Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminars
Spring 2011
All Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminars are held Mondays at 4:00PM, in 112 Newins-Ziegler Hall. Cookies and coffee are always served.
1/10/2011
Franklin Percival and colleagues, University of Florida
“A small unmanned aerial system for natural resources applications: an interdisciplinary endeavor”
1/17/2011
HOLIDAY - NO SEMINAR
1/24/2011
Bob McCleery and Susan Cameron Devitt, UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
“Interviews and bagging a position: reflections, tips, and observations”
SPECIAL SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY
1/31/2011
Ikuko Fujisaki, UF Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center
“Application of spatial technologies and Bayesian inferences in wildlife ecology”
2/7/2011
Nina Fascione, Executive Director, Bat Conservation International
“The role of NGOs in conservation and leadership in conservation”
2/14/2011
Eduardo Eizirik, Faculdade de Biociencias PUCRS and Instituto Pro-Carniveros, Porto Alegre, Brazil
“Evolutionary and conservation genetics of Neotropical carnivores”
2/21/2011
Gary McCracken, Department Head, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
“Opportunistic predation by bats exploits migratory insect pests”
2/28/2011
Wallace Nichols, Senior Scientist, Ocean Revolution, and Research Associate, California Academy of Scientists
“Mind, Ocean + Revolution: How a deeper understanding of human emotion can help restore our oceans”
3/7/2011
NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK
3/14/2011
Deparment seminar will be rescheduled for new faculty interview - TBA
3/21/2011
Deparment seminar will be rescheduled for new faculty interview - TBA
3/28/2011
Reed Noss, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida
“Southern Grasslands: Ecological History and Future”
4/4/2011
Becky Kao and Brian Johnson, National Ecological Observatory Network
“Neon Ordway-Swisher Pathfinder Mission: Developing scaling strategies to link ecosystem structure and function across space using ground and airborne remote sensing data”
4/11/2011
Christine Lucas, PhD Student, UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
“The effects of disturbance and flooding on succession in Amazonian floodplain forests”
4/18/2011
Graduate Student Symposium
