RNR 7016 Current Topics and Techniques in Conservation Science (3)

2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Scientific basis for the preservation of biodiversity; conservation strategies of government and non-government organizations; current status of biodiversity around the world; new techniques applicable to conservation biology; quantitative exercise with predictive demography (PVA), biodiversity at the population and community levels, fragmentation and other landscape effects and genetics of small populations.