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	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
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