Info: Due dates for homework will be announced in class when assigned.

Subject

  1. Speciation, classification and the ESA
  2. Hybridization (part 1), (part 2) including red wolf case study.  Recent changes to the red wolf data and policy.
  3. Inbreeding  and F statistics, including cheetah case study

Reading

  1. CWP CH. 3
  2. Endangered Species Act (through page 14)
  3. DPS policy from Federal Register
  4. CWP CH. 9
  5. Allendorf et al. 2001.  The problems with hybrids: setting conservation guidelines.  Trends. Ecol. Evol. 16: 613-622.
  6. Keller & Waller. 2002.  Inbreeding effects in wild populations.  Trends Ecol Evol 17: 230-241.
  7. Caro & Laurenson 1994.  Ecological and genetic factors in conservation: a cautionary tale.  Science 263:485-486.

Homework

Final Exam

  • Final Exam for 2019 is, following the class vote, to compose a comment on grizzly bear delisting following the attached guidelines.  Due Tuesday December 10th by noon, and no in class exam during finals week.
  • Genetic issues study guide
  • A few major facts to know:  How many people are in the world?  How many described species are there?  Very roughly, what fraction of all species are thought to be described now?  What is the atmospheric concentration of CO2?  What was it over the past 800,000 years prior to extensive use of fossil fuels?  How do current extinction rates compare to past rates?
  • With respect to conservation, are you a transcendentalist, a utilitarian, or a mixture of the two?  Why?