Insect Ecology

ENTO 510

Spring 2005

COURSE OUTLINE BY TOPIC

• Introduction
  • Why Study Insect Ecology?
  • What is Science and How Does it Work?
  • The Importance of the Evolutionary Paradigm
• Autecology
  • Insect Size and Ecological Implications
  • Physiological Ecology
    • Temperature
    • Water and humidity
  • Seasonal Adaptations
    • Diapause
    • Migration
• Synecology
  • Population Ecology
    • Dispersion
    • Density
      • Sampling
    • Natality
      • Mating
      • Reproductive strategies
    • Growth form
    • Mortality
      • Predation
      • Parasitism
      • Abiotic
    • Age structure
      • Age grading
    • Biotic potential
    • Population regulation
    • Population analysis
      • Life tables
  • Community Ecology
    • Competition and mutualism
    • Insect-plant interactions
    • Organization and regulation of community structure