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PlantTalk
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An
informal discussion group of students, staff, and faculty interested in plant
biology and ecology. During Fall
Semester 2009, PlantTalk meets on Mondays from 12:30 - 1:30 PM in KRC 110.
This semester, PlantTalk will have its typical ad hoc presentations
plus a series of presentations around the theme of a more theoretical
examination of competition.
Schedule for the semester is:
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Date
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Speaker
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Topic or Title
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Aug 27 |
Organizational meeting |
| Sep 7
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LABOR DAY
HOLIDAY |
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14 |
Peter Weisberg |
“Landscape
modeling approaches for understanding vegetation dynamics of
mountain forests: disentangling the influences of climate and land
use change” |
| 21 |
Sarah Kulpa |
Anaho Island research |
| 28 |
Beth Leger |
Competition theme:
Discuss Hubbell (2005) "Neutral theory in community ecology and the
hypothesis of functional equivalence" Funct Ecol 19:166-172 |
| Oct 5 |
Bob Nowak |
Competition theme:
Discuss Hardin (1960)
Science 131 (3409):1292-1297 and
Connell (1980)
Oikos 35:131-138 |
| 12 |
Erin Goergen |
"Can indirect competition by annual forbs increase
establishment of native perennial grasses in Bromus tectorum
invaded systems?" |
| 19 |
Jian Yang |
"An ecohydrologic approach to simulating the
interactions between groundwater flow and riparian vegetation at the
landscape level" |
| 26 |
<OPEN> |
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| Nov 2 |
Leo Hernandez |
"Hulsea algida (Asteraceae) in the White
Mountains: Morphological Variation, Distribution and Climate Change" |
| 9 |
Scot Ferguson |
“Root
characteristics and nutrient acquisition of Great Basin Species" |
| 16 |
Lesley Morris |
Dry-farming legacies in the Great Basin |
| 23 |
Chris Moore |
Competition
counterpoint: facilitation in ecological theory (e.g.,
Callaway, Bot. Rev., 1995; Bruno et al., TREE, 2003) - are we really
measuring competition? |
| 30 |
Sarah Karam |
Big experiment on
salinity |
| Dec 7 |
Lora Perkins |
TBA |
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