Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Track Leader:
Marcel Holyoak
The Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation Track aims to give students a
broad ecological training that prepares them to be field ecologists,
organismal biologists (biodiversity specialists) or conservation
specialists. It trains students for working for public agencies or private
companies, and serves as preparation for graduate school in a variety of
environmental biology disciplines. A series of foundation courses are
required, including upper division statistics, physical environmental
sciences, public policy, evolution, genetics, biogeography, and a field
course for hands on field experience of hypothesis testing in nature. The
track then allows students to specialize in options in Organismal Biology
and Biodiversity, Ecology, or Conservation. UC-Davis has more ecologists
than any other institution in the World, and this track draws on this rich
human resource.
Faculty
quote:
“Currently we are losing biological diversity at a rate which is
unprecedented in the history of our planet, and rivals the mass extinctions
seen in geological history. Stemming this loss of biodiversity, as well as
understanding the benefits and functions of biodiversity demand a broad
training in biology and about the physical, chemical and human-modified
environment. Rather than specializing on any particular kind of species,
environmental resource, or problem-solving approach, the Ecology,
Biodiversity and Conservation Track of ESM brings together all of the
relevant subjects to train our graduates to be able to solve real-world
problems. We pride ourselves on the breadth of knowledge available on campus
and being able to hone programs to meet the career paths and interests of
our students, while providing them with research opportunities and a rich
suite of methodological tools. Along the way we get to enjoy learning about
the amazing spectacle that nature and the environment provide.”
- Marcel Holyoak
Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Track Requirements
Potential Graduate Programs:
The Graduate Group in Ecology at UC-Davis, is perhaps the number 1 program
in the World!
Ecology and Evolution at The University of Chicago
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University
Graduate Program in Ecology at Duke