Apply knowledge of entomology to strategies of pest control. [BIOL 3327] Compare classification of metazoans into major clades: protostomes/deuterostomes, ecdysozoans, lophotrochozoans [BIOL 2003] Compare the variety of invertebrate and vertebrate animal body‐forms, ecologies, life histories, and physiologies [BIOL 2003] Demonstrate knowledge of forensic entomology. [BIOL 3327] Demonstrate knowledge of the causes, characteristics, and consequences of the biodiversity crisis. [BIOL 3601] Demonstrate the importance of insects that are beneficial to agriculture. [BIOL 3327] Describe arthropod borne diseases. [BIOL 3328] Describe conservation issues facing taxonomic and functional groups of metazoans [BIOL 2003] Describe insects' relationships with plants and other animals. [BIOL 3327] Describe the role of insects in nature. [BIOL 3327] Describe zonation patterns in the different intertidal habitats [BIOL 3664] Explain host – parasite relationship [BIOL 3322] Explain insects' ecology, distribution, and behaviour. [BIOL 3327] Explain insects' value in economics. [BIOL 3327] Explain management by vector control and other methods of prevention of arthropod born diseases. [BIOL 3328] Explain problems in animal production, pets, and wildlife caused by arthropods. [BIOL 3328] Explain recent invasions of exotic pests and pathogens. [BIOL 3328] Explain the concept of a fundamental and realized ecological niche [BIOL 2060] Explain the role of insects in forestry. [BIOL 3327] Generalize and appreciate animal diversity on a global scale. [BIOL 2003] Interpret food-web diagrams in terms of indirect interactions including trophic cascades [BIOL 2060] Outline and explain the biotic and abiotic process that cause zonation in intertidal habitats [BIOL 3664] Outline examples of positive (e.g. mutualism, symbiosis, facilitation) and negative (e.g. competition, predation, parasitism) biological interactions [BIOL 2060] Relate changes in animal systems to transition onto land [BIOL 2003] Understand large scale biogeographic and macroecological patterns [BIOL 3065] Understand the basics of biological conservation and how it is achieved. [BIOL 3601]
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