Winter 2012

January 10, 2012 - Dr. Jonathan Newman, University of Guelph
Topic: "Mission accomplished or mission impossible? Predicting the biological impacts of climate change."

January 17, 2012 - Dr. John Fryxell, University of Guelph
Topic: "Spatial predator-prey dynamics in the Serengeti ecosystem. "

January 24, 2012 - Dr. Katrine Turgeon, University of Guelph
Topic: "Effects of human disturbance and habitat complexity on animal movement and behavior: Coral reef fishes as a model system."

January 31, 2012 - Dr. Peter Abrams, University of Toronto
Topic: "The structure of competition theory."

February 7, 2012 - Dr. Andy Sih, University of California - Davis
Topic: "Ecological and evolutionary implications of behavioral syndromes (aka as animal personalities)."

February 14, 2012 - Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei, University of Guelph
Topic: "Next generation biodiversity analysis. "

February 28, 2012 - Dr. Matthew Leibold, University of Texas
Topic: "On the stability and resilience of ecosystems in metacommunities."

March 6, 2012 - Dr. Megan Frederickson, University of Toronto
Topic: "The ecology and evolution of mutualisms between ants, plants and other organisms."

March 13, 2012 - Dr. Patrick Vogan, University of Guelph
Topic: "The evolution of photosynthesis and associated traits in response to abiotic agents. "

March 20, 2012 - Dr. Alex Shingleton, Michigan State University
Topic: "Keeping things in proportion: The developmental regulation and evolution of relative organ size in Drosophila."

March 27, 2012 - Dr. Amy Newman, University of Guelph
Topic: "Neurophysiology of stress in wild populations. "

April 3, 2012 - Dr. Robert Holt, University of Florida
Topic: "Reflections on the Kansas long-term habitat fragmentation experiment: ~30 years and counting. "