Winter 2013

January 10, 2013 - Dr. Wayne Getz, University of California, Berkeley
Topic: Special Seminar: "Computationally linking the inner and outer worlds of biological organisms. "

January 15, 2013 - Dr. Rudy Boonstra, University of Toronto
Topic: "Coping with uncertainty: The role of the stress axis."

January 17, 2013 - Dr. Beatrix Beisner, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Topic: "Special Seminar: Whither do they Wander? Spatial ecology of lake plankton."

January 22, 2013 - Dr. Gregor Fussmann, McGill University
Topic: "The dynamics of aquatic ecosystems - an evolving story." CANCELLED

January 29, 2013 - Dr. Brian Bagatto, University of Akron
Topic: "The nine-banded armadillo: An intriguing animal model for studying metabolism, maternal effects and emerging diseases."

February 5, 2013 - Dr. Shoshanah Jacobs, University of Guelph
Topic: "Biomimetics for business? An ecophysiologist's about-turn in research."

February 12, 2013 - Dr. Norman Yan, York University
Topic: "Causes and ecological consequences of widespread calcium decline for Canadian Shield lakes."

February 19, 2013 - Spring Break - No Seminar

February 26, 2013 - Dr. Aaron Fish, University of Windsor
Topic: "Temporal trends in feeding ecology of lake trout in the lower Great Lakes."

March 5, 2013 - Dr. Danielle Way, University of Western Ontario
Topic: "The good, the bad and the ugly: Tree responses to climate change."

March 12, 2013 - Dr. Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde, Laurentian University
Topic: "Sex and parasites in wild mammals."

March 19, 2013 - Dr. Jack Longino, University of Utah
Topic: "Some like it cold: Ants on tropical mountains."

March 26, 2013 - Dr. Kurt Gamperl, Memorial University
Topic: "The capacity of fishes to tolerate environmental change: Insights frmo recent experiments."

April 2, 2013 - Gustavo Betini, IB Student Speaker Award, University of Guelph
Topic: "Dynamics and evolutionary ecology of populations in a seasonal environment."

April 9 - Dr. Fernando Galvez, Louisiana State University
Topic: Special seminar: " The physiological and genomic mechanisms of osmotic tolerance diversification in killifish."