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Topics in Conservation Biology - DI505
| Location | Term | Level | Credits (ECTS) | Convenor | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
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| Canterbury | Spring |
Higher
Higher level module taken in stages 2 and 3 of an undergraduate degree
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15 (7.5) | Roberts Dr D L |
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The information below applies to the 2013-14 session
Synopsis
The aim of the module is to cover major over arching and current issues, including biodiversity in the fossil record, the 5 mass extinctions and what happened, extinction rates and how we get these figures, how many species are there and why it matters, taxonomy and conservation. In addition, there will be guest lectures, and discussion of current global issues that are making the press such as the results of major international conferences. In the past this has included the out comes of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, the concept of 'Planetary Boundaries'.
Details
Contact hours
12 Lectures; 12 Seminars
Method of assessment
50% Coursework, 50% Exam
Preliminary reading
- Recent issues of Nature, Science and PNAS.
- May, R.M. (1988) "How Many Species Are There on Earth?", Science 241: 1441-1449
- Pimm, et al. (2006) "Human Impacts on the Rates of Recent, Present, and Future Bird Extinctions", PNAS 103: 10941-10946
- Rockstrom, et al. (2009) "A Safe Operating Space of Humanity", Nature 461: 472-475
Learning outcomes
- Promote conceptal thinking and develop an unerstanding of
- global and current issues
- where the figures come from
- and how they are reported.
Pre-requisites
No pre-requisites