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