1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Lectures and practicum
1. Ecology of insects and applied entomology: agricultural, veterinary and medical entomology. History of Entomology in Croatia.

2. Morphological features of insects. The relations of insects to other groups of arthropods.

3.-8. Showing evolution, systematics, morphology and ethology of individual orders of insects. In this view, it will include the lines: Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Blattodea, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Isoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Siphonaptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera,
Trichoptera, Lepidoptera.

9. Biotic interactions: insects and plants (insects as pollinators and herbivors).

10. Biotic interactions: insects as predators, parasites and parasitoids.

11. Insect societies (different sociality levels, eusocial Hymenoptera and Isoptera).

12. Insects in freshwaters (life cycles, community structure - insects in aquatic food webs and habitats, application in monitoring of freshwaters).

13. Life beneath our feet: insects in leaf litter and soil (life cycles, community structure - insects in soil food webs).

14. Insects: threats, conservation and future distribution.

Learning outcomes:

1. Understanding morphological concepts of different orders of insects.

2. Understanding morphological and evolutionary relationships between different orders of insect and other arthropods.

3. Understanding of major evolutionary and ecological patterns and processes responsible for insect diversity.

4. Explanation of main biotic interactions between insects and other organisms, and their role in shaping communities and ecosystems.

5. Understanding threats to insect diversity and evaluation of conservation measures for species and habitats.

1. Obavezna literatura
   
   Gullan P.J. & Cranston P.S., (2005) The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Blackwell Publishing, 3rd ed., Oxford.
   
   Matoničkin, I., Primc-Habdija, B.. & Habdija, I. (1999) Beskralješnjaci, Biologija viših Avertebrata. Školska knjiga, 609 str. Zagreb.
   
   McGavin, G.C., (2001) Essential Entomology. Oxford Universiyt Press, 318 str., Oxford.
   
   Dopunska literatura
   
   Chinery, M. (2012) Insects of Britain and Western Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing, 320 str., London.
   
   Kučinić, M. & Plavac, I., 2009: Danji leptiri - Priručnik za inventarizaciju i praćenje stanja, Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, 41 str., Zagreb.
   
   Kučinić, M., Mihoci, I. & Delić, A., 2014: Leptiri oko nas. Školska knjiga, 184. str., Zagreb.
   
   Price P.W., Denno R.F., Eubanks M.D., Finke D.L. & I. Kaplan (2011) Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
   
   Grimaldi D. & M.S. Engel (2005) Evolution of the Insects, Cambridge University Press, New York.

Mandatory course - Regular module - Terrestrial Ecosystems