Fall 2009 Seminars

Ecology (ECL) 290
Student participatory seminars:


Eviner, Valerie. CRN: 19866. Ecology of plant-soil feedbacks, 1 units. Tuesday 2-3:30pm, 2004 Plant & Environmental Science.

Greco, Steven. CRN: 19869. Community and landscape connectivity, 2 units. Monday, 12:10-2:00 pm, 141 Olson.

Johnson, Michael. CRN: 19872. Stream ecology, 1 unit. Tuesday, 11-12:00 noon, Watershed Science Center conference room.

Latimer, Andew. CRN: 19875. Plant community ecology - classic concepts and extensions, 1 unit. Tuesday, 12-1:30 PM, 145 Hoagland.

Scow, Kate; Thomas Tomich. CRN: 19929. Integrated ecosystem assessment: Agriculture, nitrogen, and climate change in California, 2 units. Wednesday, 10-12:00 noon, 140 Robbins.

Six, Johan. CRN: 19925. Isotopes ecology, 2 units. Wednesday, 10-12:00 noon, 2004 Plant and Environmental Sciences.

Six, Johan. CRN: 19873. Environmental stewardship and sustainability in our research labs, 1 unit. Wednesday, 4:10-5:00 pm, 2004 Plant and Environmental Sciences.

Yang, Louie. CRN: 19879. Building Insect Ecology: Current Topics, Course Design and Research Methods, 2 unit. Wednesday, 10:00-12:00 noon, 380K Briggs.

Approved for an ECL 290 for the JDPE at SDSU: None for fall 2009

 

Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series
ECL 296, Section 001: CRN: 19930
Thursdays, 4:10 to 5:30 pm; 1003 Giedt Hall

Requirement: This is a guest seminar series and requires attendance only.

Sept. 24 “Nutrients and global ecology: An assessment of climate change”. Ben Houlton, Land, Air, Water Resources, UC Davis

Oct. 1 “Mainstreaming ecosystem services”. Steve Polasky, University of Minnesota, Sponsored by Storer Life Sciences Endowment. Host: Jim Sanchirico, (754-9883; jsanchirico@ucdavis.edu)

Oct. 8** “The evolution of symbiotic bacteria and their effects on insect hosts”. Nancy Moran, University of Arizona. Host: James “Angus” Chandler, (752-8328; jschandler@ucdavis.edu)

Oct. 15** “Selfish evolution in monkeyflowers”. Lila Fishman, University of Montana. Host: Jon Haloin; (752-8416; jrhaloin@ucdavis.edu)

Oct. 22** “The evolution of social control in cooperative animals”. Michael Cant, University of Exeter, UK. Host: Sarah Hrdy; (sbh@citrona.com)

Oct. 29 “From swamps to rotting logs: adaptations for terrestrial sojourns in a mangrove fish”. Patricia Wright, University of Guelph. Host: Joe Cech, (752-3103; jjcech@ucdavis.edu))

Nov. 5 “Toward a unified theory of the distributions and abundance of species”. John Harte, UC Berkeley. Host: Anne Marie Panetta, (ampanetta@ucdavis.edu)

Nov. 12 “Darwin and the ascent of emotionally modern man: How humans became such hypersocial ape”. Sarah Hrdy, UC Davis

Nov. 19** “Unraveling the mysteries of the deep: Quantifying the effects of human activities on marine megafauna”. Rebecca Lewison, San Diego State University. Host: Erin Reddy, (ereddy@ucdavis.edu)

Nov. 26 Thanksgiving

Dec. 3** "Invasive plants, soils and ecosystem processes: what have we learned so far?" Joan Ehrenfield, Rutgers University. Host: Truman Young, (754-9925; tpyoung@ucdavis.edu)


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