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class meets Tues and Thurs 9:30-10:50 am, Bentley Hall 306
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DateTopicBook Reading
Required Reading before class
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Tue, Jan 14Introduction
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Thu, Jan 16Biodiversity & Human pop growthCh. 1 (pg 1-11)Assignment 1 due before midnight
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Tue, Jan 21ExtinctionCh. 1 (pg 12-end)
Ceballos & Ehrlich 2023 PNAS
Journal Article Discussion 1 due before midnight
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Thu, Jan 23Genetic methods
Ch. 3 (special focus on pg 1-12)
Ferreira et al. 2023 Science
Journal Article Discussion 2 due before midnight
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Tue, Jan 28Genelle Uhrig (The Wilds)Guest Lecture 1 Questions due before midnight
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Thu, Jan 30Estimating abundanceCh. 4 (focus on pg 1-16)Assignment 2 due before midnight
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Tue, Feb 4Estimating vital ratesCh. 4 (pg 17-end)
Kenney et al. 2024 J Wildl. Manag.
Journal Article Discussion 3 due before midnight
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Thu, Feb 6no in-class meeting
Colossal Biosciences video
Video assignment 1 due before midnight
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Tue, Feb 11Katie Dennison (ODNR)Guest Lecture 2 Questions due before midnight
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Thu, Feb 13Estimating population trendCh. 5 (pg 1-10)Assignment 3 due before midnight
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Tue, Feb 18EDU AfricaPoster topic and articles due before midnightlink
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Thu, Feb 20EDU Africa
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Tue, Feb 25EDU AfricaReflection 1 due before midnight
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Thu, Feb 27EDU Africa
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Tue, Mar 4StochasticityCh. 5 (11-13, 18-23)Reflection 2 and Assignment 4 due before midnight
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Thu, Mar 6Midterm
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Tue, Mar 11SPRING BREAK
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Thu, Mar 13SPRING BREAK
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Tue, Mar 18Negative & Positive density dependenceCh. 7 (1-9, 16-end)Rodenhouse et al. 2003Journal Article Discussion 4 due before midnight
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Thu, Mar 20Eileen Wyza (ODNR)Guest Lecture 3 Questions due before midnight
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Tue, Mar 25Genetic variation ICh. 9 (1-11)Assignment 5 due before midnight
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Thu, Mar 27Genetic variation IICh. 9 (12-end)Work on poster in class
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Tue, Apr 1Connectivity ICh. 10 (1-10)Assignment 6 due before midnight
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Thu, Apr 3Jon Cepek (Cleveland Metroparks)Guest Lecture 4 Questions due before midnight
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Tue, Apr 8Connectivity II, Source-sinksCh. 10 (12-end)Santos et al. 2021Journal Article Discussion 4 due before midnightExpo today 11:30 am - 2pm
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Thu, Apr 10Small populationsCh. 12 (1-9, 35-37, (20-31))Assignment 7
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Tue, Apr 15Graduate student presentation + StressorsCh. 11Guest Lecture 5 Questions Posters due before midnight
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Thu, Apr 17Poster Evaluations & Assessment Tests
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Tue, Apr 22Poster Evaluations & Course EvaluationsPoster reviews due before midnight
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Thu, Apr 24Final Exam
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