The following is the outline for FORS 8360 a printable version can be found here

The following is the outline for FORS 8360 a printable version can be found here. All readings are in Adobe Acrobat, simply click on a link and... enjoy. Student-led class discussions are indicated. Helpful suggestions on reading papers and leading discussions can be found here.

NOTE: All lectures and discussions will be held in room 1-307. All computer sessions will be held in room 1-210.

The below outline is provisional and subject to change.

Date	Format	Topic	Readings for next discussion
8/20/2007	Lecture	Principles of natural resource mgnt. and conservation biology
8/22/2007	Lecture	Role of ecological modeling and multiple working hypotheses	Popper; Chamberlain; Platt; OConnor; Higgins et al. 2005
8/27/2007	Computer	Introduction to computing and analytical review
8/29/2007	Discussion	Discuss papers [JP will lead]
9/3/2007		Labor Day
9/5/2007	Lecture	Information theoretic approaches	Gould & Lewontin; Johnson 2002; Anderson et al.; Robinson and Wainer 2002;
9/10/2007	Discussion	Discuss IT papers
9/12/2007	Computer	Information theoretic model building computer exercise
9/17/2007	Computer	Evaluating model predictive ability
9/19/2007	Lecture	Neutral models
9/24/2007	Computer	Neutral models computer exercises
9/26/2007	Computer	Neutral models computer exercises II
10/01/2007	Computer	Neutral models computer exercises III
10/03/2007	Lecture	Landscape - habitat - species relations	Levin 1992; Conroy and Noon; Rushton et al. 2004; Reiman et al. 2006
10/08/2007	Discussion	Discuss landscape papers	Guest
10/10/2007	Lecture	Mid-semester review	Guest
10/15/2007	Computer	Species-landscape modeling, classification I
10/17/2007	Computer	Species-landscape modeling, classification II
10/22/2007	Lecture	Assessing spatial and temporal dependencies
10/24/2007	Computer	Hierarchical modeling I
10/29/2007	Computer	Hierarchical modeling II	Bascompte et al.; Hanski 2004; Baguette 2004;
10/31/2007	Lecture	Metapopulations and population viability modeling (read papers before lecture)
11/05/2007	Computer	PVA computer exercises I
11/07/2007	Computer	PVA computer exercises II
11/12/2007	Lecture	Bayesian belief networks and 'expert' systems	Marcot et al 2001, Rieman et al., Raphael et al. 2001, Higgins et al. 2005
11/14/2007	Computer	BBN computer exercises I
11/19/2007	Computer	BBN computer exercises II
11/21/2007		Thanksgiving Break
11/26/2007	Lecture	Adaptive mgmt and decision analysis
11/28/2007	Lecture	Structuring and quantifying stakeholder values	Guest: Dr. Craig Miller
12/03/2007	Computer	Decision analysis computer exercise
12/05/2007	Computer	Decision analysis computer exercise