Webinar: Cultivating Respect for Insects - The Ecosystem Services Insects Provide

Description: Simply put:  all life on earth depends on insects, for more reasons than most people realize.  This talk will explore some of the immeasurably important ways that insects keep ecosystems functioning.  Nutrient recycling, pollination services, and interactions with other creatures will be reviewed.  Lastly, there will be a discussion of the ways in which we can conserve much needed insect diversity in our own yards. 

 

Bio: Dr. Daniel P. Duran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Rowan University, and the Naturalist for Scotland Run Park at the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.  Dr. Duran has described ten new species of insects previously unknown to science.  He received a B.S. in Environmental Science from Stockton University, an M.S. in Entomology from University of Missouri, and a Ph.D. in Evolution and Ecology from Vanderbilt University in 2010.  He has also worked for the Natural History Museum in London, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.  Dr. Duran is a co-author of the book "A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada, 2nd Edition".

 

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Apr 22, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: 4-22-2021 Program Name: Cultivating Respect for Insects: The Ecosystem Services Insects Provide

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