ENTOM 3340

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ENTOM 3340
Tropical Field Entomology

Course information provided by the 2013-2014 Catalog.

This course will give students hands-on exposure to insect biodiversity, ecology, and behavior in a neotropical rainforest environment. Students will gain experience in insect sampling and survey methods, insect identification to the family level, insect natural history, experimental design and data collection in a field setting, basic statistics, interpretation and evaluation of scientific literature, and scientific writing. Course takes place over a two-week period for approximately 8 hr/day.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ENTOM 2120 or BIOEE 1780 or BIOEE 1610.

Outcomes

  • Introduce students to insect field survey methods and insect biodiversity in a Neotropical rainforest environment.
  • Develop skills in insect natural history observation.
  • Formulate project questions and hypotheses; collect ecological and behavioral field data to analyze particular questions/hypotheses.
  • Apply basic statistical methods as applied to field ecological and behavioral studies.
  • Explain/present scientific results orally and in writing.
  • Interpret, analyze, and discuss scientific literature on tropical insect biology and ecology.

When Offered Winter.

Comments The course takes place at the La Selva Field Station in Costa Rica during winter session.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Dynamic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1020 ENTOM 3340   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Taught in La Selva Biol Stn, Costa Rica. For more information go to: http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ws/courses/off/entom3340/index.php

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