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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR SERIES*

Spring 2008
ECL 296/PBG 292

Thursdays, 4:10-5:30 p.m.; 100 Hunt Hall

April  3

“More than just a pretty face:  what can we learn about biological invasions from non-native birds”
Julie Lockwood, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Host: Peter Moyle, (752-6355; pbmoyle@ucdavis.edu)

April 10 April 11**

“Butterfly eyespots, evo-devo and exploring morphospace”
“Phenotypic plasticity, lifespan and sex pheromones in butterflies”
Brakefield, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Host: Art Shapiro, (752-2176; amshapiro@ucdavis.edu)

April 17

“Molecular genetic insights into early deuterostome evolution from hemichordates”
Christopher Lowe, University of Chicago
Host: Artyom Kopp (752-8657; akopp@ucdavis.edu)

April 24

“Friendly competition and “eating yourself sick and sicker”: linking species interactions and disease in the plankton”
Spencer Hall, Indiana University
Host:  Jeff Firestone, (752-8284; firestone@ucdavis.edu)

May 1

“Male coercion and female choice in wild chimpanzees.”
Martin Muller, University of New Mexico
Host: Andrew Marshall, (754-9699, ajmarshall@ucdavis.edu)

May 8

“Ecological and evolutionary limits to range expansion”
Monica Geber, Cornell University
Host:  Sharon Strauss, (752-8415; systrauss@ucdavis.edu)

May 15

“Sex vs Asex in a snail:  parasites and the ecology of clonal invasion”
Mark F. Dybdahl, Washington State University
Host: Betsy Wells, (ehwells@ucdavis.edu)

May 22

“Genetics of speciation in Drosophila”
Daven Presgraves, University of Rochester, New York
Host:  Michael Turelli, (752-6233; mturelli@ucdavis.edu)

May 29

Merton Love Award

** April 11, Dr. Paul Brakefield’s 2nd seminar listed above will be from 12-1:30pm in 2342 Storer Hall.

Contact  Kathy Merk 4-7450 in the Section of Evolution and Ecology Office to schedule an appointment:   kmmerk@ucdavis.edu, EandEseminar@ucdavis.edu

*Sponsored by: College of Biological Sciences, Section of Evolution and Ecology, Center for Population Biology, Graduate Group in Ecology, College of Letters & Science Division of Social Sciences, Department of Environmental Science & Policy, Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, Department of Anthropology, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, Department of  Plant Sciences, Biological Invasions IGERT and John Muir Institute for the Environment.

3/28/08