2007-08 Seminars in Ecology and Evolution
(listing updated 10 April 08)

Seminars in Ecology and Evolution meet at 4:00 p.m. on Fridays, in room 228 Conradi Building on the FSU campus in Tallahassee, Florida. They are open to the public.

Spring Series

• January 11: Dr. Thomas E. Miller, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  Life's a beach: vegetation patterns on St. George Island 1999-2007

• January 18: Matthew S. Schrader, FSU
  Parent-offspring conflict and the evolution of reproductive isolation in a live-bearing fish
  Host: Dr. Joseph Travis

• January 25: Dr. Heraldo Luis de Vasconcelos, University of Uberlandia, Brazil
  Ecology of ant-plant interactions in Neotropical rain forests and savannas
  Host: Dr. Brian D. Inouye

• February 1: Dr. Kent E. Holsinger, University of Connecticut, Storrs
  Fire, demography, and population viability in a rare Florida plant, Dicerandra frutescens
  Host: Dr. Peter Beerli

• February 8: Dr. Saran Twombly, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
  The origin and application of theory in ecology: nonequilibrium theory as a case study
  Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller

• February 15: Dr. Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University, Corvallis
  Experimental metaecosystem ecology: test of a conceptual model in rocky intertidal communities
  Host: Dr. Laura Petes

• February 22: Dr. Dean Grubbs, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory
  Spatial ecology, population dynamics, and challenges to management of coastal sharks in the northwest Atlantic
  Host: Dr. Felicia C. Coleman

• February 29: Dr. Oswald J. Schmitz, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
  Predator diversity and trophic interactions
  Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller

• March 7: Dr. Todd E. Engstrom, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory
  Old-growth longleaf pine forest: it's more than just old trees

• March 14: None scheduled

• March 21: Dr. Michael Arnold, University of Georgia, Athens
  The genetic architecture of introgression and reproductive isolation in Louisiana irises
  Host: Nicole D. Fogarty

• March 28: Donald Griffin
  Alternative hypotheses for increased additive variance in northern populations of the pitcher-plant mosquito
  Host: Dr. David Houle

• April 4: None scheduled.

• April 11: Dr. Jessica Hines, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  From microbes to ecosystems: linkages between detritus and primary producer based ecosystems
  Host: Dr. Nora Underwood

• April 18: Sarah Tso, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  Amphicarpic species as a tool for studying dispersal
  Host: Dr. Alice A. Winn

• April 25 (232 Conradi): Albert Prieto-Marquez, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  The evolutionary history of hadrosaurid dinosaurs
  Host: Dr. Gregory M. Erickson