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Duke University Program in Ecology Seminar: Fall Semester 2004
Fridays 1:15-2:30 pm in room A247 LSRC
For University Credit as: UPE 303S or BIO 311S, Prof. Reynolds

Friday
3 Sept

Barney Caton
USDA-APHIS, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Raleigh

Invasion pathways of nonindigenous pests: The example of hitchhiking insects on cargo aircraft in Miami
Friday
10 Sept
Karin Pfennig
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Evolution of mate recognition: from individual decisions to macroevolutionary consequences
Friday
17 Sept
Jeffrey E. Herrick
Research Scientist, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Comprehending complexity together with the public: science-based strategies for improving conservation, restoration and management of arid and semi-arid ecosystems

Friday
24 Sept
Jed Sparks
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Biosphere atmosphere interactions: terrestrial processes driving atmospheric chemistry

Friday
1 Oct

William A. Hoffmann
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University
Can evolutionary feedbacks explain the nature of tropical savanna-forest boundaries?
Friday
8 Oct
Ted Simons
Professor, Cooperative Research Unit, Dept. of Zoology, North Carolina State University
Modeling wildlife habitat relationships - issues of scale and accuracy
Friday
15 Oct
Norman Myers The biotic crisis & disruption of future evolution
Friday
22 Oct

CANCELLED
Kathleen Farley
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Center on Global Change, Duke University
Conversion of grasslands to tree plantations: drivers and implications

Friday
29 Oct

Shannon LaDeau
Graduate Student, Program in Ecology, Duke University
Forest tree fecundity: Community diversity & response to global change
Friday
5 Nov
Tom Rufty
Professor, Dept. of Crop Science, North Carolina State University
The mechanism of Al tolerance: New insights on Al localization using lumogallion staining
Friday
12 Nov
Christina Burch
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mutational effects and interactions: What are the consequences of complexity?
Friday
19 Nov
Viney P. Aneja
Professor, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
The Environmental Consequences of Altered Nitrogen Cycling Resulting from Animal Agricultural Production
Friday
3 Dec

A158 LSRC
Steven N. Handel
Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Can we restore natural habitats to urban areas? Experiments on degraded lands

Spring 2004 Ecology seminars