Course Bulletins
WELCOME to the 2007 FRST 308 Forest Entomology class.
Lectures and Laboratory periods are listed below. Laboratories are important hands-on opportunities where you will see your materials "life-size". An extensive series of displays have been developed over the years and I hope you enjoy seeing these forest insects at close quarters. Typically in the forest we see the damage and only ocassionally do we see the villain!Major References:
1. The course web site, FETCH21 at: http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/fetch21/fetch21/FETCH21.html. You will find many interesting pages on this web site including a colour illustrated version of your lab manual with references to other current web pages as well as your textbook.
2. The recommended text is: Edmonds, R.L., Agee, J.K., and Gara, R.I. 2000 (revised 2005). Forest Health and Protection. Waveland Press ISBN: 1-57766-396-9. This updated and more reasonably priced paperback version will also be of use in Pathology and Fire.
3. I also recommend Field Guide to Forest Damage in British Columbia by Henigman et al. 2001. Joint Publication 17. ISBN: 0-7726-4416-0. This field guide is also available on line.
4. A new edition of the UBC Forestry Handbook is now available. I recommend the chapter on Forest Pest Management to you. A pdf file is available or you can read the chapter on this web site.
Lab Manual:
Available in the Forest Sciences Office at the beginning of the term. Cost $10.00
Course Assessment:
| Exercise Reports | |
| Spruce Weevil & Sitka Spruce: 308 - Leader Dissection (4) |
4 |
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Spot Tests (3 @2) |
6 |
| Midterm | 10 |
| Lab Exam | 20 |
| Damage Collection | 20 |
| Final Exam | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
2007W Term 1 - Class Timetable
(this page will be updated throughout the term)
Lab Sessions start week 1 !
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Week #
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LECTURES (Dempster Pavillion 201) Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 |
LABORATORY SESSIONS In all lab sessions, there will be time to help you ID specimens for your Damage Collection. Make your collections early. |
| Week 1: |
Sept. 4: 308-1: Intro. to Forest Insects, Insect impacts in the forests of BC; FETCH21.
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1: Insects as arthropods- some major insect orders, including a study of the external anatomy of the black lubber grasshopper. (Lab Manual 1) |
| Week 2: | Sept. 11: 308-3: External and internal anatomy
of insects - organ systems; major insect orders. Sept. 13: 308-4: Introduction to the isects affecting cones and seeds |
2: Insects affecting Fruiting Structures: Seeds, Cones ... (Lab Manual 2) |
| Week 3: | Sept. 18: 308-5: How insects live, introduction to population dynamics. Sept. 20: 308-6: Introduction to insects affecting seedlings. |
3: Insects affecting seedlings - nurseries and new plantations. (Lab Manual 3) |
| Week 4: | Sept. 25: 308-7: Novel aspects of insect life;
shedding cuticles, semio-chemicals and reproductive rates. Sept. 27: 308-8: Introduction to terminal feeders. |
4. Insects affecting Terminals, Buds and Branches. Dissection of spruce leader (Lab Manual 4) |
| Week 5: | October 2: 308-9: Terminal feeders (continued). October 4: 308-10: Introduction to Forest Defoliators of BC. |
5. Insects affecting Foliage 1 (Lab Manual 5) |
| Week 6: |
Thankgiving Monday 8th October 9: 308-11: |
6. Insects affecting Foliage II (Lab Manual 5, continued) |
| Week 7: | October 16: MIDTERM October 18: 308-13: |
7. Insects affecting Bark (Lab Manual 6) |
| Week 8: | October 23: 308-14: October 25: 308-15: |
8. Insects affecting Bark II (Lab Manual 6 (continued) |
| Week 9: | October 30: 308-16: November 1: 308-17 |
9. Insects affecting Wood (Lab Manual 7) |
| Week 10: | November 7: 308-18: November 9: 308-19: |
10. Insects affecting Wood in Service (Lab Manual 8) |
| Week 11: | Remembrance Day Monday 12th |
11. spare |
| Week 12: |
November 20: 308-22 November 22: 308-23 |
12: REVIEW |
| Week 13: | November 27: 308-24 November 29 : 308-25 |
CAMPUS 13: Lab Exam |
Course Teaching Assistant:
Babita BainsFinally...
We hope you enjoy the course.
John McLean, Professor
Office: FSC 3034
Email: john.mclean@ubc.ca
September 4th, 2007
