2008-09 Seminars in Ecology and Evolution
(listing updated 17 April 09)
Seminars in Ecology and Evolution meet at 4:00 p.m. on Fridays (unless otherwise noted below), in room 1024 King Life Sciences Building on the FSU campus in Tallahassee, Florida. They are open to the public.
Spring Series
- January 16: Dr. George D. Weiblen, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Lessons in conservation politics from Papua New Guinea
Host: Dr. Brian D. Inouye
- Wednesday, January 21 (208 BIO): Dr. John F. Bruno, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Climate change and coral reef resilience: are we expecting too much from marine reserves?
Host: Dr. Laura Petes
- January 23: Maria (Mia) Adreani, Department of Biological Science, FSU
Context-dependent streak spawning in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, Serranus subligarius
Host: Dr. Don R. Levitan
- January 30: Joseph Pfaller, Department of Biological Science, FSU
Scaling of morphology and bite-force generation in the durophagous turtle Sternotherus minor: implications for ecological performance throughout development
Host: Dr. Gregory M. Erickson
- February 6: Dr. James Justus, Department of Philosophy, FSU
A case study in concept determination: ecological diversity
Host: Dr. Emily H. DuVal
- February 13: Dr. Laura E. Petes, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory
Reduced freshwater input leads to increased disease, predation, and mortality in Apalachicola oysters
Host: Dr. Felicia C. Coleman
- February 20: Dr. Douglas E. Soltis, University of Florida, Gainesville
Origins of species: the genetic consequences of recent and recurrent polyploidy in Tragopogon
Host: Dr. Austin R. Mast
- February 27: Dr. Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Trees, deer, rodents, fungi, and pigs: anatomy of a Patagonian invasion
Host: Dr. Frances C. James
- March 6: Dr. Nancy J. Huntly, NSF and Idaho State University, Pocatello
Putting people in the web of Nature: the long-term history of the Aleut in North Pacific ecosystems
Hosts: Drs. Brian D. Inouye and Charlotte T. Lee
- March 13: None scheduled (Spring Break)
- March 20: Neil C. Aschliman, Department of Biological Science, FSU
Diversity and constraint in the evolution of skates and rays
Host: Dr. Gavin J. P. Naylor
- March 27: Dr. Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Indirect effects of herbivores on population and community structure: costs and benefits to unpalatable and invasive species
Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller
- April 3: Lauren Hart, Department of Biological Science, FSU
A brief natural history of Odontomachus brunneus
Host: Dr. Walter R. Tschinkel
- April 10: Dr. Ricardo M. Holdo, University of Florida, Gainesville
Mobile herbivores, fire, and landscape change in savannas
Host: Tania Kim
- April 17: Dr. Peter Tiffin, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Direct and indirect effects of elevated CO2 on evolutionary trajectories
Host: Dr. Nora Underwood
- April 24: Dr. Kim van der Linde, Department of Biological Science, FSU
The many uses of the model system Drosophila melanogaster
Host: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons
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