https://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/enContents © 2021 <a href="mailto:aubreymoore@guam.net">Aubrey Moore</a> Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:11:38 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture22/Aubrey Moore<p>Handout: <a href="https://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/pdfs/FirstDetectorTraining.pdf">National Plant Diagnostic Network First Detector Training On-line Modules</a></p>unusedhttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture22/Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture14a/Aubrey Moore<ul> <li> <p><a href="https://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/pdfs/bamba_insect_pests.pptx">PowerPoint Presentation: Insect Pests on Guam</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://aubreymoore.github.io/crop-pest-list/">List of Insects and Mites Attacking Crops in Micronesia</a></p> </li> </ul>unusedhttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture14a/Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture25/Aubrey Moore<div><p><a href="https://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/pdfs/urban%20entomology.ppt">PowerPoint Presentation: Urban Entomology</a></p> <p><a href="https://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/pdfs/indoor_insects.pdf">PDF Presentation: Insects Commonly Found in Houses on Guam</a></p></div>unusedhttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture25/Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture28/Aubrey Moore<div><h3>TED Talk</h3> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects#">Marcel Dicke: <strong>Why Not Eat Insects?</strong></a></p> <h3>UN-FAO Report</h3> <p><a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e00.htm">Edible insects <strong>Future prospects for food and feed security</strong>, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 2013 </a></p> <h3>Insect Cook Books</h3> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Insect-Cookbook-Sustainable-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B00I2G6SIC/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1"><strong>The Insect Cookbook: Food for a Sustainable Planet</strong> and other books</a></p></div>unusedhttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture28/Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture23/Aubrey Moore<div><h2>Topics Covered Since Exam 1</h2> <h3>Insect Ecology</h3> <h5>Population Dynamics</h5> <ul> <li>Exponential growth model - unlimited growth</li> <li>Logistic Growth Model - growth limited by resources (carrying capacity)</li> </ul> <h5>Predator-prey relationships and biological control</h5> <ul> <li>Lotka-Volterra model of predator-prey populations</li> <li>Insect parasitoids</li> <li>Pest resurgence</li> </ul> <h5>Social Insects</h5> <ul> <li>Characteristics of eusociality:</li> <li>Reproductive division of labor (with or without sterile castes)</li> <li>Overlapping generations</li> <li>Cooperative care of young</li> <li>Hymenoptera and Isoptera include most social insects</li> <li>Advantages of insect sociality:</li> </ul> <h5>Pollination</h5> <ul> <li>Evolution of flowers</li> <li>Honeybee waggle dance: communication of direction and distance</li> </ul> <h5>Mimicry and Camouflage</h5> <ul> <li>Camouflage can be considered to be a form of mimicry where an insect uses a background or object, such as a leaf or a twig, as its model.</li> <li>Batesian mimicry: where a harmless mimic poses as harmful</li> <li>Mullerian mimicry: where two or more harmful species mutually advertise themselves as harmful</li> </ul> <h3>Invasive Species</h3> <ul> <li>Definition of an invasive Species</li> <li>Why are tropical islands so susceptible to damage by invasive species?</li> <li>Pathways</li> <li>Why do so many invasive insects belong to Hemiptera?</li> <li>Response to invasive insects</li> </ul></div>unusedhttps://aubreymoore.github.io/ALBI-345/blog/lecture23/Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT