| Date |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
| Jan. 9 |
Ann Hedrick
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, UC Davis College of Biological Sciences. Host: Harry Kaya. |
Sex, death and (phono) taxis: a field cricket's view |
| Jan. 16 |
Rodrigo Almeida
ESPM Organisms and the Environment, UC Berkeley. Host: Diana Ullman. |
Vector transmission of Xylella fastidiosa - from proteins to models |
| Jan. 23 |
Faith Oi
Department of Entomology and Nematology
University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla. Host: Harry Kaya. |
 Giving termites indigestion |
| Jan. 30 |
Phil Ward
UC Davis Department of Entomology. Host: Michael Branstetter. |
 Understanding ant evolution – a phylogenetic perspective |
| Feb. 6 |
Shannon McCauley
UC Davis Department of Entomology. Host: Sharon Lawler. |
 Species distributions in dragonflies: effects of dispersal and local performance |
| Feb. 13 |
Kent Daane
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM), Organisms and the Environment, UC Berkeley and
Kearney Agricultural Center,
Parlier. Host: Jay Rosenheim. |
 Impact of the invasive Argentine ant in California vineyards |
| Feb. 20 |
Hannah Burrack
Department of Entomology,
North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, N.C. Host: Frank Zalom. |
 The olive fruit fly in California: tracking a recent invader |
| Feb. 27 |
James Cane
USDA-ARS (Agricultural Research Service) Bee Biology and Systematics Lab, Utah State University,
Logan, Utah. Host: Ed Lewis. |
 Bee pollination of farmed wildflower seed for western habitat restoration |
| March 5 |
Anna Dornhaus
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Arizona,
Tucson, Ariz. Host: Andrea Lucky. |
 Benefits and costs of collective behavior in social insects |
| March 12 |
Jennifer Thaler
Department of Entomology,
Cornell University
Ithaca, N. Y. Host: Rick Karban. |
 The effects of plant responses in multi-herbivore systems |
| *May be taken for one unit credit, see page 70, Winter 2008 Class Schedule |
