Date |
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
Host |
Jan. 6 |
Nathan Bailey,
Postdoctoral researcher,
UC Riverside
|
"The Role of Behavioral Plasticity in the Evolution of Silent Crickets"
(Not Webcast) |
Andrew Forbes |
Jan. 13 |
Steve Yanoviak,
Tropical arthropod ecologist,
Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock |
"Ecology and Behavior of Tropical Arboreal Ants"
(Not Webcast) |
Michael Branstetter
and Bonnie Blaimer |
Jan. 20
|
Andrew Sutherland,
Postdoctoral researcher,
Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis |
"The Development of the Proboscis Extension Reflex (PER) in Honey Bees,Apis mellifera, for Agricultural Decision Support"
(Not Webcast) |
Ian Pearse |
| Jan. 27 |
William "Bill" Snyder,
Associate professor,
Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman |
"Exploring the Relationship between Predator Biodiversity and Herbivore Suppression"
(Not Webcast) |
Yao Hua |
Feb. 3 |
Daniel Papaj,
Professor,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson |
"Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Learning in Bees and Butterflies."
Archived Webcast |
Billy Krimmel |
Feb. 10 |
Terry Griswold,
Research entomologist,
USDA-ARS, Logan, Utah |
"Patterns of North American Bees at Scales Plot to Continental:
Rare Is Common?"
Listen live to Webcast |
Emily Bzdyk |
Feb. 17 |
Alexandra Klein,
Professor,
University of Lüneburg, Germany |
"Can Wild Pollinators Contribute, Augment, and Complement Almond Pollination in California?"
Listen live to Webcast |
Neal Williams |
| Feb. 24 |
Rosemary Gillespie,
Schlinger Chair of Systematics; Director, Essig Museum of Entomology; Chair, Berkeley Natural History Museums
UC Berkeley |
"Community Assembly through Adaptive Radiation: Spiders on Islands"
Will be Webcast
Listen live to Webcast |
Chris Searcy |
| March 3 |
Moran Segoli,
Postdoctoral researcher,
Jay Rosenheim lab,
UC Davis Department of Entomology
|
"The Importance of Predation in Shaping Desert Communities and Trophic Levels"
Listen live to Webcast |
Ian Pearse |
| March 10 |
John Beck,
Research chemist,
USDA Agricultural Research Station, Albany, Calif. |
"The Search for Non-Pheromonal Volatile Organic Compounds Toward Control of Navel Orangeworm, a Major Insect Pest of California Tree Nuts"
Listen live to Webcast |
Ian Pearse |
