Available as download only. This text is in PDF format and the accompanying
RAMAS software is designed for Windows-based computers.
This is a 25 user, 1 year version of Conservation Biology with RAMAS EcoLab.
- This product is licensed for use on 25 computers simultaneously,
for a period of 12 months.
- It can be installed on up to 100 computers.
- Requires an internet connection during installation and operation for licensing.
This text contains 14 labs that are designed as a teaching tool for introductory undergraduate or high
school environmental or ecological laboratory courses. The text also has background
information and exercises and suggestions for additional work. An instructor's supplement
(available to adopters) includes suggestions for teaching the material, additional reference
material, and answers to the questions and exercises.
Students are introduced to a number of important topics that are relevant to environmental
studies: biodiversity; population growth; population
parameters (demography); density dependence;
extinction; conservation of threatened and endangered
species; sustainable harvesting; management of wildlife;
reintroduction of endangered species; island
biogeography; metapopulation biology; human population
growth and consumption; and conservation
decision-making.
Learn more about this book and the accompanying software here.