The Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology
&
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Interdepartmental Graduate Program
Seminar Series

Spring Semester 2004
Every Thursday -- 4:00-5:00 pm
164 East LagoMarcino

*April 19-20, Loomis Lecture Series (see bottom of page)

Date Speaker Sponsor Title
15 Jan 2004

Jack Dekker
Agronomy/EEB
Iowa State University
  Pleiotropic effects of the psbA chloroplast gene in s-triazine resistant plants
22 Jan 2004

Adele Reid
EEOB
Iowa State University
Janzen Effect of fertilizers and grazing on grassland invertebrates: implications for sustainability
29 Jan 2004 Ralph Ackerman
EEOB/EEB
Iowa State University
  Turtles, temperature, sex, and soil
5 Feb 2004 Jennifer Fraterrigo
Dept of Zoology
University of Wisconsin		 Danielson Land-Use Legacies and Ecosystem Processes in Southern Appalachian Forests
12 Feb 2004 Dan Vogt
Soils and Ecosystem Ecology
University of Washington		 Asbjornsen 'Disturbances affect Ecosystem Structure and Processes in
Subtropical Forests of Puerto Rico - MAYBE and MAYBE NOT!
19 Feb 2004 Tom Valone
Dept Biology
St. Louis University		 Danielson Diversity-stability relationships in annual plants
26 Feb 2004 Harry Greene
Cornell University		 Erin Myers Problems and prospects for studying behavioral
evolution
4 March 2004 Scott Pearson
Department of Biology
Mars Hill College

Danielson
The legacy of landscape change in forest communities of the Southern Blue Ridge:
salamanders, arthropods, birds, and vascular plants.
11 March 2004 Carol Vleck
EEOB/EEB
Iowa State University		   Testing theories of adaptive variation in life span-patterns and processes
18 March 2004 Spring Break    
25 March 2004 Ben Tracy Wilsey Diversity and ecosystem function in management-intensive grazing
1 April 2004

Gabriel Sanchez-Ken

EEOB
Iowa State University

  

Phylogeny and Evolution of the Centothecoid and Panicoid Grasses
8 April 2004 John Orrock
EEB
Iowa State University		   Exploring the ecological and evolutionary implications of patch shape and connectivity
15 April 2004 Karen Lips Erin Myers Amphibian Declines in Latin America: Changes in populations, communities, and ecosystems
22 April 2004 Bruce Baldwin EEOB Grad students Phylogenetic perspectives on contrasting modes of diversification in California tarweeds and Hawaiian silverswords (Compositae)

29 April 2004
CANCELLED

Marlis Douglas   Drought in an evolutionary context:  Molecular evidence from endemic Colorado River Fishes

NOTE:  The last in a series coordinated with the Jan. 15 Lecture

IPPM Mini-Symposium - April 19-20, 2004, Loomis Lecture Series