Biodiversity Lunchtime Internal Seminar Series (BLISS)

Winter 2012

Mondays, 12:00 – 13:00 — Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s Auditorium

Date

Speaker

Title of Talk

Dept/Lab

Jan 9

Leticia Aviles

 Towards a unified theory of the ecology of sociality
 Aviles lab

Jan 16

Terry McIntosh

 The State of Field Botany in BC

UBC Herbarium

Jan 23

 Jen Guevara
 Ecological correlates and consequences of spider sociality Aviles lab

Jan 30

Sam Yeaman

The evolution of cultural traits: Population differentiation and the maintenance of misinformation

Aitken & Rieseberg labs 

Feb 6

 Andrea Stephens Does insect competition benefit the shared host-plant?
 Myers lab

Feb 13

Jason Hall-Spencer

 Volcanic carbon dioxide vents reveal ecosystem effects of ocean acidification

Harley lab (host)

Feb 20

No seminar

Mid-term Break

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Feb 27

 Matt Arnegard Genetic determinants of niche during stickleback speciation with gene flow Schluter lab (host)

Mar 5
Erin Rechsteiner
Seasonal distribution and prey requirements of Pacific white-sided dolphins in coastal British Columbia

Trites lab

Mar 12

Armando Moreno-Geraldes  

 
TBA

Cronk lab

Mar 19

 Mandy Banet
 
TBA
 Schulte lab

Mar 26

 Laura Weir
 
Sneaky males with scales: Alternative mating 
strategies and sexual selection in fishes
Taylor lab (host)
Apr
2		 Hugo Robles Diez Population persistence in fragmented habitats: what can be learned from middle spotted woodpeckers Martin lab
Apr
9 		No seminar
Easter Monday ------
Apr
16 		Gwylim Blackburn TBA (exit seminar) Maddison lab
Apr
23		 Junxia Zhang TBA (exit seminar) Maddison lab