Systems Ecology Seminar Series Spring 2019
In room Forestry 305 except where noted. Thursdays 3:30-4:20 p.m. For information contact Diana L. Six at diana.six@umontana.edu.
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title |
Host |
Jan 10 |
Kim Davis |
Postdoc, Systems Ecology, University of Montana |
Effects of climate, fire severity, and biotic interactions on post-fire conifer regeneration in low elevation forests |
Phil Higuera |
Jan 17 |
Matt Jones |
Research Professor, NTSG, University of Montana |
Utilizing big data and machine learning in advanced land cover mapping and rangeland conservation |
Diana Six |
Jan 24 |
John McCutcheon |
Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana |
When a good bacterial endosymbiont goes bad |
Diana Six |
Jan 31 |
Cory Cleveland |
Professor, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana |
Biogeochemical constraints on the global carbon cycle |
Diana Six |
Feb 7
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Sini Kantola |
Fulbright Scholar, Aldo Leopold Institute and University of Ooua, Finland |
Using PPGIS - Locally Informed Land Use Planning in a sparse population, the Far North of Finland, Lapland |
SE students |
Feb 14 |
Zhihua Liu |
Postdoc, Systems Ecology, University of Montana |
Understanding interactions among fire, ecosystems, and climate change, across scales |
Ash Ballantyne |
Feb 21 |
Bob Hall |
Professor, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana |
Carbon cycling in some streams |
Diana Six |
Feb 28 |
Jeff Gailus |
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Journalism, University of Montana |
Science and journalism: a symbiosis story |
Diana Six |
Mar 7 |
Martha Apple |
Professor, Biological Sciences, Montana Tech |
Plant functional traits and microbes vary with position on periglacial patterned ground at Glacier National Park, Montana |
SE students |
Mar 14 |
Joanna Blaszczak |
Postdoc, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana |
Exploring drivers of ecosystem productivity and carbon cycling in rivers |
Diana Six |
Mar 28 |
Spring Break |
No seminar |
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Apr 4 |
William Anderegg |
Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Utah |
Predicting the future of western US forests with drought and climate change with plant hydraulic models |
SE students |
Apr 11 |
Amy Trowbridge |
Assistant Professor, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University |
Mechanisms underlying drought-induced shifts in tree investment toward chemical defenses: implications for conifer-bark beetle interactions |
SE students |
Apr 18 |
Jessica Mitchell |
Spatial Analysis Lab Director, Montana Natural Heritage Program, University of Montana |
Spatial analysis lab introductions and biodiversity mapping |
Diana Six |
April 25 |
Jim Elser |
Bierman Professor of Ecology, Director, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana |
Phosphorus, food and our future |
Diana Six |
May 2 |
TBA |
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