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 4:15 pm in A220 Langley Hall.
If you wish to meet with the Speaker, contact Tom Pendergast. 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.
| 15 September |
Heidi Appel |
Pennsylvania State University
Physiological constraints on plant chemical defense: a test of the sink-source model
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| 22 September |
Brady Porter |
Duquesne University
Molecular Markers, Natural History, and Evolution of Southeastern Freshwater Fishes
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| 29 September |
James Cronin |
University of Pittsburgh
Predicting insect herbivore control over plant community structure
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| 6 October |
T'ai Roulston |
Blandy Experimental Farm, University of Virginia
Body Size in Bees: The Evolutionary Nature of Nurture
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| 13 October |
Jeffrey G. Miner |
Bowling Green State University
Community Ecology in Lake Erie: Linking Manipulative Experimentation and Broad Scale Surveys
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| 20 October |
Steve Tonsor |
University of Pittsburgh
The genetics of plant-environment interactions
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| 27 October |
Cassie Majetic |
University of Pittsburgh
TBA
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| 3 November |
Tim Nuttle |
University of Pittsburgh
No numerical data? No problem! Simulating ecological systems with Qualitative Reasoning
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| 10 November |
Michael F. Rosenmeier |
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology
Sedimentary Records of Human-Environment Interactions: Case Studies from Tropical and Temperate Lakes
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| 17 November |
Andrea Quesada |
University of Pittsburgh
Evolution and Maintenance of Andromonoecy
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| 1 December |
Scott H. Stoleson |
USDA Forest Service
Paradigm Lost: The adaptive significance of hatching asynchrony in a neotropical parrot
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| 8 December |
John Paul |
University of Pittsburgh
Tropical phylogeography, species age, and species area relationships
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| 16 February |
Tom Pendergast |
University of Pittsburgh
Soil community feedback and plant community dynamics: Evidence from an old-field model system
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| 23 February |
Christopher Heckel |
University of Pittsburgh
Impacts of Lonicera japonica on the ecology and reproduction of the endangered Trillium reliquum
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| 23 February |
Anthony Baumert |
University of Pittsburgh
What traits determine competitive outcomes? Predictions from old-field plant communities
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| 2 March |
Todd Katzner |
National Aviary
Conservation of imperial eagles in Kazakhstan: can we use modeling to assess and improve our monitoring?
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| 16 March |
Amy McEuen |
University of Illinois Springfield
Seeds across scale: Are plant distributions in fragmented landscapes dispersal limited?
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| 30 March |
Henry Schumacher |
University of Pittsburgh
TBA
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| 30 March |
Josh Auld |
University of Pittsburgh
The reciprocal effects of plasticity in defensive and mating-system phenotypes
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| 6 April |
Andrea Quesada |
University of Pittsburgh
Evolution and maintenance of andromonoecy
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| 6 April |
John Paul |
University of Pittsburgh
Species age, area, and abundance relationships in tropical forests plants
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