This is going to depend upon the emphasis you place in the class. For example, are you emphasizing the theory or the practice, or equal energy to both? Also, how much supplemental reading is involved? I personally think sometimes we worry too much about the textbook itself and not enough about the other readings. Sometimes its better for a student to read the landmark paper and current papers than to read the text. then, you become the text in class. YOu provide the structure, depth and direction instead of a textbook. Textbooks are often little more than an overview anyway. You can also abandon the text altogether and have students read other kinds of things (books on biodiversity related topics for example).
What is best, depends mostly on you. malcolm On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 8:44 AM, J C Voltolini <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > I will teach conservation biology in 2014 for undergraduate Biology students > and the library in my University is requesting the list of books. I am > thinking to use one good book and I like very much Groom et al. 2005 but I > am wating for a new edition and it seems to be a hard book for undergraduate > students. I am feeling that Hunter & Gibbs (2006) could be a good textbook > for undergraduate courses and I would like to receive suggestions please! > > The main textbooks in this area are listed below: > Essentials of Conservation Biology, 5th Ed by Richard B. Primack (2010) > Principles of Conservation Biology, 3rd Ed by Groom, Meffe, Carroll (2005) > A Primer of Conservation Biology, 5th Ed by Primack (2012) > Fundamentals of Conservation Biology, 3rd by Hunter and Gibbs (2006) > A Primer of Conservation Biology, 4th Ed by Primack (2008) > Conservation Biology for All by Sodhi and Ehrlich (2010) > Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications by Van Dyke (2010) > Conservation Biology by Pullin (2002) > > Thanks for any help! > > Voltolini > > Prof. Dr. J. C. VOLTOLINI > Grupo de Pesquisa e Ensino em Biologia da Conservação - ECOTROP > Universidade de Taubaté, Departamento de Biologia Taubaté, SP. 12030-010. > E-Mail: [email protected] > * Grupo de pesquisa ECOTROP CNPq: > http://dgp.cnpq.br/buscaoperacional/detalhepesq.jsp?pesq=8137155809735635 > * Currículo Lattes: > http://lattes.cnpq.br/8137155809735635 > * Fotos de Cursos e Projetos no Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/VoltoliniJC?v=info > > "Siamo tutti angeli con un'ala e possiamo volare soltanto se ciabbracciamo" -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri at Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
