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
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