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Graduate Interdisciplinary Specializations
These graduate specializations offer graduate students the opportunity
to complete a course of study utilizing courses and faculty from several
different fields. Participants must apply for admission and must also
be admitted to a ‘regular’ graduate program.
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
2538 McCarthy Mall-Snyder 407
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel (808) 956-4602
Fax: (808) 956-4707
E-mail: eecb@hawaii.edu
Web: www.hawaii.edu/eecb/
Graduate Faculty
**Emeritus Faculty
R. H. Cowie, PhD (Chair)—evolutionary biology and conservation
of land and freshwater snails
L. Arita-Tsutsumi, PhD—behavioral ecology of insects
C. Birkeland, PhD—coral reef ecology and management, marine community
ecology
B. Bowen, PhD—phylogeography, evolution and conservation, genetics
of marine vertebrates
R. L. Cann, PhD—conservation genetics and molecular evolution
D. Carlon, PhD—population regulation, life-history evolution and
speciation
K. S. Cole, PhD—evolution of sexual patterns, behavioral ecology
S. Conant, PhD—conservation biology, life history and ecology of
Hawaiian birds
C. C. Daehler, PhD—invasive plants, plant-insect interactions
H. G. de Couet, PhD—developmental and molecular evolution
M. J. deMaintenon, PhD—evolution of gastropod organogenetic patterns
D. Drake, PhD—plant ecology, conservation biology, plant-animal
interactions
D. C. Duffy, PhD—conservation biology (basic and applied)
N. L. Etkin, PhD—medicines of the “informal sector”
in contemporary Hawai‘i
J. Fragoso, PhD—ecology of tropical animals, plants and ecosystems
L. A. Freed, PhD—evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology and conservation
biology
T. Fukami, PhD—species diversity, ecosystem functioning, biological
invasions and ecological restoration
E. Gaidos, PhD—microbial ecology, modeling of ecological and molecular
ecolution
M. G. Hadfield, PhD—larval biology of marine invertebrates, conservation
and demography of Hawaiian tree snails
D. Haymer, PhD—molecular evolution
T. Hunt, PhD—evolutionary theory, including ecology and biogeography
T. Idol, PhD—forest soils and nutrient cycling
K. Y. Kaneshiro, PhD—sexual selection and biology of small populations
D. D. Kapan, PhD—evolution and genetics of warning color and mimicry
in Lepidoptera and applied evolutionary ecology and molecular population
genetics
S. C. Keeley, PhD—plant molecular systematics and evolution
R. A. Kinzie, PhD—aquatic ecology, coral reefs and tropical streams
T. W. Lyttle, PhD—population genetics and chromosome evolution
M. Q. Martindale, PhD—evolution of development of metazoan animals
W. J. Mautz, PhD—environmental physiology, environmental toxicology,
ecological energetics, respiration physiology, and herpetology
W. C. McClatchey, PhD—the flora, ethnobotany and prehistory of the
Solomon Islands and the Rotuma Islands
M. D. Merlin, PhD—biogeography, ethnobotany, Pacific natural history
R. H. Messing, PhD—behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids and
biological control
C. W. Morden, PhD—molecular systematics and evolution of plants
and algae
**D. Mueller-Dombois, PhD—vegetation ecology
R. Ostertag, PhD—community structure and nutrient dynamics of tropical
forests
J. D. Parrish, PhD—ecology of aquatic (marine) communities, fishery
biology
D. K. Price, PhD—evolutionary genetics of behaviors
M. A. Ridgley, PhD—human-environment systems analysis: modeling
and evaluation of society-environment interactions
D. Rubinoff, PhD—insect systematics, conservation biology, and the
evolution of ecological traits
L. Sack, PhD—whole-plant physiology and ecology
A. R. Sherwood, PhD—evolution, systematics and population genetics
of Hawaiian algae
C. M. Smith, PhD—physiological ecology of marine macrophytes, marine
ecology
L. E. Sponsel, PhD—human ecology in tropical forests and deforestation
J. S. Stimson, PhD—population ecology
K. Suryanata, PhD—political economy of natural resources
A. D. Taylor, PhD—population ecology
A. Teramura, PhD—environmental stress physiology, global climate
change, ecosystem analysis and biodiversity
T. Ticktin, PhD—ethnoecology and conservation
R. Toonen, PhD—population biology and larval ecology of marine invertebrates
T. Tricas, PhD—behavior and sensory biology of sharks, rays and
reef fishes
L. Wester, PhD—plant geography, biogeography of islands, human-plant
relationships
A. Wikramanayake, PhD—evolution of pattern formation in metazoan
embryos
B. A. Wilcox, PhD—natural resource management, ecology of infectious
diseases
C. Womersley, PhD—environmental physiology, biochemical adaptation,
parasitology
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
A. Allison, PhD—systematics and population biology
A. Asquith, PhD—insect systematics and conservation
W. W. Au, PhD—sensory biology of cetaceans
L. V. Basch, PhD—ecology, evolution and conservation of marine life
histories and benthic communities
J. E. Canfield, PhD—conservation biology of silverswords and vegetation
restoration
J. A. Davidson, PhD—ecology of plant diseases in natural ecosystems
J. Denslow, PhD—ecology of invasive exotic species in tropical forests
N. L. Evenhuis, PhD—systematics and evolution of Diptera
D. Foote, PhD—ecology and conservation of native Hawaiian insects
A. M. Friedlander, PhD—nearshore fisheries
B. S. Holland, PhD—molecular ecology, systematics and conservation
genetics
F. G. Howarth, PhD—evolutionary biology of cave ecosystems and insect
conservation
F. Kraus, PhD—evolution and conservation of insular faunas, reptiles,
amphibians and land snails
L. L. Loope, PhD—conservation biology, plant ecology
J. E. Maragos, PhD—human impact on marine ecosystems and coral reefs
W. C. Pitt, PhD—invasive vertebrate issues
D. Ragone, PhD—Pacific Island ethnobotany, especially conservation
and use of traditional crops, focusing on breadfruit
The Academic Program
The objectives of the interdisciplinary graduate specialization in ecology,
evolution, and conservation biology (EECB) are to:
- Use the unique opportunities that Hawai‘i offers to integrate
tropical population biology and natural history studies with modern
laboratory techniques;
- Provide the interdisciplinary, conceptual, and technical training
that will allow our graduates to participate in academic and research
programs in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology; and
- Foster scholarly training in research programs involving expertise
in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology.
Modern theories of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology share
a core of concepts and techniques that span classical academic disciplines.
This common core, coupled with the emergence of powerful new technologies,
invites cross-disciplinary approaches, which generate many of today’s
most exciting scientific advances.
The EECB program provides opportunities for students at UH Mânoa
to expand their knowledge and gain experience in this integrative discipline.
Our interdisciplinary graduate program brings together faculty members
from agronomy and soil science, anthropology, biomedical sciences (genetics
and molecular biology), botanical sciences, entomology, geography, horticulture,
microbiology, oceanography, and zoology–with all their skills and
technologies–to provide the training students need to contribute
effectively to this research area.
EECB is implemented as a “specialization” within existing
graduate programs of the departments whose faculty participate in this
program. This means that the primary duties and responsibilities of each
EECB student are to satisfy the requirements of their own home academic
department. The EECB specialization serves to allow students to expand
beyond the traditional departmental boundaries in terms of formulating
research questions, choosing thesis/dissertation committee members and
taking academic courses. EECB graduate students can be enrolled in either
the doctor of philosophy or master of science degree in their home department.
Students accepted to the EECB graduate specialization must already have
been accepted into the graduate program of the various departments participating
in the EECB program. Course work in statistics, organic chemistry, biochemistry,
genetics, evolution and ecology are considered most important for admission
into the EECB program.
Details on the EECB program and application forms can be found at the
EECB website www.hawaii.edu/eecb/.
Admission Requirements
Only students who have been accepted to a graduate program in one of
the academic departments at UH Manoa can be accepted to the EECB program.
Regardless of department admission deadlines, the EECB program deadline
is February 1 for the fall semester.
Applicants must submit the application, GRE’s, transcripts and
letters of recommendation to the academic department to which they are
applying. EECB applicants must write “EECB” in box 6 of the
application where it specifies “area of specialization” and
follow the directions for submitting the application to the UH Graduate
Division.
The EECB application consists of a letter expressing interest in EECB
and a copy of your complete UH Manoa graduate application materials. Copies
of the application should be sent to the EECB program office at the above
address. Copies (can be unofficial) of letters of recommendation, transcripts
and GRE scores should also be sent to the EECB office. Failure to send
the copies may cause delays in processing your EECB application.
Applicants to the EECB program must have a faculty sponsor to be considered
for admission to the EECB program. Begin by reviewing the Faculty section
of this website and contacting faculty members whose interests are similar
to yours.
Course Requirements for Specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Biology
Course requirements for ALL EECB graduate students:
- Complete all degree requirements of the home academic department
- Participate in EECB activities, particularly the “Evolunch”
seminar series
- One course in ecology at the 600 or 700 level (at least 2 credits
with an A or B grade)
- One course in evolution at the 600 or 700 level (at least 2 credits
with an A or B grade)
- One course in conservation biology at the 600 or 700 level (at least
2 credits with an A or B grade)
Acceptable graduate (600-700 level) courses currently being offered are
listed below. Because some offerings change from semester to semester,
consult the EECB webpage for an updated list.
In addition to course requirements for the specialization in EECB, each
academic department has its own course requirements. Courses from the
EECB course list that are taken to fulfill departmental requirements can
also be used to fulfill EECB requirements, however, a single course can
only satisfy one of the three EECB requirements.
Course Offerings
(Updated October 2006)
(New courses or one-time offerings not listed here but approved by the
EECB curriculum committee may also count towards the ecology, evolution
or conservation biology requirement. Please check with the EECB website
and consult with the graduate education committee.)
Ecology
- ANTH 606 Anthropology of Infectious Disease (3)
- BOT 644 Ethnoecological Methods (3)
- BOT 651 Invasion Biology (3)
- BOT/ZOOL 652 Population Biology (3)
- PEPS 671 Insect Ecology (3)
- MICR 680 Advances in Microbial Ecology (3)
- NREM 680 Forest/Agroforest Ecosystem Analysis (3)
- OCN 626 Marine Microplankton Ecology
- OCN 627 Ecology of Pelagic Marine Animals (3)
- OCN 628 Benthic Biological Oceanography (4)
- ZOOL 606 Principles of Animal Behavior (2)
- ZOOL 606L Principles of Animal Behavior Lab (1)
- ZOOL 620 Marine Ecology (3)
- ZOOL 621 Evolutionary Ecology (4)
- ZOOL 623 Quantitative Field Ecology (3)
- ZOOL 739 Topics in Ecology (V)
Evolution
- ANTH 604 Physical Anthropology (3)
- BOT 661 Hawaiian Vascular Plants (3)
- BOT 675 Molecular Systematics and Evolution (3)
- PEPS 633 Insect Genetics (3)
- PEPS 662 Systematics and Phylogenetics (3)
- CMB 625 Advanced Topics in Genetics (2)
- CMB 650 Population Genetics (3)
- MICR 671 Bacterial Genetics (3)
- TPSS 615 Quantitative Genetics (3)
- ZOOL 606 Principles of Animal Behavior (2)
- ZOOL 606L Principles of Animal Behavior Lab (1)
- ZOOL 621 Evolutionary Ecology (4)
- ZOOL 719 Topics in Systematics and Evolution (V)
Conservation Biology
- ANTH 620 Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology (3)
- BOT 651 Invasion Biology (3)
- BOT/ZOOL 690 Conservation Biology (3)
- PEPS 675 Biological Control (3)
- GEOG 752 Research Seminar: Resource Management (3)
- GEOG 758 Research Seminar: Conservation (3)
- OCN 621 Biological Oceanography (3)
- ZOOL 750 Topics in Conservation Biology (V)
- TCBES 600 (UH Hilo) Conservation Biology and Environmental Science
(3)
Content Varies (but may be count towards a specific area, depending the
topic)
- BOT 612 Advanced Botanical Problems (V)
- BOT 654 Advances in Plant Ecology (2)
- GEOG 750 Research Seminar: Biogeography (3)
- ZOOL 714 Topics in Animal Behavior (V)
- ZOOL 719 Topics in Systematics and Evolution (V)
- ZOOL 750 Topics in Conservation Biology (V)
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