Seminars

Fall 2009 Environmental Studies Seminar Series

Mondays 12:30-1:40 followed by an informal discussion 1:40-2pm.

221 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building.

Snacks and coffee provided at 12:15!

October 5:  Valerie Eviner, Professor, Plant Sciences, Graduate Group in Ecology, UC Davis

Title: Plant-soil interactions as tools for managing and restoring California grasslands

Host:  Daniel Keck

October 12:  Sara Bothwell, PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Studies, UCSC, Exit Talk

Title: Conserving parasitic wasp diversity: Do our changing landscapes matter and is ecological function at risk?

Host:  Deborah Letourneau

October 19: Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy & Society, Energy and Resources Group and Director Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), UC Berkeley

Title:  Systems science and policy for a low-carbon economy

Host:  Erika Zavaleta

October 26: Mark Hebblewhite, Assistant Professor Wildlife Biology Program College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana

Title: Tracking the trophic effects of wolves in the Canadian Rockies ecosystem from recolonization to stability

Host:  Chris Wilmers

November 2: Doug Bevington, Director of Forest Program, Environment Now, PhD Sociology, UCSC

Title:  The Rebirth of Environmentalism: Grassroots Activism from the Spotted Owl to the Polar Bear

Host:  Yiwei Wang

November 9:  Karthik Ram, Postdoctoral Fellow, ENVS Department, UCSC

Title:  From tiny parasites to large herbivores: ecological insights from two food webs

Host:  Chris Wilmers

November 16: Dena Vallano, Postdoctoral Fellow, ENVS Department, UCSC

Title:  Plant Uptake of Atmospheric Nitrogen Pollution: From Enzymes to Ecosystems

Host:  Erika Zavaleta

November 23:  Jeff Bury, Assistant Professor, ENVS Department, UCSC

Title:  Double Trouble in the Andes? Extractive Industries, Climate Change and Governance Struggles in Peru

Host:  Erika Zavaleta

November 30:  Chris Wilmers, Assistant Professor, ENVS Department, UCSC

Title:  Predators and Global Change

Host:  Erika Zavaleta