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==EEB 3894 Semester Schedule==
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|28 August|| Storrs Olson || Tobias & Kat || TBA
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|04 September || Intro to Reading Scientific Articles || Tobias & Kat ||  TBA
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|11 September ||Laura Galloway || TBA ||
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|14 February <br> '''(Tuesday**)''' || Hiroyoshi Higuchi || Scott || {{pdf|http://tinyurl.com/yrl5kh}} Higuchi H., Pierre J.P., Krever V., Andronov V., Fujita G., Ozaki K., Goroshko O., Ueta M., Smirensky S. and Mita N. 2004. Using a remote technology in conservation: satellite-tracking White-naped Cranes in Russia and Asia. ''Conservation Biology'' 18: 136-147.
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|21 February || Scott Edwards || Rachelle || {{pdf|http://tinyurl.com/2zbwgc}} Edwards, S. V., B. Fertil, A. Giron, and P. J. Deschavanne. 2002. A genomic schism in birds revealed by phylogenetic analysis of DNA strings. ''Systematic Biology'' 51: 599-613.
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|28 February || Justin Schaefer || Natasha || {{pdf|http://tinyurl.com/2nqejj}} Schaefer, J. T. and A. P. Summers. 2005. Batoid wing skeletal structure: Novel morphologies, mechanical implications, and phylogenetic patterns. ''Journal of Morphology'' 264: 298-313.
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|06 March || Amy Zanne <br> '''Midterm Due''' || Charlie || {{pdf|http://tinyurl.com/yrcqlx}} Zanne, A. E. and C. A. Chapman. 2001. Expediting reforestation in tropical grasslands: distance and isolation from seed sources in plantations. ''Ecological Applications'' 11: 1610-1621.
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|13 March || **Spring Break** || **No Class** ||
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|20 March <br> '''(Teale*)''' || Roger Gottlieb || Kimelyn <br> Charlie ||
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|27 March || CT Museum of Natural History || Rachelle || [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DC153CF937A15757C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Example of a journalistic article about a museum]
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|03 April || Maureen Donnelly || Scott || {{pdf|http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/21/8885}} R. A. Saporito, M. A. Donnelly, R. A. Norton, H. M. Garraffo, T. F. Spande, and J. W. Daly. 2007. Oribatid mites as a major dietary source for alkaloids in poison frogs. ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA'' 104: 8885-8890.
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|10 April <br> '''(Teale*)''' || Joseph Bruchac || Natasha ||
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|17 April || Monique Turmel || Kimelyn ||
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|24 April || Dan Rabosky || John ||
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|01 May || Reed Noss <br> '''Final Due''' || John ||
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|11 September <br> '''(Teale*)'''|| Ivette Perfecto || Nic || {{pdf|http://tinyurl.com/2o5q3f}} Perfecto, I., J. Vandermeer, A. Mas, and L. Soto Pinto. 2005. Biodiversity, yield, and shade coffee certification. ''Ecological Economics'' 54: 435-446.
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Revision as of 20:08, 22 August 2008

EEB 3894

Undergraduate Seminar at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Fall, 2008
1 credit
Thursday 2:30-5pm
Bamford conference room (Torrey Life Sciences)

Instructors: Tobias Landberg & Katherine Shaw

We will meet all the distinguished scientists on this semester's list of speakers. Student will be responsible for participating in each meeting. We will read at least one research article written by a different visiting scholar every week. After a half hour of discussion, we will meet the person behind the science and then hear them give an hour-long research seminar. This course is for undergraduate students interested in broadening their understanding of modern ecology and evolutionary biology by engaging in active discussion.


Fall 2008 Seminars

(4:00PM in BPB 130 unless otherwise noted)

August 28, 2008 Storrs Olson (Smithsonian Institution) Bermuda: Avatar of Pulsating Evolution and Bellwether of Global Inundation

September 11, 2008 Laura Galloway (University of Virginia) Maternal effects: Parental care in plants?

September 18, 2008 Dov Sax (Brown University) An Evolutionary Null Model of Species Invasions & The Future of Species Extinctions on Islands

September 25, 2008 Janet Browne (Harvard University) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.

October 2, 2008 Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.

October 9, 2008 Erika Edwards (Brown University) How the cactus came to be

October 15, 2008 George Levine (Rutgers University) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.

October 30, 2008 John Wiens (Stonybrook University) Integrating evolutionary biology and historical biogeography

November 5, 2008 Sandra Herbert (University of Maryland - Baltimore County) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.

November 13, 2008 Iolanda Ventura (University of Catholique de Louvain - Belgium) Book Culture and Experimental Science in Late Medieval Herbals

November 20, 2008 Julie Lockwood (Rutgers University) Propagule madness: definitions and null hypotheses in invasion ecology

December 3, 2008 Ian Tattersall (American Museum of Natural History) 4:00PM in Dodd Center Darwin Lecture Series.

EEB 3894 Semester Schedule

Date Seminar Speaker Presenter Discussion Paper
28 August Storrs Olson Tobias & Kat TBA
04 September Intro to Reading Scientific Articles Tobias & Kat TBA
11 September Laura Galloway TBA
14 February
(Tuesday**) 		Hiroyoshi Higuchi Scott Pdficon small.gif Higuchi H., Pierre J.P., Krever V., Andronov V., Fujita G., Ozaki K., Goroshko O., Ueta M., Smirensky S. and Mita N. 2004. Using a remote technology in conservation: satellite-tracking White-naped Cranes in Russia and Asia. Conservation Biology 18: 136-147.
21 February Scott Edwards Rachelle Pdficon small.gif Edwards, S. V., B. Fertil, A. Giron, and P. J. Deschavanne. 2002. A genomic schism in birds revealed by phylogenetic analysis of DNA strings. Systematic Biology 51: 599-613.
28 February Justin Schaefer Natasha Pdficon small.gif Schaefer, J. T. and A. P. Summers. 2005. Batoid wing skeletal structure: Novel morphologies, mechanical implications, and phylogenetic patterns. Journal of Morphology 264: 298-313.
06 March Amy Zanne
Midterm Due 		Charlie Pdficon small.gif Zanne, A. E. and C. A. Chapman. 2001. Expediting reforestation in tropical grasslands: distance and isolation from seed sources in plantations. Ecological Applications 11: 1610-1621.
13 March **Spring Break** **No Class**
20 March
(Teale*) 		Roger Gottlieb Kimelyn
Charlie
27 March CT Museum of Natural History Rachelle Example of a journalistic article about a museum
03 April Maureen Donnelly Scott Pdficon small.gif R. A. Saporito, M. A. Donnelly, R. A. Norton, H. M. Garraffo, T. F. Spande, and J. W. Daly. 2007. Oribatid mites as a major dietary source for alkaloids in poison frogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104: 8885-8890.
10 April
(Teale*) 		Joseph Bruchac Natasha
17 April Monique Turmel Kimelyn
24 April Dan Rabosky John
01 May Reed Noss
Final Due 		John

|11 September
(Teale*)|| Ivette Perfecto || Nic || Pdficon small.gif Perfecto, I., J. Vandermeer, A. Mas, and L. Soto Pinto. 2005. Biodiversity, yield, and shade coffee certification. Ecological Economics 54: 435-446. |-

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