Harvard Forest Winter/Spring 2009 Seminar Series

Seminars are Fridays at 11:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted, and are free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. They are held in the Seminar Room at Shaler Hall (Directions to Harvard Forest). For more information, contact Audrey Barker Plotkin ( 978-724-3302 x268, aabarker@fas.harvard.edu).

January 23
Manuel Morales – Williams College
Tri-trophic dynamics in an insect protection mutualism

Special 3-Talk Soil Warming Mini-Series:

January 29
1) Masahiro Nakamura– Hokkaido University (Japan)
Soil warming influences herbivory of canopy foliage

2) Onno Muller – Tohoku University (Japan)
The effect of soil and branch warming on leaf traits and reproduction in 200 year old oaks

January 30
3) Jerry Melillo- The Ecosystems Center , Marine Biological Laboratory
The Heat Is On; carbon/nitrogen interactions, feedbacks to the climate system and more

February 6
Patrick Bourgeron – Plymouth State University
Dynamics of coupled natural and human systems in the Colorado Front
wildland/urban interface

February 13: two shorter talks
1) Rebecca Montgomery, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
Roots or shoots? Mechanisms of species interactions in red pine ecosystems

2) George Weiblen, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota
Forest dynamics research infrastructure for Papua New Guinea

February 20
Joshua King – Central Connecticut State University
Understanding successful biological invasions: a perspective of exotic
ants in Florida

February 27
Ben Bolker – University of Florida
Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

March 6
Shannon LeDeau – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Spatial and temporal drivers of West Nile virus ecology in North America

March 20
Thomas W. Yee – Department of Statistics, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Constrained ordination based on Generalized Linear Model

CANCELLED: Thursday, April 2
Sam Cushman – Rocky Mountain Research Station
Research agenda for integrated landscape modeling: occurrence, growth, geneflow and adaptation of conifer trees along a major climatological and longitudinal gradients in the Pacific Northwest

April 3
Hugh Ducklow - The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory & Palmer Station, Antarctica LTER
Rapid regional warming and ecosystem response along the Antarctic Peninsula

April 10
Kathryn Cottingham – Dartmouth College
Gloeotrichia echinulata: a causal agent of regime change in oligotrophic lakes?

May 1
Eric Gustafson – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Using spatial models to support landscape management

May 8
Chris Neill – The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory
Insights from experimental manipulation and management of Massachusetts coastal plain grasslands and shrublands

May 15
Sue Eggert – USDA Forest Service
Ecosystem-level experiments in Coweeta-LTER streams: lessons learned

May 22
Carlos Garcia - Universidad de Los Andes ( Venezuela ) and Harvard Bullard Fellow
Dynamics of the woody component in Neotropical seasonal savannas: some ecophysiological aspects