Rick will be lecturing this week, the assigned readings for Monday are as follows:
- Frankham, R. 2003. "Genetics and conservation biology." C. R. Biologies. 326: 522-529.
- Mooney and Cleland. 2001. "The evolutionary impact of invasive species." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(10): 5446-5451.
- Tsutsui et al. 2003. "Genetic diversity, asymmetrical aggression, and recognition in a widespread invasive species." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(3): 1078-1083.
Rick says:
"...read Frankham 2003 first. This is a basic overview of small population dynamics as they apply to conservation biology. Think about why the dynamics of endangered species might be different from new introductions of invasives. In my lecture I will cover founder, drift and inbreeding. The second paper to read is Mooney and Cleland 2001. This is a quick review of evolutionary processes in invasive species. The third paper, Tsutsui 2003, is a case study on the Argentinian Ant invasion. Very unusual circumstances. Some of these discussions may flow into Wed's class and I may add one more paper for Wed. ."
Note that the discussion of these readings may extend into Wednesday's class, but there may also be one additional paper assigned for Wednesday.
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