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Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

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Wednesday, September 9, 3:30 PM

Nicholas M. Haddad
"The Conservation Value of Landscape Corridors"
Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Megan Woltz



Wednesday, September 16, 3:30 PM

Alex Badyaev
"The Origin of the Fittest: Investigating the Link Between Adaptation and Evolutionary Change"
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Ben Dantzer



Thursday, September 24, 3:30 PM

David Tilman
EEBB Distinguished Speaker
"Biodiversity: From Evolutionary Origins to Ecosystem Functioning"
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
100 Packaging Building
Contact: Kane Keller
Cosponsor: Kellogg Biological Station



Friday, September 25, 3:45 PM

David Tilman
KBS Seminar
"Food, Energy and the Environment: The Next 50 Years"
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
237 Stack, KBS
Contact: Kane Keller
Cosponsor: EEBB Program



Wednesday, September 30, 3:30 PM

Jay Sobel
EEBB Student Speaker
"The Evolution of Reproductive Isolation Across the Genus Mimulus"
Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University
247 Plant Biology Building



Wednesday, October 7, 3:30 PM

Elena Litchman

"Trait-Based Approaches to Phytoplankton Community Ecology"
Department of Zoology & Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
247 Plant Biology Building



Wednesday, October 14, 3:30 PM

Fred Gould

"Evolutionary Diversification of Sexual Communication Systems in Moths: An Evolutionary Paradox?"
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Jen Lau
Cosponsor: Kellogg Biological Station



Friday, October 16, 10:45 AM

Fred Gould
KBS Seminar
"Genetic Pest Management: Feasibility and Utility"
237 Stack Building
Contact: Jen Lau
Cosponsor: EEBB



Wednesday, October 21, 3:30 PM

Sarah E. Gergel

"Dynamics of Ecosystem Services: Ecological, Cultural and Economic Tradeoffs in Space and Time"
Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Pat Soranno
Cosponsor: Center for Water Sciences



Wednesday, October 28, 3:30 PM

Thomas J. Near

"Climate Change Driven Adaptive Radiation in Antarctic Fishes"
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Barry Williams



Wednesday, November 4, 3:30 PM

Nancy Solomon
"Sex and Love in Prairie Voles"
Department of Zoology, Miami University of Ohio
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Kay Holekamp



Wednesday, November 11, 3:30 PM

Molly Cummings

"Predicting Diversity in Animal Communication: Insights from Mechanistic Studies in Frogs and Fishes"
Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: J.P. Lawrence/Tom Getty
Cosponsor: Kellogg Biological Station



Friday, November 13, 10:45 AM

Molly Cummings
KBS Seminar
"Sensory Ecology of Poison Frogs and Kelp Forest Fishes"
Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin
237 Stack Building
Contact: J.P. Lawrence/Tom Getty
Cosponsor: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program



Wednesday, November 18, 3:30 PM

Christina L. Burch

"Genetics of adaptation and speciation in an RNA virus"
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Barry Williams



Wednesday, December 2, 3:30 PM

Justin Brashares

"Animal ecology and behavior in human-altered African ecosystems"
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: Kay Holekamp



Wednesday, December 9, 3:30 PM

Melany Fisk

"Nutrient Co-Limitation in Hardwood Forests"
Department of Zoology, Miami University of Ohio
247 Plant Biology Building
Contact: David Rothstein
Cosponsor: Department of Forestry



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