UP205 : Ecology and its Applications
Spring 2008

Discussion Section Readings

Disc AD1 - Thursday, 1:00-1:50 pm

Group 1: Potential Geographic Distribution of Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America

Group 2: Coexistence between People and Elephants in African Savannas

Group 3: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SCIENCE: The Precautionary Principle and Public Health Trade-Offs: Case Study of West Nile Virus

Disc AD3 - Friday, 1:00-1:50 pm

Group 2: Optimising investments from elephant tourist revenues in the Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique

Group 3: West Nile virus Review

Disc AD4 - Friday, 10:30-11:20 am

Group 2: Coexistence between People and Elephants in African Savannas

Group 3: Vector Competence of California Mosquitoes for West Nile virus

Disc AD5 - Thursday, 11:00-11:50 am

Group 1: Evaluating the Efficiency of Entomopathogenic Fungi Against the Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis

Group 2:
                Scientific: The Knysna elephants: a population study conducted using faecal DNA
       Non-Scientific: African elephants, Loxodonta africana, and human–elephant interactions: implications for
                                   conservation
Group 3:
                Scientific: Importance of Bird-to-Bird Transmission for the Establishment of West Nile Virus
       Non-Scientific: Climb in West Nile cases linked to neglected pools at foreclosed homes

Disc AD7 - Friday, 2:00-2:50pm

Group 2: Ivory and ecology—changing perspectives on elephant management and the international trade in ivory

Group 3: Aquatic Effects of Aerial Spraying for Mosquito Control over an Urban Area