ENTOM 578
PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF INSECTS

1 Credit (2 hr lecture + 3 hr laboratory per week) 

Prerequisites:
MATH 140 or 171, either ZOOL 322, ENTOM 340, 343 or 348

Instructor:  Garrell Long (5 weeks 26 September - 28 - October 
1994)

Text: 	Heinrich, B.  1993. The Hot-Blooded Insects:  Strategies 
	and Mechanisms of Thermoregulation.  Harvard 
	University Press, Cambridge.  6012 pp.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Learn the effects of physical environmental factors on individuals, and groups of insects
2. Gain experience in collection and analysis of ecological data pertaining to arthropods, including significant experience in writing

   LECTURE OUTLINE
   
   No. of Lectures	Topic
   
   1	Course organization and mechanics; General ecology of the Insecta
   1	Perception of and responses to the physical environment
   2	Insect ecology and heat
   2	Ecological effects of light
   2	Ecological effects of water
   2	Ecological effects of gravity
   
   
   LABORATORY OUTLINE
   
   No. of Periods	Topic
   
   1	Measuring, Sampling and Reporting Physical Conditions and Biotic 
   	Responses
   1	Taxes and Kineses
   1	Temperature and Physiological Rates
   1	Conservation of Moisture
   1	Heat Budgets
   

   10 lectures, 5 laboratory sessions. Each lab will require a written report. This may include some computer aided exercises. The last scheduled laboratory period will include a 1 hour exam. 5 written laboratory reports = 50%, 1 examination = 50%

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