Course Readings and Maps

A. Introduction to the Conservation & Research Center and Eld’s Deer Conservation

A1. Christen, Catherine. “Smithsonian National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center.” ASEH News 13:1 Spring 2002.

A2. McCracken,Casey. “At the Zoo: Saving the Skittish Eld's Deer.” Zoogoer May/June 1996.

A3. Wemmer, Christen. “The Thamin and a Place Called Chatthin.” Zoogoer September/October 2000.

A4. "Aung, Myint et al. "Losing it by Using it: Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, a Protected Area in Myanmar (Burma)." (Draft accepted by Journal of Environmental Management.)

B. Introduction to Burma: History, Geography, Political and Cultural Contexts

B1. Ghosh, Amitav. The Glass Palace, a Novel. New York: Random House, 2001: 258-262.

B2. Swerdlow, Joel L. “BURMA: The Richest of Poor Countries."  Part 1, Part II, Part III, National Geographic Magazine, July 1995 (Part I of III) 70-97.

B3. Clark, Michael, and Cummings, Joel. Myanmar (Burma). Melbourne: Lonely Planet, 2000: 15-45.

B4. Ghosh, Amitav. The Glass Palace, a Novel. New York: Random House, 2001: 57-65, and 103-105.

B5. Scott, James George. Burma: A Handbook of Practical Information. Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1999 (first published 1906): 1-2 (to "Boundaries"); 26-30 (from "Fauna"); and 460-469.

B6. Yin, Saw Myat. Culture Shock! Burma. Portland: Graphic Arts Center, 1994: selected pages.

B7. Min Zin. "Waiting for an Industrial Revolution." Bangkok Post, October 5, 2003.

Maps: “Ethnic Groups”; “British Conquest”; “Post-Colonial States and Divisions”; “Operational Areas of Principal Insurgent Groups, 1989”; “Areas of Opium Poppy Cultivation.” From Tucker, Shelby. Burma: The Curse of Independence. London and Sterling: Pluto Press, 2001.

C. Reproduction Applications to Conservation: Endocrinology

C1. Monfort, Steven L. “Non-Invasive Endocrine Measures of Reproduction and Stress in Wild Populations.” Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation. Ed. William V. Holt, et al.

D. Reproduction Applications to Conservation: Gamete Biology

D1. Gao, Dayong, and Critser, J.K. “Mechanisms of Cryoinjury in Living Cells.” Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal 41:4 (2000): 187-196.

D2. Howard, JoGayle, et al. “Semen Collection, Analysis, and Cryopreservation in Nondomestic Animals.” Current Therapy in Theriogenology II. Ed. D. Morrow. W.B. Saunders: Philadelphia, 1980: 1047-1053.

D3. Wildt, David, et al. “Genome Resource Banks: Living Collections for Biodiversity Conservation.” BioScience 47.10 (1997): 689-698.

E. Eld's Deer Ecology and Habitat

E1. Aung, Myint et al. “Ecology and Social Organization of a Tropical Deer (Cervus Eldi Thamin).” Journal of Mammology 82.3 (2001): 836-847.

E2. McShea, William J. et al. “Forage, Habitat Use, and Sexual Segregation by a Tropical Deer (Cervus Eldi Thamin) in a Dipterocarp Forest.” Journal of Mammology 82.3 (2001): 848-857.

E3. McShea, William J. et al. “Range Collapse of a Tropical Cervid (Cervus Eldi) and the Extent of Remaining Habitat in Central Myanmar.” Animal Conservation 2 (1999): 1-11.

F. Ecology: Distance Sampling

F1. Thomas, Len, et al., “Distance Sampling.” Encyclopedia of Envirometrics. Eds. Abdel H. El-Shaarawit and Walter W. Piegorsch. John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, 2002, 544-552.

G. GIS & Regional Conservation Assessments: Maps

G1.“Historic and Present Day Range of Eld's Deer in Southeast Asia;” Conservation GIS-Lab, National Zoological Park Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, VA.

G2. “Remaining Indaing and Dry Forest Patches, Representing Potential Eld’s Deer Habitat in Myanmar.” (Patches delineated using Landsat Satellite Imagery). Conservation GIS-Lab, National Zoological Park Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, VA.

G3. “Eld’s Deer Ranges: Protected Areas in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone That May Have Previously Supported Eld's Deer and may Provide Refuge for Remnant Populations.” Conservation GIS-Lab, National Zoological Park Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, VA.

G4. Chapters from NZP-CRC GIS Instruction Manual (TO BE PROVIDED AT GIS LAB DURING LAB SESSION).

For more context regarding these maps, also see:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ConservationGIS/projects/thamin/

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ConservationGIS/projects/myanmar_landcover/

H. Ex-Situ Population Management

H1. Ballou, Jonathan D., and Foose, Thomas J. “Demographic and Genetic Management of Captive Populations.” Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques. Ed. Devra Kleiman, et al. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996: 263-283.

H2. Harnal, V.K. et al. “Computer Simulations to Determine the Efficacy of Different Genome Resource Banking Strategies for Maintaining Genetic Diversity.” Cryobiology 44 (2002): 122-131.

J. Biology of Small Populations

J1. Primack, Richard B. “Problems of Small Populations.” In Essentials of Conservation Biology. Sunderland: Sinauer, 1998: 279-308.

J2. Balakrishnan, C.N. et al. “Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of Eld’s Deer (Cervus Eldi).” Molecular Ecology 12 (2003): 1-10.

K. Population Viability Analysis

K1. Boyce, Mark S. “Population Viability Analysis.” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 23 (1992): 481-506.