Following are reading assignments for ENVS 225. Readings refer to
our textbook, online references, handouts, files on our ANGEL site, or reserve
readings in the library. For the public-domain web readings, I have
provided direct links to the source. For library-access readings, you
will need to be either on campus, or access from off-campus, as outlined on the
Kelly Library web site. With outside access, you will
need to use your user name and password (as is used for
your e-mail). Some readings (with a "pdf"
extension) will require an
Adobe Acrobat reader, available
as a free download.
To be read by:
Aug 23
Garrett Hardin: The Tragedy of the Commons (article; PDF)
Aug 28
Biodiversity: What Is It? by Thomas E. Lovejoy (Web:Adobe)
Overview of Appalachian Geologic Province (Website)
Also check out their
shaded relief map of the Appalachian region included on the same site (link here or at bottom of web page)
Overview of Appalachian History and Biodiversity (Website)
Aug 30
Chapter from
Win-win Ecology by Michael Rosenzweig (Adobe)
If the link doesn't work, it's on our ANGEL site in Files
Overview of Island Biogeography (Website)
Brief article on
relevance of Island Biogeography to conservation (Website)
Sep 04
Re-read the readings for Aug 30
Especially the
Rosenzweig article.
Brief article on Habitat Corridors as a
response to habitat fragmentation (Adobe)
Sep 06
Make sure you've read the brief article on Habitat Corridors as a
response to habitat fragmentation (Adobe)
Here's another general article on
the thinking and approach behind
Habitat and Wildlife Corridors.
This is a several-page article, so make sure you read it all.
Sep 11
Read Chapter 1 by Norman Wirzba (Introduction)
in The Essential Agrarian Reader
Spend 25 minutes randomly reading sections of
The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
just to get a feel for what he's talking about.
Sep 13
Make sure you have read both the Introduction by Norman Wirzba (pp. 1-20)
and Chapter 1 by Wendell Berry (The Agrarian Standard, pp. 23-33)
in The Essential Agrarian Reader
Chapter from
Food is Biological by Joel Salatin (Adobe)
Sep 18
Chapter on
Agriculture and Biodiversity by Catherine Badgley (Adobe)
Article on Agriculture and Petroleum (Word File)
