Handbook to the Construction and Use of Insect Collection and Rearing Devices: A Guide for Teachers with Suggested Classroom Applications

by Gregory S. Paulson

Book Overview

Insects are great classroom study organisms. They are easy to collect and raise and have a fascinating array of life histories. Because they are small and have tremendous reproductive capacity ecological studies of dispersion, predation, parasitism and reproduction can be studied in compressed timeframes and small areas relative to similar studies of larger organisms. Insects are also important bioindicators of the health of ecosystems. In a small...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048167574
• ISBN13: 9789048167579
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"