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In this course we will learn how basic evolutionary and genetic principles guide policies about the conservation and management of wildlife, game, and plant populations. We will read and discuss current research in the primary literature including both molecular and quantitative genetic examples and compare them to different institutional policies that deal with conservation genetics. We will examine case studies of current practices, including: managing genetics of native and ex situ and zoo populations, reintroducing and restoring plants and animals to the wild, selection in harvested populations, evaluating genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation, creating habitat corridors, measuring genetic diversity, and responses to climate change. To synthesize new concepts we will create/edit appropriate wikipedia pages
Some Notes to consider • Good candidates for articles are topics with plentiful sources, but weak coverage on Wikipedia.
# All should have conservation focus.
• For Example -
# Look for conservation articles which don’t have genetics mentioned # Or ones which lack good examples (No plant/fungal/inveterbrate examples)
• Avoid:
# controversial topics # broad, general topics # well-developed topics without much room to improve # topics that don't have enough sources to work from.
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Handouts: Choosing an article
Copyedit
Read through it, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Handout: Polishing your article
Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
Move your work live
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Wikipedia portfolio – upload a pdf of the edited pages.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
![]() | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
In this course we will learn how basic evolutionary and genetic principles guide policies about the conservation and management of wildlife, game, and plant populations. We will read and discuss current research in the primary literature including both molecular and quantitative genetic examples and compare them to different institutional policies that deal with conservation genetics. We will examine case studies of current practices, including: managing genetics of native and ex situ and zoo populations, reintroducing and restoring plants and animals to the wild, selection in harvested populations, evaluating genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation, creating habitat corridors, measuring genetic diversity, and responses to climate change. To synthesize new concepts we will create/edit appropriate wikipedia pages
Some Notes to consider • Good candidates for articles are topics with plentiful sources, but weak coverage on Wikipedia.
# All should have conservation focus.
• For Example -
# Look for conservation articles which don’t have genetics mentioned # Or ones which lack good examples (No plant/fungal/inveterbrate examples)
• Avoid:
# controversial topics # broad, general topics # well-developed topics without much room to improve # topics that don't have enough sources to work from.
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Handouts: Choosing an article
Copyedit
Read through it, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Handout: Polishing your article
Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
Move your work live
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Wikipedia portfolio – upload a pdf of the edited pages.