ENTO 201

Important Announcements:
 
 

Welcome to ENTO 201.  You need to purchase a 201 lecture manual from Copy Maven on Main St. and a textbook Vol. 2 Essentials of Conservation Biology by Richard Primack from University bookstore.  Bring the manual (but not textbook) to each class for assistance in taking notes.
 
 

 Announcements:

For more information on wildlife, see the links at the bottom of this page.

ENTO 201- Fall 1999, MWF 12:20-1:10 a.m.  Kirkbride 006

Instructor: Dr. Dewey M. Caron

Office hrs:  MWF 8:30-9:30 AM and 11:15-12:00

& anytime in (Trailer A) office

phone: 831-8883

e-mail: dmcaron@udel.edu

 LECTURE SCHEDULE and COURSE ASSIGNMENTS


 
  Topic Manual Textbook
Sept.  1
 Introduction 2-3 1
3
 Principles of Ecology  4  
  Requisites of Life (1) 5  
  Patchwork Quilt (2) 5  
6
 LABOR DAY    
8 & 10
 Abiotic Limits Principle (3) 6-9  
13
 Natural Selection Principle (4) 10-25 2 (pg. 25-34)
15
 NO CLASS    
17
 Biotic Limits Principle  (5) 26-37  
20
 Complexity Principle (6) 38-46 2 (pg. 38-43)
22
 Diversity & Connectedness Principle (7&8) 47-58 2 (pg. 34-38, 44-49)
24 & 27
 Biological Diversity 59-69 2&3 (pg. 23-25, 49-51)
29
 Review    
Oct. 1
 EXAM 1    
4 & 6
 Human Population 71-80 (pg. 197 - 200)
8
 FALL BREAK    
11 & 13
 Human Values 81  
15
 Attitudes toward Animals 82-85  
18 & 20
 Valuing Biodiversity 86  
22 & 25
 Economics of Biodiversity 98 4, 5 & 6
27 & 29
 Issues 3rd section  
Nov. 1
 Review    
3
 EXAM 2    
5 & 8
 Extinction 99-100 7, 8 & 11
10
 HIPPO Concept 101 9 & 10
12
 Habitat destruction/degradation Wetland habitat 101, 102-105 9
17
 Terrestrial habitat 106 9
19
 Restoration of habitat   16-19
22 & 24
 Introduction of Exotics 106-107  
25 - 26
 THANKSGIVING BREAK    
29 & Dec. 1
 Pollution and Populations   9
3
 LETTER WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE    
6 & 8
 Over exploitation 109-111 10 & 13
  FINAL EXAM    

 
   
 
 
 
 

To visit the National Wildlife Federation website, click on the banner below:

http://www.nwf.org/banner from http://www.nwf.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To visit the Population Reference Bureau website, click on the banner below:

banner from http://www.prb.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  To visit the Nature Conservancy's website, click on the image below:

image from http://www.tnc.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To visit the Wildlife Conservation website, click on the banner below:

banner from http://www.wcs.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To visit the National Audubon Society's website, click on the image below:

image from http://www.audubon.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 To visit the Wildlife Society's website, click on the image below:

image from http://www.wildlife.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To visit the Sierra Club's website, click on the image below:

image from http://www.sierraclub.org