Topics Fall 2009

• Sept 1. Discussion of MacArthur & Wilson 1963: "An equilibrium theory of insular zoogeography"
• Sept 8. Discussion of Lindeman 1942 The trophic-dynamic aspect of ecology. Ecology 23 :399–418.
• Sept 15.Discussion of Berger et al. 2001. A Mammalian Predator-Prey Imbalance: Grizzly Bear and Wolf Extinction Affect Avian Neotropical Migrants. Ecological Applications 11:947-960.
• Sept 22. Dr Tim Hiller - "The concept on habitat: Terminology and Unification in Ecology"
• Sept 29. Dr. Kevin Pope - "Operation Sex Change"
  • Gutierrez & Teem 2006. A model describing the effect of sex-reversed YY fish in an established wild population: The use of a Trojan Y chromosome to cause extinction of an introduced exotic species. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 241:333-341.
  • Cotton & Wedekind 2007. Control of introduced species using Trojan sex chromosomes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22:441-443.
• Oct 6. Chad Smith - Director of Natural Resources at Headwaters Corporation
  • Topic: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program with emphasis on the Program's Adaptive Management Plan
• Oct 13. Dr Trisha Freeman - Night Bites: Reconciling bite force and jaw morphology in bats.
• Oct 27. Dr. Jessica Rempel - Reintroduction of Bald Eagles in the Channel Islands, CA.

• Nov 3. Dr Dave Wedin: Discussion of Gleason 1926 and Wells 1965
• Nov 10. Dr Mary Harner - "Cottonwood trees: to clear or not to clear?"
• Nov 17. Mary Brown - The Endangered Speceis Act Recovery Plans, Terns and Plovers
• Nov 24. Dr. Craig Allen - Resilience, Holling 1973.

• Dec 1. TBA
• Dec 8. TBA

This seminar is mix of paper discussions and speaker presentations depending on the week. Regarding paper discussions, we will have some faculty members select key papers in Ecology that they think we should all read, and they will help us discuss them. Other weeks we will select the papers ourselves and try to have everyone involved in choosing and leading a discussion.