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Department of Conservation Biology, NZP
Spring 2002 Seminar Calendar
All seminars are on Fridays at noon in the DCB conference room. Seminars are subject to change. For more information and to be placed on a distribution list please contact Sam Wisely at 202-673-4781 or by email wisely.samantha@nmnh.si.edu.
| Date | Seminar Speaker, Affiliation | Title |
| January 10 | Dr. Justin Wright, University of Washington | Conserving biodiversity in patchy landscapes: the role of beavers as ecosystem engineers |
| January 17 | Dr. Kristi West, National Zoological Park | The ecology and biology of the rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis |
| January 24 | Dr. Barbara King, College of William and Mary | Gestural communication in gorillas |
| January 31 | Dr. Jorge Santiago-Blay, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | New insights about arthropod (especially insect) evolution |
| February 7 | Dr. Rodrigo Medellín, Columbia University | Research for the conservation of bats in Mexico |
| February 21 | Dr. Philip Johns, University of Maryland | What females look for in males and why -- if you're a spider, or a fly |
| March 7 | Dr. Jordan Price, St. Mary's College of Maryland | Reconstructing the evolution of bird song using molecular sequence data |
| March 21 | Dr. Brian Verrelli, University of Maryland | Molecular evolution of human color vision |
| April 4 | Dr. Mary Poss, University of Montana, Missoula | Tracking predators with pathogens |
| April 18 | Dr. Shawn Noren Kramer, Department of Conservation Biology, Smithsonian National Zoo | The ontogeny of diving in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) |
| May 2 | Dr. Carlos M. del Rio, University of Wyoming | Cartesian hummingbirds: mechanistic models for foraging ecology |
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Revision: February 2003