DATE

 

Class Assignments Due

 

SPEAKER

 

TOPIC

9-6-02

 

No Class

Doug Schemske

Michigan State University

“Pollinator-mediated selection and the evolution of floral traits in Mimulus

9-13-02

 

No Class

Brian Dennis

University of Idaho, Moscow

“Allee effects and stochastic populations”

9-20-02

 

No Class

Jeff Dukes

Carnegie Institute

“What determines the susceptibility of grasslands to invasion?”

9-27-02

 

No Class

 

David Roshier

Charles Sturt University

Australia

“Broad scale processes in dynamic landscapes and the paradox of large populations of desert waterbirds”

10-4-02

 

First Class

No Assignments due

 

Miles Silman

Wake Forest University

“Thinking small about big patterns:  tree life history and diversity in Amazonian rain forests”

10-11-02

 
Poster Critique
Readings/Storey

 

Ken Storey

Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario

“Mammals on ice:  molecular secrets of winter hibernation”

10-18-02

JOUR 304

Eval. Form and Critique  - Storey

Reading - Schultheis

Alicia Schultheis

Stetson University, Florida

“Upside-down hierarchies:  does recruitment drive genetic structure of stream insect populations?”

10-25-02

Eval. Form and Critique - Schultheis

 

Reading/Roemer

Gary Roemer

Dept. of Fishery & Wildlife Sciences

New Mexico State University

“Facing extinction:  exotic herbivores, golden eagle predation and the decline of the island fox”

11-1-02

Eval. Form and Critique – Roemer

Reading - Morbey

Yolanda Morbey

University of Toronto

“Piscivorous behavior of lake trout in lakes with contrasting food webs”

11-8-02

Eval. Form and Critique – Morbey

 

Reading - Bentz

Barbara Bentz

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Logan, Utah

“Bark beetle population dynamics:  influences of an adaptive seasonality”

11-15-02

Eval. Form and Critique – Bentz

ReadingMoore

Allen Moore

Lancaster University, U.K.

“The contributions of parents to offspring:  direct and indirect genetic effects in burying beetles”

11-22-02

Eval. Form and Critique – Moore

Reading - Goodman

Dan Goodman

Montana State University

“Salmon supplementation:  risk assessment and the limits of theory”

12-6-02

Eval. Form and Criqitque–Goodman

Reading - Dial

Ken Dial

Biological Sciences

University of Montana

“Evolution of avian locomotion:  integrating nesting biology, flight styles, and the origin of flight”