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| INSECT
ECOLOGY 3 credits; 3 lectures/wk; Fall semester, alternate (even-numbered) years. |
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| ENT 342 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prereqs.: | Entomol/Zool 302 or course in Zoology; Math 112 or equiv. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Ecology of insects as individuals, populations, and components of communities and ecosystems. Emphasis on interactions of insects with their biotic and abiotic environment. | |||||||||||||||||||
| ENT 630 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ECOTOXICOLOGY:
TOXICANT EFFECTS ON ECOSYSTEMS 3 credits; 3 lectures/wk; Fall semester, alternate (odd-numbered) years; cross-listed with Agronomy, Env Tox and Wildl Ecol 630. Team taught (Karasov, Lindroth, Jefcoate). |
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| Two semesters introduction biology and one semester organic chemistry or consent of instructor. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Study of how toxicants mediate interactions between organisms and their biotic and abiotic environments. Addresses biochemical and physiological mechanisms of toxicity; defenses against toxicants; population, community, ecosystems and evolutionary ecotoxicology; socio-economic impacts and current research. | |||||||||||||||||||
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