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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 |
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 |

