IOBC NRS Carabid Shortcourse 15-19 June: see below

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IOBC NRS Carabid Shortcourse Slated for June

Lead instructor Jonathan Lundgren has just announced that the International IOBC Nearctic Regional Section will offer the short course “Natural History and Taxonomy of the Carabidae” for a grand third time, 15-19 June 2012, at the Oak Lake Field Station, Brookings County, South Dakota ( http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/facilities/oaklake/index.cfm)

The team of instructors is:

• Jonathan Lundgren, USDA-ARS, Brookings South Dakota
• Kamal Gandhi, Warnell School of Forestry, University of Georgia, Athens
• Foster Purrington, Ohio State University, Ohio
• Kip Will, Essig Museum of Entomology, Berkeley, California

Carabids are an abundant and diverse group of organisms that have much to teach us regarding the biology and ecology of insects and biological control. The course will explore beginning carabid taxonomy (to the genus level for many common groups), collection methods, carabid structure and function as it pertains to feeding ecology, carabid defenses, communication systems, and carabid invasion biology. The course is unit-based and very hands-on, with each topic being overseen by a national expert.

Tentative cost per student is $415 (incl. food & modest lodging) Class space is limited.  Please contact Jonathan Lundgren (jonathan.lundgren@ars.usda.gov) ASAP but no later than May 1, 2012 if you are interested!

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