Who Should Attend: Biologists and managers requiring a background in current topics related to conservation biology.  US Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM and National Park Service employees attend tuition free.  Cost for all others is $850.

Length: 4.5 days/36 hours  

College Credit: 2 semester hours.

Announcement for course August 2008 at NCTC

Objectives: By the end of the training, the participant will be able to:

• Apply various measures of species and biodiversity indices.
• Describe various species concepts and their implications for species protection;
• Determine the effects of small population size on population genetics and population viability.
• Determine effective population size for a population.
• Recognize the types of uncertainty in ecological systems and its impact on populations.
• Explain the concepts associated with population viability analysis and metapopulation dynamics.
• Conduct viability analyses for single populations and metapopulations.
• Describe the foundations of strategic habitat conservation.
• Understand the implications of habitat fragmentation including edge effects, connectivity, and patch dynamics.
• Learn to set priorities for conservation planning using GAP Analysis and indicator species concepts.
• Determine what indices to use at a variety of levels for monitoring biodiversity.