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Weekly Readings SCE 3107

The readings have been placed in a week by week order where they fit bestfor the lecturesand the practicals. However, look at the content and the upcoming lectures and practicals as

there is also material which will be relevant to them.

Week 1

Krohne, D.T. (2001) General Ecology. Brooks/Cole Thompson Learning. Chapter 14 EnergyFlow and Trophic Structure; Chapter 15 Biogeochemical and Nutrient Cycles.

Miller, G.T. (2005) Essentials of Ecology. Brooks/Cole Thompson Learning. Chapter 4Ecosystems: what are they and how do they work?

Week 2

Cotgreave, P. and Forseth, I. (2002) Introductory Ecology. Blackwell Science. Chapter 2Global patterns of biodiversity and productivity: biomes.

Coyne, M.S. (1999) Soil Microbiology: an exploratory approach. Delmar Publishers. Chapter4 The macrofauna- ants, earthworms and other creatures.

Soil Biology Primer[online]. http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/Chapter 1 The soil food web [online]Chapter 2 The food web and soil health

Week 3

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2003) Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Aframework for Assessment. Island Press. Chapter 2 Ecosystems and their services.

Week 4

Burgman, M.A. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (1998). Conservation Biology for the AustralianEnvironment. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney. Chapter 2.1-2.5

Miller, G.T. (2001) Environmental Science. 8th edition. Brooks/Cole Thompson Learning.

Chapter 5 Evolution, biodiversity and community processes. pp 121-134.

Primack, R.B. (1998) Essentials of Conservation Biology. 2rd edition. Sinauer Associates Inc.Chapter 4 What is the value of biological diversity

Primack, R.B. (2002) Essentials of Conservation Biology. 3rd edition. Sinauer Associates Inc.Chapter 2 What is biological diversity

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Week 5

Burgman, M.A. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (1998). Conservation Biology for the AustralianEnvironment. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney. Chapter 6.2-6.5.

Miller, G.T. (2001) Environmental Science. 8th edition. Brooks/Cole Thompson Learning.Chapter 5 Evolution, biodiversity and community processes. pp 109-120.

Week 6

Primack, R.B. (1998) Essentials of Conservation Biology. 2rd edition. Sinauer Associates Inc.Chapter 14 Ex situ conservation strategies

Week 7

Any general biology textbook with a section on plant diversity

Week 8

Any general biology textbook with a section on animal diversity

Burgman, M.A. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (1998). Conservation Biology for the AustralianEnvironment. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney. Chapter 2.

( Week 9 Semester Break )( Week 10 SBE )

Week 11

Loder, N. (2005) Point of no return. Conservation in Practice6(3), 29- 34.

Miller, G.T. (2001) Environmental Science. 8th edition. Brooks/Cole Thompson Learning.Chapter 7 Population dynamics, carrying capacity, and conservation biology.

Primack, R.B. (1993) Essentials of Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates Inc. Chapter 7Exotic species, introductions, disease and overexploitation.

Primack, R.B. (1995) A Primer of Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates Inc. Chapter 2Threats to Biological Diversity.

Week 12

Caldecott, J. (1988) Hunting and wildlife management in Sarawak. IUCN Tropical ForestProgramme, IUCN, Switzerland. Chapter 1 Introduction.

Miller, G.T. (1997) Environmental Science. 6th edition. Brooks/Cole Thompson Learning.Chapter 17 Sustaining wild species.

Moulton, M.P. and Sanderson, J. ( 1999) Wildlife Issues in a Changing World. 2nd edition.Lewis Publishers. pages 88-90; 96. and pages 235-243.

Pearce, F. (2005) The protein gap. Conservation in Practice6(3), 21- 27.

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Week 13

Burgman, M.A. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (1998). Conservation Biology for the AustralianEnvironment. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney. Chapter 6 Loss of genetic diversity,populations and species.

Eldridge M. (1998). Trouble in Paradise? Nature Australia26, 24-31.

Van Dyke, F. (2003) Conservation Biology. McGraw-Hill. Chapter 6 The conservation ofgenetic diversity.

Week 14

Tisdell, C. (1999) Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar.Chapter 3 Conservation of Biodiversity: most important aspect of sustainable development?

Week 15

Miller, G.T. (1999) Environmental Science. 7th edition. Brooks/Cole Thompson Learning.Chapter 1 Environmental problems and their causes.

Primack, R.B. (2002) Essentials of Conservation Biology. 3rd edition. Sinauer Associates Inc.Chapter 20 Conservation and sustainable development at the local and national level.