Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminars
Fall 2009
All Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminars are held Mondays at 4:00PM, in 112 Newins-Ziegler Hall. Cookies and coffee are always served.
August 31
Stephanie Romanach, USGS, Davie FL.
“Challenges for the conservation of Africa’s endangered Wild Dogs.”
September 7
Labor Day, no seminar
September 14
Brian Silliman, Dept. Biology, UF
“Food webs, climate change, and new paradigms in ecology.”
September 21
Carrie Reinhart Adams, Environmental Horticulture, UF
“Evaluating management options for invasive species-dominated landscapes.”
September 28
Katie Sieving, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF
“Behavioral landscape ecology in the information age: lessons from forest birds in Chile and Florida.”
October 5
Virginie Rolland, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF
“Influence of climate and fisheries on albatross population dynamics in the Southern Ocean.”
October 12
Fred Johnson, USGS, Gainesville FL.
“Decision-making in conservation biology.”
October 19
Tim Breault, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
“A zoo without bars: wildlife management strategies in Florida.”
October 26
Bill Kendall, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
TBA
November 2
Nilmini Jayasena, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF
PhD exit seminar: “Mercury exposure, mate choice and hormones in ibises - is there a link?”
November 9
Julien Martin, USGS, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
“Application of decision theory to protect and manage natural resources.”
November 16
Sammy King, Louisiana State University
“A synthesis of breeding and wintering King Rail research in Louisiana.”
November 16 - *Special Seminar*
Ron Chandler, President of Conservation Initiative for the Asian Elephant, Inc. (CIFAE)
“Endangered Elephants of Manas National Park, India, and the Reconstitution of Indigenous Culture.”
This seminar will be held in CSE E 119 from 7 to 9 pm. (http://campusmap.ufl.edu/details.php?bldg=0042)
November 23
Randy Wells, Mote Marine Laboratory
“Dolphin conservation research in Sarasota Bay, FL: Lessons from four decades and five generations.”
November 30
Frank Mazzotti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF
“The unnatural history of the Burmese Python in the Florida Everglades.”
December 7
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Masters Student Symposium
Raya Pruner: “Habitat selection and reproductive success of Snowy Plovers.”
Vicki Underwood: “Human factors influencing the occurrence of Gopher Tortoises on private land.”
Grant Sizemore: “The Everglades Agricultural Area as a foraging resource for wading birds (Ciconiiformes).”
