WE HAVE JUST THREE OPENINGS LEFT IN THIS SUMMER'S LEPIDOPTERN COURSE!
We are happy to announce the 2010 Lepidoptern Course to be held at the Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) located in the Chricihahua Mountains of SE Arizona. The focus of the lep course is to train graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and serious citizen-scientists in the classification and identification of adult lepidoptera and their larvae. Topics to be covered include an extensive introduction into adult and larval morphology with a focus on taxonomically-important traits, extensive field work on both adults and larvae, collecting and curatoral techniques, genitalic dissection and preparation, larval classification, use (and abuse) of DNA bar coding, and general issues in lepidoptera systematics, ecology, and evolution. THE LOCATION: With its extensive series of Sky-Island mountain ranges, SE Arizona has the highest lepidoptera diversity in the US. With low desert scrub, oak and mixed oak-pine woodland, lush riparian, juniper, Douglas fir, and mountain meadow habitats all within a 40 minute drive from the research station, the SWRS is an ideal location from which to sample this diversity (of both habitats and species). INSTRUCTORS: Jim Brock (Tucson, Arizona) John Brown (USDA, Smithsonian) P. D. Hulce (SW Research Station) Jim Miller (American Museum of Natural History) Ray Nagle (University of Arizona) Chris Schmidt (Canadian National Collection) Bruce Walsh (University of Arizona) Ian Watkinison (Arizona Western College/Northern Arizona University) COURSE DETAILS: Dates: 7 - 14 August 2010 Cost: $900 for students, $1000 for non-students Application form on course website. Due by 7 June 2010 Course website: www.lepcourse.org For logistics or information about the SWRS you can contact: THE LEPIDOPTERAN COURSE Attention: P.D. Hulce Southwestern Research Station P.O. Box 16553 Portal, Arizona 85632 [email protected]; 520-558-2396 http://research.amnh.org/swrs/butterflycourse.htm Dawn S. Wilson Director, Southwestern Research Station P.O. Box 16553 Portal, Arizona 85632 Ph: 520-558-2396 Fax: 520-558-2018 Email: [email protected] web: http:research.amnh.org/swrs/ Dawn S. Wilson Director, Southwestern Research Station P.O. Box 16553 Portal, Arizona 85632 Ph: 520-558-2396 Fax: 520-558-2018 Email: [email protected] web: http:research.amnh.org/swrs/
