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Class Schedule ESRM 435 (2012) Meets: Tue & Th,
0830-0950, W105 (1) Main reading from the textbook, “Forest Health and Protection” by
(2) There
will be a short weekly assignment that will ask you to write and/or diagram
entomological information that wasn’t covered -- due Thursdays. Every short assignment not turned in will
result in a 0.3 reduction in the final grade. (3) There is
a term paper. The title will be selected from topics listed at end of this
syllabus. Please tell me which topic
you choose and there will be no more than two students choosing the same
topic. This assignment is more than a
term paper for the graduate students: each graduate student will present
his/her topic to an audience at a mutually acceptable time. (4) Course
grading: (1) the mid term exams will be 40% of the final grade, and (2) the
final exam will be 50%, and (3) the term paper will be 10% of the final
grade. Both midterms and the final
will contain questions from the reading assignments as well as from the
lectures. DATE TOPIC
03 Jan Tue The Arthropods/Gen. Entomol. Chap. 1 and Chap. 17 05 Jan Th General
Entomology Chap.
18 pp. 413 - 424 10 Jan Tue Insect
Ecology Rest
of Chap. 18 12 Jan Th Insect
Ecology 17 Jan Tue Mortality Factors 19 Jan Th Mortality Factors 24 Jan Tue Forest
Insect Management (IPM concepts) 26 Jan Th Host Defense Systems Chapter 19 01 Feb Tue Midterm 31 Feb Tue Host
Defense Systems, Intro. Defoliators Chapter 20 02 Feb Th Defoliators
General, WSBW 07 Feb Tue Other Defoliators and Defoliator Mgt. 09 Feb Th Bark
Beetles Chapter
21, 22 14 Feb Tue Bark
Beetles 16 Feb Th Ambrosia Beetles 21 Feb Tue Wood
Borers 23 Mar Th Tropical
Insects 28 Mar Tue Terminal
Borers Chapter
23, 24 01 Mar Th Terminal
Borers 06 Mar Tue Invasive
Insects 13 Mar Th Final Examination 10:30-12:20 p.m. Short Weekly Assignments These mini-essay will not exceed 1 ˝ pages Due 5 Jan (1) Discuss a couple of arthropod features that have helped this phylum become the most successful phylum of the entire living world. Due 12 Jan (2) Diagram and label a typical insect leg. What modifications are found in insect legs for jumping, swimming and grasping prey (you may draw examples)? Due 19 Jan (3) Diagram and label the mouthparts of a chewing insect; do the same for an insect with piercing-sucking mouthparts. Due 26 Feb (4) How do insects defend against enemies? Due 02 Feb (5) Why are defoliating insects so damaging to the forest and its watershed? Due 09 Feb (6) When (…think succession) and why does the western spruce budworm become so damaging? Due 16 Feb (7) How do bark beetles disperse their populations in the spring? Why is dispersal of a population so important? Due 23 Feb (8) Describe the host selection flight for ambrosia beetles. Due 01 Mar (9) Describe the life cycles of typical Cerambycidae and Buprestidae. Suggested Term Paper Themes Please choose one and let me know The term
papers will involve original research via published material and internet
material. The term paper will include
properly done citations within the body of the paper that will match the
alphabetized references within the bibliography section at the end. I prefer that you don’t use footnote
citations and use the style used in scientific papers. (1) Based
on the biology, physiology and morphology of the order Coleoptera, why has
this group been so overwhelmingly successful? (2) How do
insects sense their environment? (3) Compare
and contrast insect control by use of pesticides, biological control, and IPM
systems. (4) Discuss
a pest management system for an important defoliator of your choice. (5) Discuss
a pest management system for an important bark beetle of your choice. (6) Discuss
the terrible dangers of introducing forest insect pests from other parts of
the world and how would these threats be managed. (7) Discuss
the host selection behavior of the Scolytinae. (8) Discuss
the links between forest fires and forest insects. (9) Discuss
history and pest management strategies to manage either Ips spp. or species of Dendroctonus. (10)
Discuss an important forest pest problem in European forests and how is the
problem managed. (11)
Discuss pest management of Hypsipyla
grandella in the Latin American tropics. (12)
Discuss the history and future of products derived from the Neem tree. (13) Discuss
the role of genetic engineering in management of insect pests. (14) Why
are MPB outbreaks so huge in the West? (15) What
will be the influence of global warming on insect populations? (16) Why
have MPB populations grown exponentially and are wiping out vast areas of
lodgepole pine in the inland West. |
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