Tropical Biology Seminars

Winter 2009 Tropical Biology Seminars

Seminars are held from 12 - 1 p.m. on Thursdays in Room 2111 Kraus Natural Science Building


Date

Title

Presenter

January 22

Can Azteca instabilis contribute to the diversity of other ant species?

Professor Ivette Perfecto, SNRE

January 29

Resurrection in Carapa (Meliaceae): a reassessment of morphological variation and species boundaries using multivariate methods

David Kenfack, Postdoctoral Fellow, EEB

February 5

No seminar

 

February 12

Gene management zones and the pilot conservation project in Vietnam

Hoa Tran, Postdoctoral Fellow, EEB

February 19

No seminar

 

February 26

Spring break


March 5

Conservation genetics of the native trees in shade coffee farms

Shalene Jha, Ph.D. Student, EEB

March 12

Chemical variation among tropical forest syntopic congeners: recent findings from Psychotria alkaloids

Brian Sedio, Ph.D. Student, EEB

March 19

Temperate and tropical forests: what can distribution of plant functional traits tell us about processes of community assembly?

Jeff Lake, Postdoctoral Fellow, EEB

March 26

The role of an entomopathogenic fungus in generating spatial structure in a coffee agroecosystem

Doug Jackson, Ph.D. Student, EEB

April 2

Orchid bees in coffee agroecosystems

Heather Briggs, Graduate Student, SNRE

April 9

Diversity of spiders in coffee plantations in Southern Mexico

Linda Marin, Ph.D. Student, SNRE


Please contact Christopher Dick, if you would like to reserve a spot, or have any comments or questions.

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