

Pollinator health lecture

Ecosystem services provided by insects

Gopher tortoises

Florida Grasshopper Sparrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKQ1E4t-nY0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSninqzQVdY&feature=BFa&list=PL343A06E4A2E40BE7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKnFU92gr6s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMr1V80mp_g&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLhGmzhxF5o&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCmvw1aO3Ao&feature=relmfu

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Stevens_Fishery_Conservation_and_Management_Act