Seminar Series 2010-2011
Lesser snow geese - ecoterrorists of the tundra?
Nitrogen dynamics in the hyporheic zone of the lower San Joaquin River, California
SEMINAR SERIES 2009-10
Ecology Center Seminar Committee for 2009-10 Virginia Jennings and Sarah Mohlman (co-chairs), Ryan Choi, Aldo Compagnoni, Lauren Ducas, David Epstein, Joanna Hsu, Jon Koch, Christina Olson, Seth Price, Julie Ripplinger, Jan Summerhays, Christopher (Kit) Wheeler
April 28-29, 2010 Dr. John Harte, University of California, Berkeley
Graduate student hosts: Lauren Ducas and Jan Summerhays
TITLES:Predicting Climate Change on a Green Planet: The Scope of the Challenge
Maximum entropy predicts realistic patterns in the distribution and abundance of species
March 10-11, 2010 Dr. Julian Olden, University of Washington, Seattle
Graduate student hosts: Ryan Choi, Aldo Compagnoni, Dave Epstein
TITLES: Freshwaters in the Public Eye: Understanding the Role of Science and Image Media in Aquatic Conservation
Perceptions and Realities of Aquatic Invasive Species
February 10-11, 2010 Dr. Lawren Sack, University of California, LA
Graduate student hosts: Lauren Ducas, Seth Price, Kit Wheeler
TITLES: Leaf Design and its Applications to Ecosystems Past and Present and Future
Decoding the Leaf Hydraulic Architecture: Evolution, Diversity, Dynamics, and Implications for Ecology
January 20-21, 2010 Dr. James Clark, Duke University
Graduate student hosts: Aldo Compagnoni, Jan Summerhays, Virginia Jennings
TITLES: Climate Change Vulnerability of Competing Species
Individuals and the Variation Needed for High Species Diversity in Forest Trees
December 2-3, 2009 Dr. Mark Lomolino, SUNY, Syracuse
Graduate student hosts: Jonathon Koch, Christina Olson, Seth Price
TITLES: Four Darwinian Themes on the Origin, Evolution and Preservation of Island Life
Patterns and Paradox of Life's Most Fundamental Trait
November 11-12, 2009 Dr. Peter Kareiva, The Nature Conservancy
Graduate student hosts: Joanna Hsu, Sarah Mohlman Supp, Dave Epstein
TITLES: Transforming Conservation to Work in Tomorrow’s World
Valuing and Mapping Ecosystem Services as the key to Conservation
October 7-8, 2009 Dr. Susan Harrison, University of California, Davis
Graduate student hosts: Joanna Hsu, Sarah Mohlman, Julie Ripplinger
TITLES: How Can We Interpret Changes Over Time in Species-Rich Communities? Resampling Robert Whittaker's Siskiyou Transects
Biogeographic Affinity Helps Explain Productivity-Richness Relationships at Regional and Local Scales
September 16-17, 2009 Dr. Tiffany Garcia, Oregon State University
Graduate student hosts: Ryan Choi, Lauren Ducas, Christina Olson
TITITLES: Invasion Biology and the Successful Establishment of Novel Species: It Takes a Village
Conflict Avoidance Strategies in Amphibians: Correlated Trait Response to Stressful Environments
SEMINAR SERIES 2008-09
Ecology Center Seminar Committee for 2008-09
Scott Hoffmann and Amanda Murray (co-chairs), Lauren Ducas, Trevor Fox, Stacey Frisk, Virginia Jennings, Emily Price, Drew Rayburn, Julie Ripplinger, Tammy Wilson
Advisors: Peter Adler, Ted Evans, Claudia Radel, Janis Boettinger
Graduate Student Hosts: Stacey Frisk, Emily Price, Tammy Wilson
TITLES: Basic Field Situation: Single Season
Monitoring Animal Populations: Why, What, How
March 4-5, 2009 Dr. Rob Jackson, Duke University
Graduate Student Hosts: Lauren Ducas, Stacey Frisk, Virginia Jennings
TITLES: Global Warming: Some Science and Solutions
The Hydrology and Biogeochemisry of Vegetation Change
February 18-19, 2009 Dr. Lance Gunderson, Emory University
Graduate Student Hosts: Scott Hoffman, Virginia Jennings, Emily Price
TITLES: Managing Regimes in Social-Ecological Systems; Lessons From the Everglades, Great Barrier Reef and Grand Canyon
Ecological Foundations of Resilience
January 14-15, 2009 Dr. Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Graduate Student Hosts: Sarah Mohlman, Julie Ripplinger, Tammy Wilson
TITLES: Extinction and Persistence in Changing Environments
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
December 3-4, 2008 Dr. Justin Brashares, University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Hosts: Amanda Murray and Tammy Wilson
TITLES:The Good the Bad the Ugly of Protected Area-based Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century
Altered States? Population and Community Ecology of African Wildlife in Harvested Ecosystems
November 12-13, 2008 Dr. Janet Franklin, San Diego State University
Graduate Student Hosts: Amanda Murray, Julie Ripplinger
TITLES: Fire Regimes in the Mountain West
Mapping Species Distributions: Spatial Inference & Prediction
October 22-23, 2008 Dr. John Sperry, University of Utah
Graduate Student Hosts: Lauren Ducas, Andrew Rayburn
TITLES: The Vulnerable Pipeline: The Physics and Ecology of Plant Water Transport
Evolutionary and Ecological Inferences from Comparative Xylem Physiology
September 17-18, 2008 Dr. David Skelly, Yale University
Graduate Student Hosts: Virginia Jennings, Sarah Mohlman
TITLES: Ecology From the Ground Up
Hermaphrodites in Your Backyard: The Landscape Ecology of Amphibian Intersex
Seminar Series 2007-2008
Ecology Center Seminar Committee for 2007-2008
Cody Johnson and Lesley Morris (co-chairs) , Craig Faulhaber, Katie Hein, Jayanti Mukherjee, Amanda Murray, Drew Rayburn, Christy Meredith, John Lowry, Scott Hoffmann Advisors: Todd Crowl, Ted Evans, Gene Schupp
September 19-20, 2007 Diane McKnight, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Graduate student host: Christy Meredith, Lesley Morris
TITLES: Dissolved organic material in stream ecosystems: sources and reactivity
Glacial meltwater streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: ecosystems waiting for water
October 10-11, 2007
Gene Likens, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
Graduate student host: Cody Johnson, Katie Hein
TITLES: Acid Rain: An unfinished environmental problem
Ecosystem Science, Environmental Change and Society: A Personal View
November 14-15, 2007 Jianguo Wu, School of Life Sciences & Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Graduate Student Hosts: Scott Hoffmann, John Lowry, Drew Rayburn
TITLES: Urban Ecology and the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-term ecological research project (CAP-LTER)
Landscape Ecology & Sustainability Science: The Expanding Human Dimension
December 5-6, 2007 Owen Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Graduate Student Hosts: Lesley Morris, Christy Meredith
TITLES: History and Evolution of the North American Deserts
Palynology of Historic and Prehistoric humans in the American West
January 16-17, 2008
Jonathan Levine, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Graduate student hosts: Drew Rayburn, Jayanti Mukherjee
TITLES: Understanding Biological invasions from introduction through spread
Niche and neutral controls over coexistence in annual plant communities
February 6-7, 2008 James Elser, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Graduate student hosts: Cody Johnson, Katie Hein
TITLES: Biological Stoichiometry in ecology and evolution
New Frontiers Biological Stoichiometry
March 5-6, 2008 Daniel Blumstein, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Graduate Student Hosts: Amanda Murray, Craig Faulhaber, Jayanti Mukherjee
TITLES: Conservation behavior lessons from Marmots
Antipredator behavior of kangaroos and wallabies: integrating behavior and conservation
April 10-11, 2008
F. Stuart (Terry) Chapin, Department of Arctic Biology, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
Graduate Student Hosts: Craig Faulhaber, Scott Hoffmann
TITLES: Social-ecological sustainability in a changing world: Concepts and policy strategies to address climate change in Alaska
Ecological and societal consequences of changing Boreal Fire Regime
SEMINAR SERIES 2006-2007
Keli Goodman and Megan Kanaga (co-chairs)Craig Faulhaber, Cody Johnson, Lesley Argo Morris,
Jennifer Minnick, David Stoner Advisors: Todd Crowl, Ted Evans, Gene Schupp
September 13-14, 2006 Nova Silvy, Regents Professor, Texas A&M University
Graduate Student Host - Craig Faulhaber
TITLES: THE ATTWATER'S PRAIRIE CHICKEN -A LESSON IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
ENDANGERED MAMMALS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS
October 18-19, 2006 Jonathan Chase,
Associate Professor, Department of Biology,Washington University
Graduate Student Hosts - Craig Faulhaber and Megan Kanaga
TITLES: ECOLOGICAL DRIFT VERSUS NICHE-SELECTION: HOW DO COMMUNITIES ASSEMBLE?
FOOD WEBS IN TIME AND SPACE
November 8-9, 2006 Philip Hedrick, Ullman Professor of Biology, Arizona State University
Graduate Student Hosts - Megan Kanaga & David Stoner
TITLES: EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSERVATION GENETICS
December 6-7, 2006 Alex Flecker, Associate Professor, Cornell University
Graduate Student Hosts - Keli Goodman and Catherine Hein
TITLES: MIGRATORY FISHES AS FUNCTIONAL LINKAGES ACROSS LANDSCAPES
LINKING HUMANS AND ECOSYSTEMS: ECOLOGICAL INFLUENCES OF FISHING IN TROPICAL STREAMS
January 17-18, 2007 Steve Zack, Pacific West Coordinator, Wildlife Conservation Society, Portland, OR
Graduate Student Hosts - Cody Johnson and David Stoner
TITLES: ARCTIC ALASKA, ENERGY AND CLIMATE: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CHALLENGES IN A MOVING TARGET
FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: RESTORING EASTSIDE PONDEROSA PINE AND WILDLIFE
February 21-22, 2007 Lawrence Walker, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada
Graduate Student Host - Lesley Argo Morris and Jennifer Minnick
TITLES: ECOLOGICAL TIME TRAVEL: PROGRESSIVE AND RETROGRESSIVE SUCCESSION AND ITS MANIPULATION
LANDSLIDES: LANDSCAPES, SUCCESSION AND RESTORATION
March 7-8, 2007 Emily Bernhardt, Professor, Department of Biology, Duke University
Graduate Student Host - Cody Johnson and Keli Goodman
TITLES: RESTORING RIVERS ONE REACH AT A TIME - THE CHALLENGE OF RESTORING REACHES TO MANAGE CATCHMENTS
PROPOGATION AND DISSIPATION OF UPSTREAM SIGNALS THROUGH RIVER NETWORKS
April 11-12, 2007 Jordi Bascompte, Associate Professor of Research, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Seville, Spain
Graduate Student Host - Jennifer Minnick
TITLES: NETWORKS IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
MUTUALISTIC NETWORKS: THE ARCHITECTURE OF BIODIVERSITY
SEMINAR SERIES 2005-2006
Ecology Center Seminar Committee for 2005-2006
Amy Marcarelli and Phoebe Zarnetske(co-chairs), Kelli Goodman, Megan Kanaga, Pete McHugh, May Myklebust, Adam Sepulveda, Dave Stoner, Sue Reid-Wilmot, Jay Zarnetske Advisors: Todd Crowl, Ted Evans, Gene Schupp
September 14-15, 2005 Jeanne Altmann, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Graduate Student Hosts - Susan Reid-Wilmot and May Myklebust
TITLES: BETTER LIVING IN A VARIABLE AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH FLEXIBILITY
SOCIALITY, STEROID HORMONES, AND FITNESS
September 28-29, 2005 Reed F. Noss, Davis-Shine Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Central Florida
Graduate Student Host - -Adam Sepulveda, Phoebe L. Zarnetske
TITLES: MANAGING FORESTS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER FIRE
CONSIDERING CONNECTIVITY IN CONSERVATION PLANNING AT MULTIPLE SCALES: A FOCAL SPECIES APPROACH
October 26-27, 2005 Ram Oren, Professor of Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Graduate Student Host - - Amy Marcarelli
TITLES: Responses of forest trees in plantations and natural settings to atmosphere enriched with CO2
CO_2 UPTAKE IN FOREST-EFFECTS OF CANOPY STRUCTURE AND PLANT HYDRAULICS
December 7-8, 2005 Jon Swenson, Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Graduate Student Host - David Stoner
TITLES: HARVESTING BEARS: DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING?
GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION IN BROWN BEARS (URSUS ARCTOS): A LIFE HISTORY PERSPECTIVE
January 11-12, 2006 Judy Stamps, Professor, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis
Graduate Student Host - David Stoner
TITLES: HABITAT SELECTION: BRIDING THE GAP BETWEEN LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
SOMEPLACE LIKE HOME: THE EFFECTS OF NATAL EXPERIENCE ON HABITAT SELECTION
February 7-8, 2006
David R. Montgomery, Professor, Earth and Space Sciences Department, University of Washington
Graduate Student Host - Jay Zarnetske
TITLES:KING OF FISH: THE THOUSAND-YEAR RUN OF SALMON
CHANNEL RECOVERY FROM MASSIVE SEDIMENT LOADING, MT. PINATUBO, PHILLIPINES
March 22-23, 2006 Loren Rieseberg, Indiana University, Co-sponsored by the USU Center for Integrated Biosystems
Graduate Student Host - Megan Kanaga and Pete McHugh
TITLES: PLANT SPECIES AND SPECIATION
THE DOMESTICATED SUNFLOWER: ORIGIN, DOMESTICATION, AND CONSEQUENCES OF GENETIC MODIFICATION.
April 13-14, 2006 Tyrone Hayes, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Host - Phoebe L. Zarnetske and Megan Kanaga
TITLES: FROM SILENT SPRING TO SILENT NIGHT: ARE AMPHIBIANS CANARIES?
HERMAPHRODITES, BIG TRUCKS, AND STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF ATRAZINE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
SEMINAR SERIES 2004-2005
Amanda Bakian and Patrick Moore (co-chairs), Page Kyle, Phoebe Lehmann, Amy Marcarelli, Steve Ostoja, Donald Ratcliff, Chloe Tewksbury Advisors: Todd Crowl, Ted Evans, Gene Schupp
October 6-7, 2004 Fred Adler, Departments of Mathmatics and Biology, University of Utah
Graduate Student Host - Steve Ostoja
TITLES: WHY DO WE GET SO MANY COLDS? CROSS-IMMUNITY, THE NEUTRAL THEORY OF BIODIVERSITY, AND YOUR SINUSES
MAINTENANCE OF DIVERSITY IN ANT COMMUNITIES: TRADEOFFS, PARASITOIDS, AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS
October 20-21, 2004 Jim Kitchell, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Graduate Student Host - Amy Marcarelli
TITLES: APEX PREDATORS IN MARINE SYSTEMS
FOOD WEBS AND FISHERIES IN LAKE SUPERIOR
November 17-18, 2004 Craig Allen, Research Ecologist, Station Leader, U.S. Geological Survey
Graduate Student Host - Phoebe Lehmann
TITLES: A THOUSAND YEARS OF ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST: VEIWS FROM NEW MEXICO MOUNTAINS
PERSISTENCE, SERENDIPITY, AND ECOSYSTEM CHANGE: LONG-TERM STUDIES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO
December 1-2, 2004 Stephen Hubbell, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia
Graduate Student Host - Chloe Tewksbury
January 26-27, 2005 John Wiens, The Nature Conservancy
Graduate Student Host - Amanda Bakian
TITLES: WHAT IS "RECOVERY" OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, AND HOW SHALL WE KNOW IT?
CHANGING THE CONSERVATION PARADIGM: WHAT DOES LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY HAVE TO OFFER?
February 16-17, 2005 James Brown, Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico
Graduate Student Host - Steve Ostoja
TITLES: THE SCALE OF LIFE: MICROBES TO MONSTERS, MILLISECONDS TO MILLENNIA, MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEMS
A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY
March 9-10, 2005 Ragan Callaway, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana
Graduate Student Host - Patrick Moore
TITLES: THE TRANSMOGRIFICATION OF PLANT INVADERS: BIOGEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS
PLANT INVASIONS, REGIONAL COMMUNITY EVOLUTIONARY TRAJECTORIES, AND EVOLUTION OF INVADERS
April 13-14, 2005 Peter Moyle, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
Graduate Student Host - Pete McHugh
TITLES: CALIFORNIA DREAMING: THE FUTURE OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN THE HYDRAULIC SOCIETY