BISC440_1141: Biodiversity

Week 9 Species-Area-Curves

The expected relationship between how big an area is and how many species it contains is not trivial, since it drives discussion on the magnitude of our biodiversity "crisis."

The lecture is
13_species_area_1_1141.pdf

The reading for this week is still Purvis_Hector_00.pdf.
The paper by He and Hubbell: He_Hubbell_SAC_Science_2011.pdf
Here is a critique (same vein as the Muir one) by Thomas et al.: He_Hubbell_reply.pdf.
Note, next week Monday we have Dr. Pippa Shepherd leading a workshop on valuing biodiversity in general, and in Canada in particular: B9242, 1300-1530.
She has posted one reading (and she will bring another, shorter commentary with her) Six common mistakes in conservation priority setting. It is short: please read it.

Week: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \|
Week	Dates	Subject	Readings	Workshop	Notes
9	3-Mar	SAC	Notes	Muir	workshop_in_RBC7102
Week 9 Species-Area-Curves The expected relationship between how big an area is and how many species it contains is not trivial, since it drives discussion on the magnitude of our biodiversity "crisis." The lecture is 13_species_area_1_1141.pdf The reading for this week is still Purvis_Hector_00.pdf. The paper by He and Hubbell: He_Hubbell_SAC_Science_2011.pdf Here is a critique (same vein as the Muir one) by Thomas et al.: He_Hubbell_reply.pdf. Note, next week Monday we have Dr. Pippa Shepherd leading a workshop on valuing biodiversity in general, and in Canada in particular: B9242, 1300-1530. She has posted one reading (and she will bring another, shorter commentary with her) Six common mistakes in conservation priority setting. It is short: please read it.

BISC440 - Biodiversity
Instructor: Dr. Arne Mooers (amooers@sfu.ca) Office: B8242 Phone: 778-782-3979 Office Hours: Wed 1400-1530
Introduction\| Browse lectures\|