The Ecology and Evolution group in the Department of Biological Sciences sponsors a seminar series featuring current
topics in Ecology and Evolutionary biology.
The Ecology and Evolution seminars are presented Wednesdays at 4 pm in 169 Crawford Hall.
If you wish to meet with the Speaker, contact April Randle. Interested parties can forward information to
the Ecology and Evolution group by email. Due to its high information content, you may wish to view this page at its maximal width.
| 18 September |
Nelson Young |
Duquesne University
Evolutionary loss of photosynthetic ability in parasitic plants
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| 9 October |
Cynthia Morton |
Carnegie Museum
Evolution of the citrus subfamily using molecular data
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| 16 October |
Anthony Baumert |
University of Pittsburgh
Application of resource competition theory to regional succession: towards a predictive, mechanistic, and trait-based explanation of broad scale patterns
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| 23 October |
Brian Pedersen |
Dickinson College
Effects of white-tailed deer herbivory on forest gap dynamics in a Pennsylvania wildlife preserve
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| 30 October |
Valerie Oke |
University of Pittsburgh
Life in a plant: Adaptation and differentiation of Rhizobium bacteria in the nodule
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| 13 November |
Mark Spritzer |
Miami University
Scrambling for mates: the relationship between spatial ability and reproductive success among meadow voles
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| 20 November |
Martin Morgan |
Washington State University
Evolutionary economics of plant and pollinator interaction
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| 4 December |
Michael Willig |
Texas Tech University
Title to be announced
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| 15 January |
Rick Relyea |
University of Pittsburgh
Synergistic impacts of pesticides in aquatic communities: Connections to global amphibian declines
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| 29 January |
Andy Turner |
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
The scent of death: why phenotypic plasticity matters to a community ecologist
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| 12 February |
Daniel Bunker |
University of Pittsburgh
Title to be announced
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| 19 February |
Ramona Walls |
University of Pittsburgh
Inducible defenses in Solanum carolinense (Horsenettle)
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| 26 February |
Toni Schaeffer |
Pennsylvania State University
Title to be announced
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| 12 March |
Alejandro Royo |
University of Pittsburgh
Title to be announced
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| 19 March |
Janette Steets |
University of Pittsburgh
The effect of herbivory and interspecific competition on the mating system of Impatiens capensis
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| 26 March |
Loren Hayes |
Miami University of Ohio
Maternal investment in a communal rodent
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| 2 April |
Sean Modesto |
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh
Reptiles and the "Mother of Mass Extinctions": how severe was the Permo-Triassic extinction event on early reptile diversification?
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| 9 April |
James Cronin |
University of Pittsburgh
Predicting insect herbivore regulation of terrestrial plant communities: the relative importance of variation in host-plant abundance and resource supply.
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| 16 April |
Zachary Long |
Rutgers University
Title to be announced
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| 23 April |
Kristen Henley |
University of Pittsburgh
Title to be announced
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