Ant Course - Useful for the Miami Blue?

Sat Oct 26 00:46:41 EDT 2002

Ants have been discussed in the past. So this post has some relevance to
lepidoptera.
Stan

--Start of Announcement--

Please find attached the first announcement for Ant Course 2003

ANT COURSE 2003
Southwestern Research Station (SWRS), Portal, AZ August 7-17, 2003
http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/ant_course/

COURSE OBJECTIVES.  ANT COURSE is designed for systematists, ecologists, 
behaviorists, conservation biologists, and other biologists whose
research 
responsibilities require a greater understanding of ant taxonomy. 
Emphasis 
is on the classification and identification of more than fifty ant
genera of 
North America.  Lectures will include background information on the
ecology, 
life histories and evolution of ants.  Field trips are structured to
teach 
collecting and sampling techniques, and associated lab work provides 
instruction on specimen preparation, sorting and labeling.  Information
on 
equipment/supply vendors, literature, and myrmecological contacts are
also 
presented.

COURSE SIGNIFICANCE.  Ant Course is a unique opportunity to acquire
training 
that is unavailable elsewhere.  This course will provide students with
1) 
the confidence and skills to identify the major ant genera of North
America; 
2) an understanding of modern specimen processing and curation
techniques; 
3) an appreciation for the biological diversity of ants, and 4)
experience 
keying to the species level.

SPONSORS. California Academy of Sciences and Museum of Comparative
Zoology, 
with funding from The E.O. Wilson Foundation & The Schlinger Foundation.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION.  ANT COURSE will be taught from August 7  17,
2003 
at the Southwestern Research Station in Portal Arizona.  The Station is 
centered amid the richest ant fauna in North America.  This is an
ongoing 
course, offered annually.

PARTICIPANT ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA.  ANT COURSE is open to all interested 
individuals. Priority will be given to those biologists for whom the
course 
will have a significant impact on their research. An entomological 
background is not required. We aim to include students with a diverse 
interest in biology, including ant systematics, ecology, behavioral
biology 
and conservation.  The high instructor to student ratio will allow
students 
to receive individual attention. ANT COURSE is presented in English and 
limited to 25 participants COSTS.  Tuition for the 10-day COURSE is $400
for 
current students and $600 for non-students.  In addition, Southwestern 
Research Station (SWRS) fees for this period, covering dormitory room
and 
board, are $405.  Transportation costs between home and Tucson (air) or
SWRS 
(auto) are to be borne by all participants.

FELLOWSHIPS.  Four fellowships are available for 2003.  Two fellowships 
cover tuition fees and two fellowships cover station fees.

POSSIBLE INSTRUCTORS: 2003 Instructors to be announced Spring 2003.

Brian Fisher (Coordinator), Dept. of Entomology, California Academy of 
Sciences, Golden Gate Park, SanFrancisco, CA  94118-4599, Tel:
415-750-7240, 
bfisher at calacademy.org

Stefan Cover (Coordinator), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, MA 02138, Tel: 617 496 5614,
cover at oeb.harvard.edu

Gary Alpert, University Entomologist, Harvard University - EH&S
Department, 
46 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, gary_alpert at harvard.edu

Mark Deyrup Archbold Biological Station, P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid,
Florida 
33862, mdeyrup at archbold-station.org

Bob Johnson, Dept. of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 
85287-1501, atraj at imap1.asu.edu

Jack Longino, Lab I, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA, 
longinoj at evergreen.edu

Bill MacKay, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso,
TX 
79968, wmackay at utep.edu

Steve Shattuck, CSIRO Entomology, Australian National Insect Collection, 
P.O. Box 1700, CANBERRA, ACT 2601, Steve.Shattuck at csiro.au

Ted Schultz, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, NHB, CE516, MRC 188, 
Washington, DC 20013-7012, U.S.A., schultz at lms.si.edu

Roy Snelling, Section of Entomology, Natural History Museum of, Los
Angeles 
County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, rsnellin at nhm.org

Mike Kaspari, Dept. of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 
73019-0235, mkaspari at ou.edu

Phil Ward, Department of Entomology, University of California, One
Shields 
Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, psward at ucdavis.edu

Corrie Saux
San Francisco State Univ.
Biology Dept-Hensill Hall
Spicer Lab
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415)338-2497
antgirl at hotmail.com
antgirl at sfsu.edu
csaux at CalAcademy.org
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~gs/

antgirl corrie-saux <antgirl at hotmail.com>

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