Seminar Program 2009
Wednesdays, 12:30 – 1:30 Building 35.G20 unless otherwise noted.
Date
Speaker
Title

11th

March

Nicole Grant, University of Wollongong

Different mechanisms of self-heating in plants - Nelumbo nucifera vs
Philodendron selloumDifferent mechanisms of self-heating in plants - Nelumbo nucifera vs
Philodendron selloum

18th March

Assoc Prof David Raftos

Defending the spineless: Environmental stress responses in marine invertebrates  

25th March

Dr Cynthia Riginos

Invasions and hybridization: worldwide patterns of gene flow and natural selection in mussels

1st April

Dr Katarina Mikac

The population genetics of the invasive western  corn rootworm in southern Europe

8th April

Prof Lesley Head

The social life of weeds and natives: a discussion

22nd April

Prof David Farrier

Biobanking: handing over development decisions to science?

29th April

Assoc Prof Kristine French

Restoration for the Rich

27th May

Dr Paul Thomas

Segregation of species that regenerate after fire from soil-stored seeds in wet or dry habitat

5th June

Prof John Raven

Biological and ecological consequences of ocean acidification

24th June

Dr Alan York

Fire management, endangered species and biodiversity tradeoffs in a Victorian woodland

30th July

*nb Thurs

Dr David Keith

Assessing extinction risks under climate change

24th Sept

*nb Thurs

Prof Richard Hobbs

Novel ecosystems and alternative succession and restoration pathways

6th August

Paul Story

Sensitivity of Australian native marsupials to the organophosphate pesticide, fenitrothion, and physiological consequences of sublethal exposure

27th August

Tyge Hermansen

Impact of fragmentation on population structure and reproduction in two mangroves

10th September

Dr Marji Puotinen

Simulating the spatial dynamics of natural disturbance regimes using GIS

17th September

Assoc. Professor Catherine Lovelock

Implications of climate change and nutrient enrichment for mangroves

Last reviewed: 7 September, 2009