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ENTO 607: Insect Ecology

Credits: 
3

Terrestrial: Practical and theoretical aspects of ecology. Properties of populations; methods of estimating population size and population dispersion. Sampling techniques. Measurement and description of factors regulating populations. Construction and analysis of life tables and their application. Biotic associations and community structure. Intra-and interspecific competition; prey-predator, and host-parasite relationships as applied to pest management. Social systems and behaviour of insects. Forest and savanna insects; seasonal phenomena in tropical insects; pest migrations. Impact of pesticides on the environment and community. Ecological foundations of the analysis of biological control. Population modelling and systems analysis. Aquatic: Insects in lotic, lentic and astatic systems: identification, classification, and biology. Insect activity patterns. Role of insects in aquatic ecosystems.