Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution

Seminar Location
Haller Auditorium

Seminar Schedule
Tuesday, 16:15

The seminar consists of a 45 min talk and a discussion of up to 30 min. We expect that students stay until the end of the discussion. Usually, the seminar will end around 17.30.

Spring Semester 2012
Date	Speaker	Title
21.02.2012	Prof. Rolf Beutel, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena	Phylogeny of Holometabola (Insecta) Organiser: PD Dr. Chr. Kropf, NMBE
28.02.2012	no seminar	-
06.03.2012	Prof. Helmut Hillebrand, ICBM Wilhelmshaven	Biodiversity - productivity relationships: shifting a paradigm Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Fischer
13.03.2012	Dr. Jakob Brodersen, Eawag & University of Lund, Sweden	Parallel sympatric diversification in aquatic top-predators Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen
20.03.2012	Prof. Jacobus Boomsma, Univ. of Copenhagen	Life-time commitment and the evolution of altruism and mutualism Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky
27.03.2012	Prof. Bernhard Schmid, University, Zurich	Biodiversity meets evolution Organiser: Prof. Dr. H. Richner
03.04.2012	Dr. Piet Spaak, Aquatic Ecology, EAWAG	Daphnia hybridization in peri-alpine lakes over space and time Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Tinner
17.04.2012	Dr. Kurt Bollmann, WSL Birmensdorf	Can research on umbrella species drive habitat management in mountain forests? Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz
24.04.2012	Prof. Laurent Keller, University of Lausanne	Evolution of a social chromosome in ants Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier
01.05.2012	Prof. Louis-Félix Bersier, University of Fribourg	Latent traits models for networks: from the structure of food-webs to the forecasting of the role of invasive species Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz
08.05.2012	Prof. Rui Oliveira, ISPA, Lisbon, Portugal	Social Biology: How social information shapes hormones, brain and behavior Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky
15.05.2012	Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany	Almond pollination in California - Research and challenges for sustainable management solutions Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig
22.05.2012	Dr. Lukas Rüber, NMBE	The past, present and future of the Southeast Asian freshwater fish fauna Organiser: Dr. S. Hertwig, NMBE
29.05.2012	Exam	-

 

Autumn Semester 2012
Date	Speaker	Title
18.09.2012	Dr. Peter Jäger, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt a.M.	Biodiversity research in Laos Organiser: PD Dr. C. Kropf, NMBE
25.09.2012	n.n.	-
02.10.2012	n.n.	-
09.10.2012	n.n.	-
16.10.2012	n.n.	-
23.10.2012	n.n.	-
30.10.2012	Dr. Isabel Gordo, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon	- Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier
06.11.2012	n.n.	-
13.11.2012	n.n.	-
20.11.2012	n.n.	-
27.11.2012	n.n.	-
04.12.2012	n.n.	-
11.12.2012	n.n.	-
18.12.2012	Exam	-

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