2009 – 2010 Seminars
Bill Romme
Professor
Colorado State University
Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship
2009–2010 GDPE Resident Distinguished Ecologist
[poster]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
3:00pm, Cherokee Park Room, Lory Student Center
Title: Always on the steep part of a learning curve: the ecological adventure of a lifetime
There will be a reception in the University Club following the seminar – please join us!
Rebecca McCulley
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky
Department of Plant and Soil Science
2009–2010 GDPE Honor Alumna
[poster]
Click here to view available meeting times in Rebecca's schedule.
Contact Jeri (jeri.morgan@colostate.edu) for meeting requests. Please put MCCULLEY SCHEDULE in the subject line. The schedule will be updated on a first requested basis.
Rebecca McCulley's research program seeks to understand the ecological factors and processes that control rates of biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem structure and function in grass- and shrub-dominated systems. Recent and ongoing studies include: Effects of land management and land use change on grassland C and N storage and flux; Grassland biogeochemical response to climate change; Effects of fungal endophyte infection on grassland ecosystem structure and function.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
3:00pm, Cherokee Park Room, Lory Student Center
Title: Is There a Fungus AmongUs? The Role of Fungal Endophyte Symbioses in Grassland Ecosystem Ecology.
There will be a reception in the University Club following the seminar – please join us!
Gretchen Daily
Professor
Stanford University
Department of Biological Sciences
Director, Center for Conservation Biology
Gretchen Daily's work is oriented around three broad questions. First, assuming that human impacts intensify along the lines currently projected, what kinds of species and ecosystems will exist over the coming decades and centuries? Second, what sorts most merit protection and what is the scientific basis for deciding? And third, what strategies would most effectively serve the goals established in answer to the second question?
To address these, She is developing the field of countryside biogeography to forecast changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services in human-dominated landscapes, using both theoretical and empirical approaches, including remote sensing. She is also developing a scientific framework for characterizing ecosystem services and incorporating their value into decision-making. Finally, to investigate new conservation finance mechanisms and policy options, She is collaborating extensively with economists, legal scholars, mathematicians, and leaders non-government organizations and in the public and private sectors.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
4:00pm, Natural Resources 113
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Join us before the seminar at 3:30 for coffee, punch, and cookies in the Natural Resources Atrium
Thursday, March 11, 2010
4:00pm, Natural Resources 113
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Join us before the seminar at 3:30 for coffee, punch, and cookies in the Natural Resources Atrium
Brad Cardinale
Assistant Professor
University of California Santa Barbara
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Brad Cardinale uses theory, experiments, and observational studies to address questions about communities and ecosystems. His research interests are all tied together by a common thread, which is to understand the causes and consequences of changing biodiversity in the modern era.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
4:00pm, Natural Resources 113
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Join us before the seminar at 3:30 for coffee, punch, and cookies in the Natural Resources Atrium
Thursday, April 1, 2010
4:00pm, Natural Resources 113
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Join us before the seminar at 3:30 for coffee, punch, and cookies in the Natural Resources Atrium
Ray Hilborn
Professor
University of Washington
School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science
Ray Hilborn is a professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington specializing in natural resource management and conservation. He currently serves as an advisor to several international fisheries commissions and agencies as well as teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in conservation, fisheries stock assessment and risk analysis. He authored "Quantitative fisheries stock assessment" with Carl Walters in 1992, and "The Ecological Detective: Confronting Models with Data" with Marc Mangel, in 1997.
Major areas of current and past research interest include Bayesian analysis of decision making in natural resources, adaptive management of renewable resources, the dynamics of the Serengeti ecosystem in east Africa, the role of hatcheries in management of Pacific salmon, the ability of institutions to learn from experience, statistical methods in testing dynamic ecological hypotheses, the analysis of migration and dispersal from mark–recapture data, and the ecological dynamics of fishing fleets. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada and received the Volvo Environmental Prize in 2006.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
4:00pm, Natural Resources 113
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
4:00pm, Natural Resources 113
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Join us before the seminar at 3:30 for coffee, punch, and cookies in the Natural Resources Atrium