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| | Instructor: [mailto:roberta.engel@uconn.edu '''Roberta Engel''']<br/> | | Instructor: [mailto:roberta.engel@uconn.edu '''Roberta Engel''']<br/> |
| | E-mail: '''roberta.engel@uconn.edu'''<br/> | | E-mail: '''roberta.engel@uconn.edu'''<br/> |
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| − | Have fun collecting insects and earn credits at the same time! <br/>
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| − | This course is an introduction to '''insect collecting''', '''identification''', and '''ecology'''. We will learn about the local insect fauna through numerous '''field trips''' and practice specimen inventory methods in the lab. Lectures will cover all major orders of insects and focus on various aspects of their ecology, behavior, and evolution. Throughout the term, students will collect specimens for the University research and teaching collections, and for their personal reference collection.<br/>
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| − | ===FIELD NOTEBOOK===
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| − | '''Field Notebook, each entry should include the following:'''<br/>
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| − | Date: day-month-year, example: 10 V 2010<br/>
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| − | Time of day: 24-hour clock, example: 1pm = 1300<br/>
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| − | Location: country/state/county/town<br/>
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| − | GPS lat/long decimal degrees (note source of lat/long, esp. if added later)<br/>
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| − | Elevation<br/>
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| − | Directions to locality so that another could return to the site<br/>
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| − | Weather (temp., precip., wind, cloud cover, etc.)<br/>
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| − | Site description, where found insect and habitat in the immediate area<br/>
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| − | Sketches: site, insect, maps<br/>
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| − | Observations, list what collected (name or describe and add name later), number of specimens, who was present<br/>
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| − | '''Online Resources for taking Field Notes'''<br/>
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| − | MVZ<br/>
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| − | http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Why_Collections.html<br/>
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| − | http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Locality_Documentation.html<br/>
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| − | Sheldon Greaves<br/>
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| − | http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues/2004-04-16/features1/index.html<br/>
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