Fall 2008 Seminar Series Schedule (PDF)
September 12:
Historic Stone Walls as a Conservation Issue
Robert Thorson, University of Connecticut
September 19:
Winter Moth: A New Invasive Defoliator in New England
Joe Elkinton, University of Massachusetts
September 26:
Land Conservation and the Design and Planning of Sustainable Open Space
Elizabeth Brabec, University of Massachusetts
October 3:
Understanding Mechanisms that Guide Avian Community Responses to
Urbanization
Amanda Rodewald, The Ohio State University
October 10:
Water Policy Issues in South Africa
Craig Nicolson, University of Massachusetts
October 17:
Reflections on the Holy Grail of Integrating Social and Natural Science: The
Case of Climate, Land Use, and Nutrient Cycling in Coastal Zones
Colin Polsky, Clark University
October 24:
TBA
October 31:
Canada Lynx in Maine
John Organ, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
November 7:
Dams in the Connecticut River Valley
Brian Graber, American Rivers
November 14:
TBA
November 21:
Turtles in Sprawlville: Conservation of Eastern Blanding’s Turtles
Brad Compton, University of Massachusetts
November 28:
Thanksgiving break
December 5:
Hermaphrodites in Your Backyard: The Landscape Ecology of Amphibian
Intersex
David Skelly, Yale University