Life in the city: opportunities and challenges for interacting species
Sep 20th
Bob Montgomerie
Queen’s University
EEB Committee
The enduring enchantment of birds’ eggs
Sep 27th
David Punzalan
University of Toronto
Colautti lab
Ambush bugs and the limits to micro- and macroevolution
Oct 4th
Karl Grieshop
University of Toronto
Chippindale lab
Broad evolutionary implications for sex-specific selection
Oct 11th
Amelia Cox & Matt Macpherson
Queen’s University
EEB Committee
Long-term study of an avian aerial insectivore points to climate change as a driver of decline &Our Hurting Herps: An update on the conservation of Ontario’s amphibian and reptiles
Oct 18th
Adam Groulx
Queen’s University
Martin lab
Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)
Oct 25th
Katherine Duchesneau
Queen’s University
Colautti lab
Mycorrhizal disturbance as an invasion mechanism in Alliaria petiolata: Community and functional composition of soil microbial communities in the field
Nov 1st
Manisha Kulkarni
University of Ottawa
Nelson lab
Disease ecology in action: focus on vector-borne pathogens
Nov 8th
Njal Rollinson
University of Toronto
Bonier lab
The evolution of body size in endotherms and ectotherms, or, why they might not be giants
Nov 15th
Geraint Element
Queen’s University
Walker lab
Gut microbial ecology of a wild arctic salmonid
Nov 22nd
Evelyn Jensen
Queen’s University
Lougheed lab
From Darwin to DNA: evolution, genomics and conservation of the Galapagos giant tortoises
Nov 29th
Brian Husband
University of Guelph
Eckert lab
Reproductive and genetic interactions between domesticated and native apple (Malus): a case study of agricultural effects on biological diversity
Dec 6th
Etienne Laliberté
Université de Montréal
Plaxton lab
How soils shape plant diversity
Winter 2019
Date
Speaker
Institution
Host
Title
Jan 10th
John Smol
Queen’s University
Smol lab
A crisis in science literacy: Does our reluctance to engage the public make academics complicit?
Jan 17th
Vincent Fugère
McGill University
Arnott lab
Eco-evolutionary impacts of land use on freshwater communities
Jan 24th
Trevor Pitcher
University of Windsor
Montgomerie lab
The Evolutionary Ecology of Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Chinook Salmon
Jan 31st
Grant Gilchrist
Environment Canada
Friesen lab
How changing biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic is affecting seabirds: from pathogens to predators, bacteria to bears
Feb 7th
Luke Mahler * cancelled due to weather
University of Toronto
Martin lab
Anthropocene determinants of diversity in island anole lizards
Feb 14th
Open discussion
Queen’s University
Friesen/ Birt lab
For the love of the planet
Feb 21st
READING
WEEK
no seminar
Feb 28th
Chelsea Rochman
University of Toronto
Orihel lab
The Impacts of Plastic Debris on Aquatic Ecosystems
Mar 7th
Eugene Sit
Queen’s University
Colautti lab
Examining phenological variation of an invasive plant using a developmental model
Mar 14th
Jill Wettlaufer
Queen’s University
Martin lab
Resource partitioning through the seasons: a test of a competitive ability – cold tolerance trade-off among closely-related, seasonally breeding beetles
Mar 21st
Qian Gu
Queen’s University
Grogan lab
Living in an (elementally) imbalanced world: Is stoichiometry useful in understanding the structure and functioning of an arctic tundra ecosystem?
Mar 28th
Marcel Dorken
Trent University
Colautti lab
Evolution of plant reproductive strategies
Apr 4th
Julia Kreiner
University of Toronto
Eckert lab
Population genomics of herbicide resistance and agricultural adaptation
Apr 11th
Aly Van Natto, Regan Cross & Chris Eckert
Queen’s University
Eckert lab
Dynamic dunes: science, stories, and shifting sands
