John Banks, Ph.D.Associate Professor
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| Dept: | Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences |
| Room: | SCI 214 |
| Phone: | 253-692-5838 |
| E-mail: | banksj@u.washington.edu |
| Web: | http://faculty.washington.edu/banksj/ |
Using a mixture of field experiments and mathematical models, I have been exploring issues associated with the interplay among insects and managed and natural vegetation for the past several years. I am particularly interested in how natural vegetation may be incorporated into agroecosystems in order to bolster both pest control and biodiversity. My recent work involves conducting field experiments in both temperate and tropical agroecosystems; with the help of UWT undergraduates I have been focusing on herbivorous and predatory insect distributions and movement behavior.
Courses I regularly teach include Ecology and its Applications, Introduction to Restoration Ecology, Environmental Entomology, Plants & People: the Science of Agriculture, and Tropical Ecology & Sustainability.
* UWT undergraduate co-author
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