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Ecology Seminar - FALL 2009
Fall Semester 2009
BIOL 400-01 SEMINAR
Ecology Department
Thursdays 3:30-4:30, 304 Lewis Hall
Information subject to change. Additional information including seminar titles/abstracts will be updated and posted to this site. Advance notice is requested so that accommodations can be made for special needs, thank you.
Sept. 3 David Roberts : "Introduction to Biol 400"
Sept. 10 All Faculty & Students: "Graduate Student Introductions"
Sept. 17 Bobbi Peckarsky, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin:"Ecology of Place: Understanding the Role of Predation in Open Systems"
Sept. 24 John Beckman, Associate Conservation Scientist with Wildlife Conservation Society and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Idaho State University: "Carnivores, Redistribution and Humans: Patterns and Process"
Oct. 1 Prasanta Bandyopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of History and Philosophy, MSU, and MSU Astrobiology Biogeocatalys Research Center Affiliate: "The Logic of Simpson's Paradox"
Oct.8 Raina K. Plowright, BVSc., PhD, David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University: "Can ecological change drive the emergence of infectious diseases? How urban habituation, loss of ecological connectivity and epidemic dampening may have caused the emergence of a fatal bat-borne disease in Australia"
Oct. 15 Gunther, Kerry, U.S. National Park Service, Bear Management Office, Yellowstone National Park: "From Garbage Bears to Wild Bears: Recovery and Conservation of Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone National Park"
Oct. 22 Jay Ver Hoef, PhD, National Marine Mamal Lab, NOAA, statistician: " Bayesian Hierarchical Models: From Trends to Ecosystems" in collaboration with the Mathematical Science Colloquium Series, Procrastinator Theatre,
Oct. 29 No Seminar
Nov. 5 Mark Taper, Research Scientist, Department of Ecology, MSU: "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Hierarachical Models: Inference"
Nov. 12 Megan Higgs, Assistant Professor Statistics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, MSU: " What Is the Likelihood that You Are a Bayesian at Heart, in the Long Run?"
Nov. 19 Travis Horton, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Native Species Coordinator: "Management and Conservation of Montana's Native Fish"
Abstract: The presentation will provide an overview of statewide native fish conservation and management. Some research will be discussed, but the talk will focus on conservation actions to address bull trout, cutthroat trout, Arctic grayling, pallid sturgeon, and sauger.
Nov. 26 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Dec. 3 Doug Smith, PhD, Yellowstone Wolf Project Leader: "Yellowstone Wolves: The Real Story, No Politics"
Dec. 10 Dan Goodman, Professor, Department of Ecology, MSU: "Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Fish Depletion Estimates"
Dec. 14-18 Final Examination Week
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