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Problem-Solving in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management: Exercises for Class, Field, and Laboratory (2nd Edition) Supporting materials (data sets, images, maps, and important websites)
Note: first edition website is still extant: http://cbc.amnh.org/solving/
To receive an electronic copy of the instructor’s manual please send a message to James Gibbs at jpgibbs@esf.edu indicating (1) your institution and position, (2) the course name and number, and (3) number of students in your class. With this information we will arrange a web download or email transmission of the manual.
Part 1. Introduction 1. What Is Biodiversity? Spiders as Exemplars of the Biodiversity Concept Higher resolution images of spider collections to print and work with: Site 1, Site 2, Site 3, Site 4, Site 5 (.tif) (right click to “save as…”) Spider phylogram (.tif) (right click to “save as…”)
2. What Is Conservation Biology? An Analysis of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund’s Strategies and Funding Priorities Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
3. Why Is Biodiversity Important? Why Is It Threatened? An Exploration with the IUCN “Red List” of Threatened Species IUCN “Red List” of Threatened Species
4. Population Genetics: Diversity Within Versus Among Populations [No additional resources required]
5. Genetic Drift: Establishing Population Management Targets to Limit Loss of Genetic Diversity [No additional resources required]
6. Pedigree Management: Controlling the Effects of Inbreeding as Indicated by Fluctuating Asymmetry Bat faces to print and work with: first set & second set (.tif) (right click to “save as…”)
Higher resolution version of map used in exercise (.tif) to work with (right click to “save as…”)
Longevity data (.txt) (right click to “save as…”) Fecundity data (.txt) (right click to “save as…”) Erratum: Table 8.4 values are nx, not mx as printed [No supporting materials required] Erratum/clarification: Page 67: the average penguin population growth rate should be 1.188 or 18% (consistent with Fig. 9.3) not the 88% nor the 1.88 factor listed elsewhere. Also: p 70: 2/3 way down right side, “C47” should be “C7”
10. Habitat Loss and Fragmentation: Ecological Traps, Connectivity and Issues of Scale Maps with small-scale fragmentation to print and work with: set 1 & 2 (.tif) (right click to “save as…”) Maps with large-scale fragmentation to print and work with: set 1 & 2 (.tif) (right click to “save as…”)
11. Diagnosing Declining Populations: Assessing Monitoring Data to Better Understand Causes of a Rarity in an Endangered Cactus Monitoring data (.xls) (right click to “save as…”) Ecological data (.xls) (right click to “save as…”)
Program DISTANCE input files (.zip) (right click to “save as…”)
13. Analyzing Camera Trap Data with PRESENCE Latest version of Program PRESENCE (Version 2.2) Version of Program PRESENCE used to develop exercise (Version 2.1) Program PRESENCE input files (.zip) (right click to “save as…”) Updated Procedure section revised for Exercise 13 to correspond to PRESENCE 2.1 (.pdf) (right click to “save as…”)
14. Estimating Population Size with Mark-Recapture Data and MARK Program MARK input files (.zip) (right click to “save as…”)
Part 4. Species
Program ESTIMATES input files (.zip) (right click to “save as…”)
16. Designing a Zoo: Ex-Situ Centers for Conservation, Research, and Education Full list of species and supporting information (.xls) (right click to “save as…”)
17. Plant Reintroductions: Reestablishing Extirpated Populations [No supporting materials required]
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Base landscape map for scenario building (.tif) (right click to “save as…”)
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puspec.txt (right click to “save as…”) puinfo.txt (right click to “save as…”)
Bird and plant species list by protected area in the US (.xls file) (right click to “save as…”)
23. GIS For Conservation: Mapping and Analyzing Distributions of Wild Potato Species for Reserve Design Datasets (.zip) (right click to “save as…”)
24. Global Change: Will a Cold-Adapted Frog Survive in a Warmer World? Map of the current range of mink frogs in NY state (.tif) (right click to “save as…”) Map of the temperature in July in NY state (.tif) (right click to “save as…”) Map of annual precipitation in NY state (.tif) (right click to “save as…”) Arc data set (right click to “save as…”) DIVA-GIS dataset (right click to “save as…”) Excel climate dataset (right click to “save as…”)
25. Climate Envelope Modeling: Inferring the Ranges of Species Datasets (.zip) (right click to “save as…”)
Part 6. Policy and Organizations
Bird species, population, consumption, and governance data set (.xls file) (right click to “save as…”)
28. Overconsumption: Who’s Smarter... Students or Their Professors?
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CI hotspots and associated data (.xls file) (right click to “save as…”)
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (ECUADOR) REPORT OF THE REACTIVE MONITORING MISSION 8 TO 13 APRIL 2007
See also: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/ http://www.galapagospark.org/png/index.php
Proposed Rule to List the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (.pdf file) Range-Wide Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Status Review (.pdf file) Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended through the 108th Congress (.pdf file) Update page from USFWS Alaska on polar bear rule
32. Conservation Policy: Shaping Your Government [No supporting materials required] |