Weekly Zoom Link:
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Meeting ID: 997 1710 3948
Passcode: DGS2026
Passcode for recordings: DGS2026!
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Is Landscape Ecology new to you or do you need a refresher on core Landscape Ecology concepts? If so, Dr. Helene Wagner deveped a wonderful recording that builds foundational and conceptual basis for landscape ecology. You can access that recording here.
Groups have been assigned. You should have heard from your group mentor(s) and have your first group meeting by Feb. 6.
IMPORTANT: emails went out to all that are registered for the 2026 course website. We will be locking down the website to registered individuals soon. If you did not get an email, please register by Tuesday Jan 27 through this form. As a reminder, all individuals participating in the 2026 Landscape Genetics DGS should register for access to the website.
GROUP PROJECT APPLICATIONS. Group projects are an optional part of this course. If you are interested in participating in a group project, please complete an application here by Jan 25th 2026. Dr. Bill Peterman will formuate groups Monday morning (EST).
Thank you Dr. Stacy for a fantastic population genetics for landscape genetics lecture this week.
Recordings will be available ~24 hrs after the lecture. You should be able to stream the recording without a passcode, however use DGS2026! if needed.
SCHEDULE CHANGE: Please note that the lecture on Basics of Landscape Ecology by Sam Cushman will now be on January 28 and the lecture on Adaptation & Quantitative Genetics by Kati Csilléry will be on Feb. 4.
WELCOME TO DGS 2026!!
First lecture recording is now posted (see Landscape Genetics - Dr. Niko Balkenhol).
This website will become restricted to registered course participants only. To ensure you have continued access to this website for the duration of the course (and one year afterward), please complete this form. (If you're participating as part of a group or class, please note that each individual needs to complete this form). Thanks!
Are you taking the on-line course as an individual or hosting an on-line group and still need to register for the course? Please go to https://forms.gle/7K6dW8uTRHfMLoUa7. NOTE: one registration per group by the person responsible for payment.
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.
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