Tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) N. Brother Island, New ZealandBiology 518 - Conservation Biology
Instructor: Geoffrey F. Birchard, Ph.D.
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Tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) N. Brother Island, New Zealand
The Course: A major crisis of the twentieth century is the negative impact of man on
biodiversity. In response to this crisis scientists and resource managers have developed a
new interdisciplinary field to attack this problem to preserve biodiversity, Conservation Biology.
Conservation Biology applies knowledge from botany, zoology, microbiology, ecology,
systematics, population biology and economics and sociology in managing species. This
course will provide the broad, integrative scientific introduction in the specific areas of biology
being applied to the problems of understanding which organisms require assistance to survive
and the science applied to successfully ensure their survival.