Syllabus - Spring 2010
(P) = presentation
(D) = discussion
| DATE | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|
| Tu 1/26 | Which species are rare or endangered and why? | Losey |
| Th 1/28 | Coccinella novemnotata, the nine-spotted lady beetle (D) Is extinction a serious problem? - Stalcap 1996, Chapters 1.1 and 1.2 - Lomborg, 2001. Chapter 23 - Biodiversity. In The Skeptical Environmentalist. |
Losey Losey |
| Tu 2/2 |
Insect surveys for conservation I - New 1998, Chapter 2 |
Losey |
| Th 2/4 | (P) Madagascar project presentation (D) Is the ESA effective? |
Park Beal/Freedman |
| Tu 2/9 | Insect surveys for conservation II - Conrad et al. 2007, Chapter 8 in Insect Conservation Biology, New et al. |
Losey |
| Th 2/11 | (P) Global ladybug diversity project (D) Is insect extinction important? |
Losey Angell/Neville |
| Tu 2/16 | The burden of choice: Conservation priorities I -New 1997, Chapter 4 - Hunter 2002. Fundamentals of Conservation Biology. Chapter 14 |
Losey |
| Th 2/18 | (D)Using GAP analaysis to monitor rare organisms http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/ http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/gap/gap.htm |
Smith* |
| Th 2/23 | (P) Niche Modeling | Petersen |
| Tu 2/25 | The burden of choice:Conservation priorities II -New 1997, Chapter 4 - Hunter 2002. Fundamentals of Conservation Biology. Chapter 14 |
Losey |
| Tu 3/2 | Group Project Work Day | Losey |
| Th 3/4 | (P) The subspecies dilemma (D) Insects and Agenda 21 |
Losey/Liebherr* Stellwag/Phipps-Morgan |
| Tu 3/9 | Political, social and economic considerations | Losey |
| Th 3/11 | (D) Science, Politics and the ESA Mooney, C. 2005. FishyScience. Ch. 10 in: The Republican War on Science |
Cho/Roh |
| Tu 3/16 | Conserving endangered invertebrate habitats - New 1997, Chapter 4 (also see Ch. 7) |
Losey |
| Th 3/18 | Invaders, National Geographic Society, 2005 (MIDTERM DISTRIBUTED) |
Losey |
| Spring Break | ||
| Tu 3/30 | Species on the brink: Last chance efforts to conserve the most endangered species - New 1997, Chapter 5 |
Losey |
| Th 4/1 |
(D) Cloning for conservation? (MIDTERM DUE) |
Students |
| Tu 4/6 | The potential impact of global climate change on insect populations | Hamilton* |
| Th 4/8 | (P) Ladybeetle diversity decline - interim report (D) Dispatches from the from the front line - Mace Vaughan, Xerces Conservation Director and department alum |
Group Students |
| Tu 4/13 | Conservation in managed systems - Pfiffner, L. 2000. Significance of organic farming for invertebrate diversity, In: The relationship between nature conservation, biodiversity and organic agriculture. - S. Stolton, B. Grier, and J. McNeely (eds.) - Schultz, C.B. and G.C. Chang. 1998. Challenges in insect conservation: Managing fluctuating populations in disturbed habitats. In: Fiedler P.L. & Kareira, P.M. (eds.) Conservation for the Coming Decade. Chapman & Hall. - Collins and Thomas Chp 12. |
Losey |
| Th 4/15 | (P) C. novemnotata ESA petition - interim (D) Biotechnology: Insect biodiversity boon or bane - Obrycki, JJ., J.E. Losey, O. Taylor, L.C. Hansen. 2001. Transgenic insecticidal corn: Beyond insecticidal toxicity to ecological complexity. BioScience 51:353-361. |
Group Students |
| Tu 4/20 | Invertebrates as an industry - Collins and Thomas, 1991. Chapter 13 (pgs 330-337) |
Losey |
| Th 4/22 | (P) Madagascar silk production - interim (D) Is butterfly farming ethical? http://www.naba.org/weddings.html http://butterflybreeders.com/pages/smrebuttal.htm |
Group Students |
| Tu 4/27 | The diversity and importance of pollinators | Lopez Uribe |
| Th 4/29 | (D) The role of religion in conservation Death, Dung and Decomposition |
Students Losey |
| Tu 5/4 | (D) Can we conserve insects by eating them? Insects as a nutritional resource |
Students Losey |
| Th 5/6 | 4th Semi-annual Bug Brunch Final Project Presentations |
Students/ Groups |
Instructor
John Losey
Department of Entomology
4126 Comstock Hall
255-7376
jel27@cornell.edu
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