ECOL495B

012599

Site: Guaymas Campus of the Monterey Technological University, Mexico. This course provides an introduction to (1) the natural history of Sonora and its desert ecosystem, (2) land use patterns and change in Sonora, (3) insect systematics and natural history, particularly of insect pests and pollinators, (4) field collecting methods and identification, (5) construction of biodiversity databases, and (6) biodiversity theory and analysis. Indices of insect biodiversity can provide important means of assessing ecosystem health and responses to anthropogenic landscape change. Analyses will be made of insect communities and biodiversity in urban, suburban, agricultural, and native habitats. Responses of insect populations to land use change can include outbreaks of insect pests and insect-vectored human and animal diseases, therefore special attention will be paid to insect pests and vectors.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

ECOL595B