Summer Teacher Institute Participant
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Lois Nokleby

Teacher of Children
Farmington Middle School Science, Farmington, Minnesota

Participant
Woodrow Wilson Teacher Leadership Program
Environmental Science Institute 1999


Lectures

Labs

Decision-Making For Endangered Species
Conservation In The Face Of Multiple, Uncertain, Interacting Processes

During the Summer Environmental Science Institute, I plan to illustrate the management of endangered species population using computer simulations and two or three different software packages (ranging from freely-available to commercial applications). We will explore a technique know as population viability analysis (PVA), which uses population forecasting models to evaluate the likelihood of persistence of a population in the face of alternative management actions. I plan to begin the session by introducing the conceptual background for assessing extinction risk, describe the use of different software packages, and present a detailed example. Students will then select a project to work on, and attempt to answer a specific management question for endangered species using these tools.


Mentor

Jon Paul Rodriguez


Readings & References
 
Possingham, H.P.; Lindenmayer, D.B. and Norton, T.W. A framework for the improved management of threatened species based on Population Viability Analysis (PVA). Pacific Conservation Biology, Vol 1: 39-45, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney, 1993.

Akcakaya, H. R., M. Burgman and L. R. Ginzburg (1999) Applied Population Ecology. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA. Chapter 7: Population Viability Analysis. pp: 213-240.


E-mail:
lnokleby@informns.k12.mn.us


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