Resources for Week 1, January 21 & 23
Click on the links below to download a copy of the document or to access the web site. When you print the document, you might want to "fit to page size" option in Acrobat, especially for foreign journals like Nature, published on A4 size paper. When A4 is printed on US letter size paper, the bottom of the page may get cut off.
Introduction & Background
We will consult the following two important websites often during the course:
The Tree of Life (view the site for information on goals, objectives, and content of the ToL project)
Insects of Cedar Creek (an excellent site developed by the late Dr. John Haarstad, at the University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Natural History Area. The list contains photographs and comprehensive lists of insects from the region).
Insects & Biodiversity; Phylogeny, cladistics, and classification
REQUIRED READING
Grimaldi & Engel, Chapter 1; Chapter 15
Myers, N., et al. 2000. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 403: 853-858. (requires password to access).