ENVS 353
Spring 2017
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01
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| Crosslisting:
BIOL 354 |
| Certificates: Environmental Studies |
Ecological communities are structured by feeding interactions, and agricultural systems are no exception to this rule. This class will focus on attributes of food webs that impact agriculture, including topics such as natural biological control of insect pests, to soil microbes and nutrient cycling, to causes of honeybee colony collapse disorder. This course includes a rigorous survey of both ecological theory as well as applied environmental problems. Students will read primary literature from the fields of food web ecology and agroecology and discuss the implications through group work. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM ENVS |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: BIOL182 or BIOL197 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (BIOL)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Major readings in this course will come from the primary literature. The instructor will assign weekly reading (see below). In addition to this, a single reading each week will be included in class discussion, but the readings will be chosen by students for group presentations.
Perfecto and Snelling, 1995: BIODIVERSITY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF A TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEM
Chaplin-Kramer, 2011: Chemically mediated tritrophic interactions: opposing effects of glucosinolates on a specialist herbivore and its predators
Balmer et al. 2013: Noncrop flowering plants restore top-down herbivore
control in agricultural fields
Jongejans et al. 2007: Establishment and spread of founding populations of an invasive thistle: the role of competition and seed limitation
Mack et al. 2000: Biotic Invasions: Causes, Epidemiology, Global Consequences, and Control
Klein et al. 2007: Importance of Pollinators in Changing Landscapes for World Crops
Wardle et al. 2004: Ecological Linkages between Aboveground and Belowground Biota
Hajjar et al. 2008: The utility of crop genetic diversity in maintaining ecosystem services
Zhu et al. 2007: Genetic diversity and disease control in rice
Molina et al. 2016: Structural complexity of arthropod guilds is affected by the agricultural landscape heterogeneity generated by fencerows
Prokopy et al. 1996: Arthropod pest and natural enemy abundance under second-level versus first-level integrated pest management practices in apple orchards: a 4-year study
Stoner and Eitzer 2013: Using a Hazard Quotient to Evaluate Pesticide Residues Detected in Pollen Trapped from Honey Bees in Connecticut
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| Instructor(s): Clark,Robert Emerson Times: .M.W.F. 08:50AM-09:40AM; Location: BOGH110; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 26 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 13 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: 0 |
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