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Designing action plans with intentional collaboration
A Locust’s Story
Objectives
Students will be able to…..
Douglas Lawton
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The Amazing Grasshopper World!
Schistocerca gregaria
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The Continuum
gregarious
solitarious
(Pener, 1983)
(1) they form at some (rather irregular) periods dense groups, comprising huge numbers, bands of hoppers and/or swarms of winged adults which migrate
(2) they are polymorphic in the sense that individuals living separately differ in many characteristics from those living in groups
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What Makes Them Turn Gregarious?
Visual
Tactile
Olfactory
Nutritional
.
Simpson et al. 2001; Cease et al. 2012; Desplan and simpson, 2000; Collett et al. 1998; Veran et al, 2015
Grass/food distribution
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Where are locusts?
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The American Locust: Rocky Mountain Locust
12,000,000,000,000 individuals!
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The American Locust: Rocky Mountain Locust
12,000,000,000,000 individuals!
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The American Locust: Rocky Mountain Locust
12,000,000,000,000 individuals!
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The Mongolian Locust
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Locust Activity
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1-Minute Presentations
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Collaboration Time
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Making a Decision
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Policy Makers Make a Decision
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Groups – Can you Make a Decision
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Groups – Can you Make a Decision
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What’s the Decision?
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So, back to reality!
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Joleen Hadrich,
Livestock Economics
Kevin Berry
bioeconomics
Brian Robinson
livelihoods
Arianne Cease
Ecophysiologist
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Australia
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Where are the international locust organizations?
Global Locust Initiative
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Discussion Questions
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