Introduction to animals in the context of conservation, interactions with people, and roles in natural ecosystems. Labs provide a survey of Western Canadian animal life, both vertebrate and invertebrate, with emphasis on recognition of higher taxa and on hierarchical classification. Field trip. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.
Winter Term 2022
An overview of the diversity of management practices among protected areas, including national and provincial parks, interpreted in the context of the ongoing development of ecological science and environmentalism. Prerequisite: REN R 260. REN R 364 recommended.
Fall Term 2021
An overview of theories and methods of communication, as applied to environmental topics and general audiences. Includes discussion of environmental interpretation, science communication, audio-visual communication, and media skills.
Winter Term 2022
An overview of the diversity of management practices among protected areas, including national and provincial parks, interpreted in the context of the ongoing development of ecological science and environmentalism. Prerequisite: REN R 260. REN R 364 recommended. Not to be taken if credit received for REN R 462 or 766.
Fall Term 2021
An overview of theories and methods of communication, as applied to environmental topics and general audiences. Includes discussion of environmental interpretation, science communication, audio-visual communication, and media skills. Not to be taken if credit received for REN R 467 or 764.
Winter Term 2022
Browse more courses taught by John Acorn
An Annotated List of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Grasslands of Alberta and Saskatchewan
Author(s): Glasier, J. R. N. and J. H. Acorn
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: Biological Survey of Canada
Volume: Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume) 4
Issue: Biodiversity and Systematics Part 2
Page Numbers: 299-314
Bringing up the rearing
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: American Entomologist
Page Numbers: 190-192
Bug songs are rarely about bugs
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: American Entomologist
Page Numbers: 63-64
Converging on convergence
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: American Entomologist
Page Numbers: 126-128
Cynthia of the thistle, the classroom, or the sunny south?
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: Alberta Lepidopterists’ Guild Newsletter
Page Numbers: 14
Fossil mayfly larvae (Ephemeroptera, cf. Heptageniidae) from the Late Cretaceous Wapiti Formation, Alberta, Canada
Author(s): Bell, Phil R., Federico Fanti, John Acorn, and Robin S. Sissons
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: Journal of Paleontology.
Volume: 87
Issue: 1
Page Numbers: 146-149
Natural history repeats itself
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: American Entomologist
Page Numbers: 254-256
Recent winter Lepidoptera records for Alberta and Saskatchewan
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: Alberta Lepidopterists’ Guild Newsletter
Page Numbers: 27-28
Diabolical dichotomies
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 59
Issue: 3
Page Numbers: 190-192
Entomological citizenship
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: American Entomologist.
Volume: 59
Issue: 2
Page Numbers: 127-128
First record of the myrmecophilous sap beetle Amphotis ulkei LeConte (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Canada
Author(s): Glasier, J.R.N., and J. H. Acorn
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: Coleopterists Bulletin.
Volume: 67
Issue: 2
Page Numbers: 188–189
How many body parts?
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 59
Issue: 4
Page Numbers: 255-256
Psammophilic entomology
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: American Entomologist.
Volume: 59
Issue: 1
Page Numbers: 63-64
The Alberta Butterfly Survey: an update
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: Alberta Lepidopterists’ Guild Newsletter
Issue: Fall 2013
Page Numbers: 5-6
The cabbage crash of 2013
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: Alberta Lepidopterists’ Guild Newsletter
Issue: Fall 2013
Page Numbers: 9-10
A tribute to Joseph Schieser Nelson, 1937–2011
Author(s): Murray, Alison M., Michael G. Sullivan, and John Acorn
Publication Date:
2012
Publication: Canadian Field-Naturalist
Volume: 125
Issue: 4
Page Numbers: 378-380
Monarchs and managing the media
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2012
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 57
Page Numbers: 191-192
Peak-end painted ladies, and pests
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2012
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 57
Page Numbers: 127-128
Take That, Christmas Bird Counts!
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2012
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 57
Page Numbers: 63-64
Developing dipterophily
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2011
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 255-256
Monitoring my monitoring
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2011
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 191-192
The buprestids down the street
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2011
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 63-64
The matter of morphological metaphors
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2011
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 127-128
A Bugster’s Big Year
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2010
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 255-256
Pins, Poisons and Psychology
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2010
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 63-64
The Embodiment of Entomophilia
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2010
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 191-192
The Nature Nut Approach to Insect Television
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2010
Publication: American Entomologist
Volume: 56
Page Numbers: 127-128
Damselflies of Alberta: Flying Neon Toothpicks in the Grass
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2005
Bugs of Ontario
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2003
Teaching Resources for Entomology
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2003
Publication: The Encylopedia of Insects
Assessing ultraviolet reflections of lepidopterans with video and digital cameras
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2002
Publication: News of the Lepidopterists’ Society
Volume: 44
Page Numbers: 60
Bugs of Northern California
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2002
Bugs of British Columbia
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2001
Publication: Lone Pine Publishing
Bugs of Washington and Oregon
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2001
Tiger Beetles of Alberta: Killers on the Clay, Stalkers on the Sand
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2001
Bugs of Alberta
Author(s): Acorn, John
Publication Date:
2000
Birds of Alberta
Author(s): Acorn, John and Chris Fisher
Publication Date:
1998
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alberta: a key to species based primarily on the worker caste
Author(s): Glasier, J.R.N., Acorn, J.H., Nielsen, S., Proctor, H.
Publication: Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification
Volume: 22