WELCOME TO DGS 2026!!
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This course on Landscape Genetics provides a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary training and provides an overview of the field of landscape genetics. The course caters to students in both basic and applied ecology, especially conservation/population genetics, landscape ecology and conservation biology. A key objective of landscape genetics is to study how landscape modification and habitat fragmentation affect organism dispersal and gene flow across the landscape. Landscape genetics requires highly interdisciplinary specialized skills making intensive use of technical population genetic skills and spatial analysis tools (spatial statistics, GIS tools and remote sensing). Even when students receive disciplinary training in these areas, educational programs often lack the necessary linkage and synthesis among disciplines. This linkage can only be accomplished after experts from each discipline work together to develop guiding principles for this new research area.
How and when does the course take place?
The course will take place online (https://uwyo.zoom.us/j/99717103948) every Wednesday at 8:30am Pacific time (that's 9:30am Mountain, 10:30am Central, and 11:30am Eastern Time). Lectures will be recorded and class materials will be posted on the website for students who cannot log in to the live sessions. The first class will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 14th, and the last class will be on May 6th.