School of Biological Sciences

SBS Seminars

SBS Seminars - Spring 2009


All seminars will be at 4:10 pm in Abelson Hall 201. Refreshments will be served starting half an hour before the seminar in Abelson Hall 306 or 324.

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DATE

SPEAKER

TOPIC

Monday, January 26th

Mark Swanson, Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University

“Measurement and Modeling of the Forest Carbon Resource in the Nothofagus Forests of Tierra del Fugeo, Chile.”

Monday, February 2nd

Joel Pankey, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University

"Centaurea in the Columbia Basin Ecoregion: Disturbance, Invasion, and Competition."

Monday, February 9th

Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver

"Microzooplankton in Pelagic Food Webs: From Harmful Algal Blooms to Biogeochemical Fluxes."

Monday, February 23rd

Josh Brokaw, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University

 Polyploid Evolutionary Ecology in Mentzelia section Trachyphytum.”

Monday, March 2nd

Gabe Colbeck, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University

"Phylogeography, Song Divergence and Reproductive Isolation in Two Species of Songbird."

Monday, March 9th

Steve Spear, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University

"Effects of Habitat Alteration Across Multiple Scales on Genetic Structure of Tailed Frogs (genus Ascaphus)."

Monday, March 23rd

Erika Edwards, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University

“Why Do C4 Grasses Live Where They Do?  Discerning Physiological Factors from Historical Contingency.”

Monday, March 30th

Don Rogers, Department of Animal Science, Washington State University

“Functional Divergence of Myostatin – an Evo/Devo Perspective.”

Monday, April 6th

Lynn Clark, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University

“Natural History of Bamboos.”

Monday, April 13th

John Schenk, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University

Phylogeny, Divergence Times, and Diversity in Mentzelia section Bartonia (Loasaceae).”

Monday, April 20th

Kevin Rice, Department of Plant Sciences and The Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis

“Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Invasions.”

Monday, April 27th

Steve Mulkey, Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho

“Opportunities for Climate Mitigation through Forestry and Agriculture.”

 

 

 

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