QUBS Seminars 2015

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 - 8:00 PM
Date Speaker Talk Title
6 May Stephen Lougheed
Queen's University
Southern South American Biodiversity: Biogeographic Perspectives on Species Origins.
13 May William Halliday
University of Ottawa
What ecological factor is most important to habitat selection by northern snakes?
20 May Steve Lukits
Royal Military College
Mon pays c'est l'hiver: Winter at Opinicon.
27 May Austin J. Gallagher
University of Miami/Carleton University
Unraveling the mysteries of the largest predator in tropical waters, the tiger shark.
3 June Chris Elvidge
Carleton University
Dealing with fear: the cognitive ecology of predator-prey interactions.
10 June Amanda Tracey
Queen's University
Reflecting on seven field seasons at the Queen's University Biological Station.
17 June Haley Kenyon
Queen's University
Genes vs. culture: Bird song across a hybrid zone.
24 June Laura Schoenle
Virginia Tech
Avian malaria in red-winged blackbirds: Putting stress to the test.
1 July Paul Finigan
Queen's University
Littoral fish community changes in Southeastern Ontario.
8 July David Clark
The Catholic University of America
Bones of contention - zooarchaeology and interpreting past human foodways.
15 July Adam Meyer
Queen's University
The fitness consequences of daily vertical migration: What controlling behaviour with robots can tell us about the maintenance of behavioural diversity in Daphnia.
22 July Bruce Gray
Operations Officer for Diving at Environment Canada
How to blow bubbles and make a career out of it - Scientific diving and research in Canada.
29 July James Sinclair
Queen's University
Strength in size or numbers – disentangling the factors involved in the establishment of non-native species.
5 August Julia Colm
Queen's University
Ecology of imperiled grass pickerel: Predicting distributions and examining factors in their decline.
12 August Jim Austin
University of Florida
Life is a beach: Conservation research on an endangered beach mouse.
19 August Marvin Gunderman
McMaster University
Spineless creatures: Their fantastic and curious world.
26 August

Steve Lougheed
Queen's University

My favourite species and why.