Departmental Seminars
Department of Biology
Seminar Schedule
Spring 2012
All seminars begin at 4pm in Rm. S214
(cookies at 3:30 in Rm. S216)
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January |
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17 |
Swamp Bats: Roosting Ecology Under Thermal and Hydrological Extremes Matt Clement Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Bloomington, IN. |
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24 |
From social interactions to spatial genetic structure Dr. Eric B. Liebgold
Dept. of Biology:
Indiana
University, Bloomington,
IN. |
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31 |
How social cues influence habitat selection in birds Dr. Michael P. Ward Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Champaign | |
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February |
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7 |
How long does Juliet listen? How male acoustic signals influence female reproduction in the gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor Dr. Noah Gordon Dept. of Biology, University of Evansville. | |
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14 |
Darwin Day Seminar: The Structure of Phenotypic Variation: Novel Insights from Analyses of Repeatedly Expressed Trait Dr. David Westneat Dept. of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington. | |
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21 |
TBA |
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28 |
Social relationships, health, and survival in wild baboons Dr. Elizabeth Archie Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend. |
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March |
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6 |
Spring Break |
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13 |
Estimating the trajectory of reptile populations in a fragmented landscape: two case studies Dr. Christopher A. Phillips Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois. |
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20 |
Why should we care about microbial sociality? Dr. Joan Strassmann Dept. of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis. |
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27 |
TBA Dr. Molly Cummings Schools of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin. |
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April |
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3 |
Costs and coercion: evidence of mafia-like and farming behaviors in brood parasitic cowbirds Dr. Jeffrey P. Hoover Illinois Natural History, Champaign, Illinois. |
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Mr. Arun Seetharam Department of Biology, ISU |
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17 |
Ecological adaptations of mesopredators inhabiting agricultural ecosystems Dr. James Beasley Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette. |
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24 |
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