Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminars - Spring 2006
All Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminars are held Mondays at 4:00PM, in 112 Newins-Ziegler Hall. Cookies and coffee are always served.
Jan 9
Dr. Perran Ross, Associate Scientist, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation & F.F.W.C.C.
“The mysterious case of Lake Griffin alligators: nutrition, disease and wildlife management.”
Contact: rossp@wec.ufl.edu
Jan 16
MLK Day – no seminar
Jan 23
Dr. Alex Hernandez, Biological Sciences & SE Environmental Research Center, F.I.U.
"Parasitism, Food Webs and Biomass Patterns in Stream Ecosystems"
Contact: alexander.hernandez2@fiu.edu
Host: Peter Frederick pcf@ifas.ufl.edu
Jan 30
Dr. Sue Boinski, Anthropology, University of Florida
“Beats of different drummers: Percussion, sexual selection and the archaeological landscape of wild brown capuchins in Suriname.”
Contact: boinski@anthro.ufl.edu
Host: Madan Oli (olim@wec.ufl.edu)
Feb 6
Dr. Tom Schoener, University of CA @ Davis, WGSA invited speaker
“Experimental studies of predatory effects on a common lizard in its food web: from behavior through ecology to selection”
Contact: twshoener@ucdavis.edu
Host: WGSA kimannis@ufl.edu
Feb 13
Dr. Barbara Dugelby, Conservation Scientist, Round River Conservation Studies, Utah
“Creating a Community-Based Wildlands Network on Private Lands in Ecuador”
Contact: bdugelby@moment.net (www.roundriver.org)
Host: Perran Ross rossp@wec.ufl.edu
Feb 20
Dr. Gary Machlis, Canon Professor of Conservation at the University of Idaho, and Visiting Senior Scientist for the US National Park Service.
“The human ecosystem as an organizing concept in ecosystem management”
Contact: gmachlis@uidaho.edu\Co-Hosts: WEC (sievingk@wec.ufl.edu), LUECI (Brenner@ufl.edu)
Feb 27
Dr. Cathy Pfister, Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
“Long-term ecological research and the evaluation of 2 paradigms in coastal marine systems”
Contact: c-pfister@uchicago.edu
Host: Emilio Bruna (brunae@wec.ufl.edu)
Mar 6
Dr. Tara Anderson, D.V.M., Veterinary Pathology, UF Vet School
“Avian Influenza: Perspectives on Wildlife, Domestic Animal, and Human Health”
Contact: AndersonT@mail.vetmed.ufl.edu
Host: Katie Sieving (sievingk@wec.ufl.edu)
Friday Mar 10
WEC SPECIAL SEMINAR
349 Reitz Union, 12:15 PM
Dr. Ken Schmidt, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
“Territorial settlement in birds: ecological traps and escapes”
Hosts: Katie Sieving (sievingk@wec.ufl.edu); Bob Holt (rdholt@zoo.ufl.edu)
Mar 13
Spring Break – no seminar
Mar 20
Eric Stolen, WEC doctoral candidate, Dynamac Corporation
“Factors influencing wading bird foraging behavior and habitat use in shallow estuarine wetlands”
Contact: Eric.Stolen-1@ksc.nasa.gov
Mar 27
Dr. Paul Angermeier, Fisheries & Wildlife, Virginia Tech University
“Conservation’s political irrelevance: redefining the biodiversity crisis.”
Contact: biota@vt.edu
Co-Hosts: WEC (sievingk@wec.ufl.edu), FAS (khavens@ifas.ufl.edu)
Apr 3
Traci Darnell Castellón, WEC doctoral candidate
“Dispersal behavior, patch occupancy, sustainable patch networks, and conservation planning for an endemic understory bird”
Contact: traci_darnell@hotmail.com
Host: Katie Sieving (sievingk@wec.ufl.edu)
Apr 10
Dr. Todd Engstrom, Adjunct, Biological Sciences, Florida State University
“Values of Old-growth Forest in the Southeastern Coastal Plains”
Contact: engstrom@bio.fsu.edu
Host: Perran Ross (rossp@wec.ufl.edu)
Apr 17
WIS 6933 conference
Apr 24
WEC Masters Symposium
Contact: Claire Williams (williamsC@wec.ufl.edu)
