Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods

Evolutionary history and diversity of terrestrial arthropods (body plan, phylogenetic relationships, fossil record); physiology and functional morphology (water relations, thermoregulation, energetics of flying and singing); reproduction (biology of reproduction, life cycles, metamorphosis, parental care); behavior (migration, communication, mating systems, evolution of sociality); ecology (parasitism, mutualism, predator-prey interactions, competition, plant-insect interactions).

To be taken concurrently with EEB 2251L.

1 Yale College course credit(s)

Course Number: 
EEB 2250/5250
Course Type: 
Undergraduate
Graduate