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Fall 2009 Seminars and Events

September 10, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Robert Reed (University of California-Irvine)

Developmental genetics of butterfly wing pattern mimicry

4:00PM in BPB 130

September 17, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Catherine Graham (SUNY-Stony Brook)

Phylogenetic structure in tropical hummingbird communities

4:00PM in BPB 130

September 23, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Steve Juliano (Illinois State University)

The integration of invaders into a community: Diverse biotic interactions in small aquatic systems

12:00PM in TLS 171B - Bamford Conference Room

September 24, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Victoria Borowicz (Illinois State University)

Insect herbivores, mycorrhizal fungi, and the plant in between: examination of patterns of interactions

4:00PM in BPB 130

September 24, 2009 (Teale Seminar)

Kerry Emanuel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

A Sober Look at Global Warming

4:00PM in Konover Auditorium

October 1, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Mark Bertness (Brown University)

Why Experimental Ecology Matters to Conservation Biology

4:00PM in BPB 130

October 5, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Brian Langerhans (University of Oklahoma)

Predicting Evolution in a Genus of Livebearing Fish

4:00PM in TLS 171B Bamford Conference Room

October 8, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Mark McPeek (Dartmouth College)

A Tale of Two Diversifications: Damselflies and the Questions They Raise

4:00PM in BPB 130

October 15, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Jill Miller (Amherst College)

Patterns of reproduction in flowering plants: the evolution of sex and mate choice in Lycium (Solanaceae)

4:00PM in BPB 130

October 22, 2009 (Teale Seminar)

John Elder (Middlebury College)

Literature and Sustainability

4:00PM in Konover Auditorium Dodd Center

October 29, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Jeff Johanson (John Carroll University)

Using secondary structure of the 16S-23S ITS and 16S rRNA molecules to resolve systematic and taxonomic questions in the cyanobacteria

4:00PM in BPB 130

November 5, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

David Jablonski (University of Chicago)

Out of the Tropics: Paleontological insights into the dynamics of the latitudinal diversity gradient

4:00PM in BPB 130

November 12, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Kevin Lafferty (University of California-Santa Barbara)

The role of parasites in ecosystems

4:00PM in BPB 130

November 19, 2009 (Teale Seminar)

Stephen Polasky (University of Minnesota)

Coming Down to Earth: Valuing Nature to Improve Decision-Ma

4:00PM in Konover Auditorium Dodd Center

December 3, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Elizabeth Farnsworth (Holyoke)

Planning for Plants: Conservation science and education at the New England Wild Flower Society

4:00PM in BPB 130

December 4, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Suegene Noh

PhD Defense

2:00PM in BPB 131

December 10, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Ben Letcher (UMASS)

Building hierarchical projection models for stream fishes: how much data is enough?

4:00PM in BPB 130

December 11, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Rachel Prunier

PhD Defense: Three easy pieces: Genetics, adaptation, and community assembly in Protea

4:00PM in BPB 130

PhD Defense

December 17, 2009 (EEB Seminar)

Gene Likens (University of Connecticut)

Role of Science in Decision Making - Is Anybody Listening?

4:00PM in BPB 130