John R. Skalski

24 September

Introduction to Course

1 October

Romesburg, H. C. 1981. Wildlife science: Gaining reliable knowledge. Journal of Wildlife Management 45:293-313.

Nudds, T. D., and M. L. Morrison. 1991. Ten years after "reliable knowledge": Are we gaining? Journal of Wildlife Management 55:757-760.

Gavin, T. A. 1991. Why ask "why": The importance of evolutionary biology. Journal of Wildlife Management 55:760-766.

8 October

Hurlbert, S. H. 1984. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecological Monographs 54:187-211.

15 October

McAllister, M. K., and R. M. Peterman. 1992. Experimental design in the management of fisheries: A review. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 12:1-18.

22 October

Parker, K. R., and J. A. Wiens. 2005. Assessing recovery following environmental accidents: Environmental variation, ecological assumptions, and strategies. Ecological Applications 15(6):2037-2051.

29 October

Johnson, D. H. 1999. The insignificance of statistical significance testing. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:763-772.

Hilborn, R. 1997. Statistical hypothesis testing and decision theory in fisheries science. Fisheries 22:19-20.

5 November

Dennis, B.  1996.  Discussion: Should ecologists become Bayesians? Ecological Applications 6:1095-1103.

Wade, P. R.  2000.  Bayesian methods in conservation biology.  Conservation Biology 14(5):1308-1316.

12 November

Johnson, J. B., and K. S. Omland.  2004.  Model selection in ecology and evolution.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19(2):101-108.

Richards, S. A. 2005. Testing ecological theory using the information-theoretic approach: Examples and cautionary results. Ecology 86(10):2805-2814.

19 November

Class cancelled for Thanksgiving Holiday

26 November

Karr, J. R.  1993.  Advocacy and responsibility.  Conservation Biology 7(1):8.

Mills, T. J.  2000.  Position advocacy by scientists risks science credibility and may be unethical.  Northwest Science 74:165-167.

Hadley, K. S.  2001.  Science, advocacy, and ethics:  A responsse to Mills.  Northwest Science Forum 75(2):189-190.

Mills, T. J.  2001.  Science, position advocacy, and ethics:  A rebuttal to Hadley.  Northwest Science Forum 75(2)191-192. 

3 December

Swartzman, G. 1996. Resource modeling moves into the courtroom. Ecological Modelling 92:277-288.

Good, P. I. 2001. Applying statistics in the courtroom, pages 236-257. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY.