SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

SPEAKERS FOR FALL 2009

All Seminars will be held on Monday at 12:30 p.m. in the Morison Seminar Room, A106 Corson Hall (unless indicated otherwise)

Seminar Date

Name/Affiliation/Topic

Host

08/25/09
Special Day
Tuesday
12:30 p.m.

Mr. Jason P. Andras, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University (Doctoral Dissertation)
Title: Seascape Genetics: The Comparative Biogeography of a Caribbean Coral and its Algal Symbiont
Harvell
08/31/09
Ms. Rebecca J. Dore, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University (Doctoral Dissertation)
Title: Theoretical Approaches to Predator-prey Interactions: From Algae to Right Whales
Zamudio
09/14/09
Dr. Marjorie D. Matocq, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
Title: Evolutionary Diversification of the Genus Neotoma: The Roles of Ecology, Behavior, and Morphology at Species Boundaries
Zamudio
09/21/09
Dr. Jayne Belnap, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, Utah
Title: Perhaps Beauty is Only Skin Deep: The Role of Biological Soil Crust in Dryland Regions
Sparks
09/28/09
Dr. Christine L. Goodale, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Title: Nitrogen Retention and Carbon Sequestration: Intersections of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in Temperate Forests
Hairston
10/05/09
Mr. David M. Baker, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University (Doctoral Dissertation)
Title: Coral Isotopes Through Space and Time: Anthropogenic Nitrogen in Coastal Seas
Harvell/Sparks
10/06/09
Special Day
Tuesday
12:30 p.m.
Ms. Megan E. O’Rourke, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University (Doctoral Dissertation)
Title: Linking Habitat Diversity with Spatial Population Dynamics for Agricultural Pest Management
Power
10/12/09
NO SEMINAR – Fall Break
10/19/09
Dr. William F. Morris, Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Title: Range Limits of Tundra Plants in a Changing Climate
Geber
10/26/09
Dr. Jeffrey Podos, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Title: Galapagos Finches and the Unfinished Business of Charles Darwin
Co-sponsored by the Lab of Ornithology
DeLeon
11/02/09

Dr. John A. Bunge, Department of Statistical Science, Cornell University
Title: Assessing Biodiversity: The Big Ideas

Agrawal
11/09/09
Dr. Regis Ferrière, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Title: LIfe History Evolution and Ecosystem Dynamics, in Theory and in Reality
Flecker
11/16/09
Dr. Andrew Gonzalez, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Title: Adaptation and Stability in Changing Environments
Hairston
11/23/09
Dr. Paul V. A. Fine, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California
Title: Habitat Specializations, Herbivores and the Diversity of Amazonian Trees
Stastny/Agrawal
11/30/09
Dr. Ruth DeFries, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
Title: Science Meets Policy: Emerging Markets for Tropical Forest Carbon
Goodale
12/07/09
NO SEMINAR - Study Period

12/10/09
Special Day
Thursday
2:00 p.m.

Ms. Sarah R. Stockwell, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University (Doctoral Dissertation)
Title: TBA
Clark

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