- Focus Areas
- Agricultural Pest Management
- Ecology/Biological Control
- Evolutionary Biology
- Freshwater and Estuarine Entomology
- Insect Pathology
- Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics
- Pesticide Technology, Assessment, and Policy
- Systematics/Morphology
- Urban, Structural, and Green Industries Pest Management
- Facilities
- Collaborators
- Research Opportunities
- Focus Areas
PrintENTM 612—Insect Ecology
Course Description
An advanced course in population and community ecology, plant-insect
interactions, and insect biogeography. Emphasis on current
entomological literature (3 credits).
Prerequisite:
- a course in general ecology
- or permission of department
General Lecture Topics:
- Plant-Herbivore Interactions
- Predator-Prey Interactions, Host-Parasite Relationships, and Biological Control
- Life Tables and Reproductive Strategies
- Population Dynamics, Meta-Population Dynamics, and Conservation Ecology
- Competition and Mutualisms
- Multi-trophic Interactions, Community Structure, Food-Web Dynamics, and Ecosystem Function
- Behavioral Ecology and the Evolution of Social Behavior
