Jan. 5, 2009
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Lester E. Ehler |
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Eli Sarnat
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DAVIS —The UC Davis Department of Entomology is sponsoring its winter series of noon-hour seminars every Wednesday from Jan. 7 through March 11 in 122 Briggs Hall.
All the seminars are from 12:10 to 1 p.m., announced Lynn Kimsey, chair of the Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. All are open to the public.
The schedule includes:
Jan. 7: Elizabeth Boyd, faculty member, Plant Science, College of Agriculture, California State University, Chico, "Sharpshooters Under Friendly Fire From Classical Biological Control." Host: Emily Symmes
Jan. 14: Janice Edgerly-Rooks, professor of biology, Santa Clara University, “Silk Footprints of Embiids (Webspinning Insects) Does One Size Fit All?” Host: Soledad Villamil
Jan. 21: Diana Six, professor of forest entomology and pathology, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the University of Montana, “The Role of Fungi in Bark Beetle-Fungus Symbioses: A Challenge to the Classic Paradigm." Hosts: Jiri Hulcr and Andrea Lucky
Jan. 28: Les Ehler, emeritus professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology, “Farmscape Ecology and Insect Pest Management." Host: Hillary Thomas
Feb. 4: Eli Sarnat, graduate student, UC Department of Entomology, “The Ants of Fiji: Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation of a Fragmented Island Arc Fauna.” Host: Phil Ward
Feb. 11: Kailen Mooney, assistant professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine, “The Combined Effects of Mutualism and Predation on Community Structure.” Host: Ian Pearse
Feb. 18, Mike Caterino, curator of entomology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, “Patterns of Diversity in Southern California Beetles." Host: Fran Keller
Feb. 25: Claudio Gratton, assistant professor, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Midge Madness! Quantifying Linkages Between Lake and Land.” Hosts: Pete Epanchin and Jay Rosenheim
March 4: Tom Baker, professor, Center for Chemical Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, “But Do We Shoot the Driver? Meeting New Challenges in Detecting Agents of Harm by Using Old Entomological Knowledge.” Host: Walter Leal
March 11: Kip Will, associate professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley, topic to be announced. Host: Rebecca O'Flaherty
Further information on the seminar series is available from Nancy Dullum at nadullum@ucdavis.edu or (530) 752-0475
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
