Learning Objectives: After participation in class and completion of assignments for this week you will be able to:
Discriminate between the characteristics of a plant or animal that is behaving as an invasive species within an environment and one that is not.
Assignments:
Each student will prepare a table of the major plant and animal species that are invasive in the Mekong region. For each include common and scientific names as well as its origin and invasive habitat.
Define the terms "species," "endemism," and "invasive."
For the next class you will need to find and read an article on traditional foods in one of the Mekong countries of SE Asia. This should basically be about the roles of foods, food plants or animals in defining cultures. This will be briefly presented in class.