Conservation Biology (WIS 4554/ WIS 5555)
Conservation Biology (WIS 5555)
Name: UF ID: Native Country:
Gatorlink E-mail:
Degree Program at UF: Year in university (e.g., 4th year student etc.):
Undergraduate major: Advisor at UF:
Subject and location for graduate research if known:
When you complete your degree, do you expect to work in:
__Academia __ Government __ NGO Other: ___________________ Where will you work (country)?_____________
BACKGROUND
Students who take this course have many different backgrounds. The information below will give me an idea of your starting point for this course.
On a scale of 1-5, how familiar are you with the items/topics below (1= no idea; 5 = solid knowledge)
Conservation genetics___
Alleles____
Genetic loci___
Heterozygosity____
Gene flow___
Natural selection____
Hardy_Weinberg equilibrium___
Effective population size ____
Evolutionary significant units____
Metapopulations ___
Source/sinks ___
Demographic rescue____
Ecological traps____
Extinction vortex___
Modeling of animal population dynamics ____
Edge effects ____
Landscape connectivity____
Matrix permeability _____
Extinction debt ____
Island biogeography theory ___
SLOSS___
MUMs____
Biosphere reserves_____
Keystone species___
Foundation species _____
Umbrella species ____
Problems of invasive species__
Alternative stable states of ecosystems___
Ecosystem resilience____
Defaunation____
Alpha, beta, gamma diversity ____
Adaptive ecosystem management ____
IUCN Red List ____
Ecological economics____
Market externalities____
Conservation easements____
Debt for Nature Swaps____
PES ____
Mitigation banks____
Land sharing/land sparing debates____
Effectiveness of protected areas for biodiversity ___
Effectiveness of protected areas from a social prospective___
Convention on Biological Diversity ____
Aichi targets_____
Theories of change related to conservation strategies__
The Open Standards___
Please put a G in front of the courses that you have taken as a graduate student, and U in front of courses that you took as an undergraduate student. (If the title doesn’t exactly fit the course that you took, but it is close, mark it.)
Conservation Biology
Conservation Planning Wildlife Management
Biology Population Genetics
General Ecology Molecular Genetics
General (basic) Genetics Conservation Genetics
Evolution Vertebrate zoology
Forest Ecology Biological Invasions/Introduced Species
Population Ecology Park Design or Planning
Community Ecology Economics
Landscape Ecology Brian Child’s Protected Areas course
Wildlife Ecology Katherine Tucker’s People and Parks course
Mammalogy One of Jon Dain’s courses – Conflict resolution, facilitation, etc.
Herpetology REDD+ Discussion group (with Putz and Romero)
Avian Biology or Ornithology Climate change/global change
Below write a sentence or two for each or more if you wish!
Briefly tell me about your career goals and what you plan to do after you finish your graduate studies?
Briefly describe your experience in working with applied conservation in the field (include where you worked):
Anything else that you want to tell me about your background/interests???
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