JANUARY
January 13, 2010
Dr. Marie-Claire Pierret-Neboit
Geochemical cycles and weathering processes at the catchment scale: The case of the Experimental Strengbach Watershed, France. Part I. Long-term evolution and numerical modeling
12:00 noon, 100 Bryand Global
Sponsored by the Dept of Earth Sciences
January 14, 2010
Dr. Susan D. Richardson, USEPA
Emerging Environmental Contaminants: What's New
11:00 am, 428 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Chemistry. For information: 581-1169
January 15, 2010
Professor John Foley, Director, Institute of the Environment, University of Minnesota
The Other Inconvenient Truth: A Global Crisis of Land, Food and Environment
12:00 noon, Mitchell Center, Room 105 Norman Smith Hall
Sponsored by Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative and the Mitchell Center. For information 581-3244
Dr. Colin Studds, Smithsonian
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of long-distance migratory birds during winter
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
January 22, 2010
Dr. Deborah Bronk, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
Bioavailability of dissolved organic nitrogen in aquatic systems
11:00 am, McIntyre Room, Buchanan Alumni House
Co-sponsored by
the Schools of Biology & Ecology, the School of Marine Sciences, and the Climate Change Institute
Katy Dhungel, Southern Illinois University
Associations of tree species and environment within the hemlock-silverbell forest type in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources
January 25, 2010
Philip Loring, University of Alaska; SSI Postdoctoral candidate
Are we asking to much of the Yukon River? International treaties, Yukon River salmon, and food security in a changing arctic
12:00 noon, 107 Norman Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Mitchell Center & Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative
Patrick Jodice, USGS
South Carolina seabird colonies – long term trends and
recent explorations of reproductive and foraging ecology
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
January 26, 2010
Damon Hall, Texas A&M, SSI Postdoctoral candidate
The Cultural Inventory as an Alternative Form of Public Participation in Natural Resource Management
12:00 noon, 107 Norman Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Mitchell Center & Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative
January 29, 2010
Dr. Ben Letcher, USGS
Population persistence of brook trout
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Co-sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology, the School of Marine Sciences and the Dept of Wildife Ecology
Jessica Leahy, School of Forest Resources
Why our forestry curriculum needs more social science
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
FEBRUARY
February 1, 2010
James Bogart, Univ. of Guelph
The function of sperm donating species for the evolutionary persistence of unisexual salamanders in the family Ambystomatidae
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
February 5, 2010
Dr. Andrew Christie, MDI Biological Labs
Identification and cardiotropic action of a diuretic hormone in the American Lobster
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Mike Day, Center for Research on Sustainable Forests
Why our forestry curriculum needs more forest biology
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
February 8, 2010
Moira Brown, New England Aquarium
Topic: Right Whale Conservation
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and the Conservation Biology Seminar Series
February 11, 2010
Prof. George Jacobson, UM Climate Change Institute
and Prof. Ivan Fernandez, Plant Soil and Environmental Sciences
The Science and Politics of Climate Change
12:30-1:45, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, 581-3861 or michael.howard@umit.maine.edu.
February 12, 2010
Dr. Patrick Devers, Black Duck Joint Venture
Adaptive management of the black duck: the links between landscape and viral rates
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Co-sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology and the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
Ken Laustsen, Maine Forest Service
Maine's Forest ResourcesL Where we have been:
where we are headed
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
February 15, 2010
Michael Bailey, University of Maine
Ecology and selection on juvenile Atlantic salmon:
implications for restoration
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
February 17, 2010
Dr. Marie-Claire Pierret-Neboit
Geochemical cycles and weathering processes at the catchment scale: The case of the Experimental Strengbach Watershed, France. Part II. How some isotopes: Sr, Pb, B, Ca, Li and U desiquilibrium could be good tools to understand lithological vs. biological control
12:00 noon, 100 Bryand Global
Sponsored by the Dept of Earth Sciences
February 19, 2010
Dr. Andrei Aloykhin, University of Maine
Biological control, volcanoes, and live squid for dinner: my Pacific sabbatical
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Jeff Benjamin, School of Forest Resources
Why our forestry curriculum needs more forest operations
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
February 22, 2010
Brian Olsen, University of Maine
Habitat as a social architect: How spatial variability could
drive behavior, evolution, and management success
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
February 26, 2010
Dr. Frank Drummond, University of Maine
Modeling greyback canegrub, or Do beetles turn
anticlockwise downunder?
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Jensen Bissell, Baxter State Park
Baxter State Park: under new management
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
MARCH
March 15, 2010
Danté Fenolio, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Amphibians in our future: Amphibian conservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and the Conservation Biology Seminar Series
March 18
Prof. Richard Judd, History
Environmental Justice in New England: Race, Class and Environment in Regional Perspective
12:30-1:45, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, 581-3861 or Michael.howard@umit.maine.edu.
March 19, 2010
Dr. Steve McCormick, USGS
The physiology of anadromy and its importance to Atlantic salmon conservation
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Peter Van Walsum, Dept of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prospects of value-added products in existing wood fiber processing industries
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
March 22, 2010
Jon Mays, MDIFW
Specialization in a generalist snake: Home range, movement, and habitat ecology of black racers at the northern extent of their range
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
March 26, 1010
Ronald Kozlowski, University of Maine
Synapse 2.0
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Chris Hennigar, University of New Brunswick
Management design to maximize carbon storage in forests and forest products
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
March 29, 2010
Erin Simons, University of Maine
Present and future status of biodiversity in Maine’s commercial forests as indicated by a suite of condition indicators
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
APRIL
April 2, 2010
Dr. Nicholas Makris, MIT
Rapid formation of vast ocianic fish shoals observed using remot Sensing (OAWRS)
11:00 am, Room TBA
Co-sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology and the School of Marine Sciences
Candace Weymouth (& others), USDA Farm Services Agency
The New Biomass Crop Assistance Program
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
April 5, 2010
Dr. David Patrick, Paul Smith's College
Using habitat-resistance models to guide mitigation of raod-effects on herpetofauna
12:00 pm, 100 Nutting Hall
Co-sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology and the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
April 9, 2010
Steve Shaler, Advance Engineered Wood Composites Center
Why our forestry curriculum needs more wood science and forest bioproducts
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
April 12, 2010
Herb Wilson, Colby College
Patterns of spring arrivals of Maine migratory breeding birds
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
April 14, 2010
Soraya Cardenas, Sociology & Env. Studies, UMFK
Woman of Oaxaca and the Environment: Power, Class, and Inequalities
12:15 pm, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Sponsored by the Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program. For information: 581-1228
April 16, 2010
Dr. Michael Kinnison, University of Maine
Spliting hairs or splitting atoms: Do eco-evolutionary dynamics really matter?
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Jessica Leahy, Jeremy Wilson, Rob Lilieholm
New forestry research under the Sustainability Solutions Initiative
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
April 19, 2010
Wing Goodale, Biodiversity Research Institute
Contaminants in seabirds and other bird species in Maine
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
April 23, 2010
Dr. Matthew Etterson, EPA
Can we increase the value of avian point counts by correcting for imperfect detection?
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Co-sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology and the University of Southern Maine and Biodiversity Research Institute
April 26, 2010
Constanza Ocompo-Raeder, University of Maine
Cultivating Wildlife and Ancestors: Ese Eja Management Ecological Links in the Amazon
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
April 30, 2010
Dr. Adam Siepielski, Dartmouth
The evolution of species interactions
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
MAY
