Charles W. Schwartz Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar Series

Winter Semester 2007

All Seminars are in room 2-6 of the Agriculture Building at 3:30 on Friday afternoons. Refreshments will be served at about 3:15. Please bring your own mug or cup for beverages.

February 9 – Dr. Lori Eggert (MU Division of Biological Sciences)

Molecular Ecology and Elusive Species:  Uses of non-invasive sampling in the conservation of wildlife

February 16 – Dr. Eleanor Pardini (Biology Department, Washington University)

Joint Seminar with Forestry

Using population modeling and experiments to design best management practices for a density-dependent, invasive plant

February 23 – Dr. Duane Chapman (USGS-CERC)

Topic: Invasive Species / Asian Carp

March 2 – Dr. Eric Hellgren (Zoology Dept., SIU)

Black bears in the Tex-Mex metapopulation: rise and fall of a satellite

March 9 – Dr. Joe Ely (Dept. of Biology and Earth Sciences, CMSU)

Topic: Multi-species competition in agricultural settings

March 16 – Dr. Jonathan Chase (Dept. of Biology, Washington University)

TBA

April 6 – Pedro Chavarria (Texas A&M)

Topic: Feral hogs

April 13 – Dr. Jeff Brawn (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

TBA

April 20 – Dr. Scott Holan (MU Statistics Department)

TBA

April 27 – Shane Pruett (MU F&W)

PhD Defense Seminar