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Lake
Placid, Florida 33862 USA Phone: 863-465-2571
FAX:
863-699-1927
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P.O. Box 2057 Lake
Placid, Florida 33862 USA
Phone: 863-465-2571 FAX:
863-699-1927
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Scientific
Seminars, Archival List 1997-1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | current seminars
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| 11 Jan- 12 Jan | Archbold Research Symposium | Various Speakers and Poster Presentations |
| 20 Jan |
Sonali Saha
University of Miami
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Bamboo-Crouching tiger, hidden dragon. |
| 3 Feb | Richard Shefferson Post-doctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | Adult Dormancy in Geophytes: Integrating Approaches to Explore a Complex Life History Phenomenon. |
| 17 Feb | Ted Schuur University of Florida | The sensitivity of tropical forest growth to climate. |
| 24 Feb | Jacob Goheen University of New Mexico | Long-term dynamics and local saturation of species richness in small mammal communities. |
| 10 Mar | Art McKee Flathead Lake Biological Station | Care and Feeding of Live Riparians. |
| 21 Apr | Emilio Bruna University of Florida | Forest fragmentation and communities of ant-plant mutualists in the central Amazon. |
| 28 Apr | David Shutler Acadia University | Tradeoffs in avian reproductive ecology. |
| 15 Sept | Rebecca E. Irwin Dartmouth College | The role of floral traits in pollination and plant defense. |
| 6 Oct | Timothy J. Bell Chicago State University | Shy, disturbed and outnumbered: challenges for achieving and investigating viability in Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Pitcher's Thistle and Savanna Blazingstar. |
| 10 Nov | Jed P. Sparks Cornell University | Making a living in the Florida scrub: Slash pine and ephemeral ponds. |
| 8 Dec | Dale Gawlik Florida Atlantic University | Cream skimmers and crumb pickers: the foraging ecology of wading birds in the Everglades. |
| 8 Jan | Patrick Lawless University of Kentucky | Vegetation of xeric limestone prairies in Kentucky. |
| 29 Jan | Michelle C. Mack University of Florida | Effects of fire and plant species composition on ecosystem function in boreal forest. |
| 11 Mar | AmyFairvre Cedar Crest College | Observations from the understory: rainy season reproductive biology of Psychotria species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. |
| 1 Apr | Scott Robinson University of Florida | Avian population dynamics in source-sink landscapes. |
| 13 Apr (Tues) | Hans de Kroon University of Nijmegen | Dynamics of local plant populations in a Dutch conservation perspective, with special emphasis on life history responses. |
| 11 May (Tues.) | Jennifer M. Rhode Georgia College and State University | Genetic and Environmental Effects on an Expanding Plant Hybrid Zone in Central Florida. |
| 10 June | Will Turner Princeton University | Why aren't there quail in my yard? Scale-dependence, shifting baselines, and alternative futures for Tucson's birds. |
| 23 Sept. | Steve Brewer University of Mississippi | Fire and the Maintenance and Origin of Plant Species Diversity. |
| 30 Sept. | Alan Covich University of Georgia | Effects of drought and Hurricanes on Riparian Inputs to Stream Food Webs: a Caribbean Perspective. |
| 21 Oct. | Satya Maliakal Witt Louisiana State University | Microhabitat distribution and demography of two Florida scrub endemic plants with comparisons to their habitat-generalist congeners. |
| 18 Nov. | Geoffrey Hill Auburn University | The Signal Content of Red Coloration in Male House Finches. |
|
16 Dec.
2:00 pm |
Two
Seminars
Mike Allen University of California - Riverside |
Breaking Open the Belowground Black Box: Sensing and Describing Complexity in Conservation Reserves. |
| 3:30 pm | Edith Allen University of California - Riverside | Anthropogenic Nitrogen D, Invasive Species, and Biodiversity Loss in Southern California. |
|
2
Jan. |
|
The
role of plants and soils in tropospheric chemistry. |
|
16
Jan. |
Mark D. Hunter, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
Linking
Population-Level and Ecosystem-Level Processes: The Role of Plant
Phenolics. |
| 23 Jan. | Larry M. Lake, Messiah College, Grantham, PA |
Discovering Richard Archbold: Tracing
His New Guinea Footsteps.
http://www.messiah.edu/ |
|
30 Jan. |
Gordon A. Fox, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
Why
demographic variation among individuals matters. |
|
20 Feb. |
Jayne Belnap, US Geological Survey |
Biological soil crusts: who they
are, what they do, and other microdetails about the world under your feet.
|
|
13
Mar. |
Walter P. Carson, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Forest
dynamics of human landscapes in temperate and tropical systems. |
|
3 Apr. |
Harvey B. Lillywhite, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
Gravity
and the evolution of form and function in vertebrates: From snakes
to astronauts. |
8 May |
Susan J. Hannon, University of Alberta, Canada |
Building
a Bird Friendly Forest: Studies of forest fragmentation in the
boreal forest of Canada. |
| 5 Sept. (Fri) |
Dr. Charles Kwit University of Florida |
Treefall gaps, hurricanes, and tree regeneration. |
| 11 Sept. |
Dr. Jodi McGraw University of California - Berkeley |
Natural disturbances and exotic species interact to influence persistence
of endangered plants and endemic communities in the Santa Cruz Sandhills,
central coastal California.
http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/sousa/Jodi_Home.htm
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| 25 Sept. |
Dr. Kyle Ashton Kutztown University of Pennsylvania |
Relocation (of gopher tortoises) and fire management as conservation tools for amphibians and reptiles in Florida. |
| 2 Oct. |
Dr. John Fauth
University of Central Florida |
Amphibians and Corals: Two Taxa in Global Decline, Two Prospects for
Recover?
http://www.cas.ucf.edu/biology/faculty/Fauth.html
|
| 9 Oct. |
Dr. David Jenkins
University of Central Florida |
The Myth of Inter-Wetland Dispersal (and So What). |
| 21 Nov. (Fri) |
Dr. David Bowman
Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management |
Landscape-scale analysis of Aboriginal fire management in central Arnhem
Land.
http://www.wildlife.ntu.edu/au/
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| 11 Dec. | Dr. Hilary Swain Archbold Biological Station |
Florida's
Acquisition and Restoration Council; Oversight Of An Extensive Conservation
Lands Program.
http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/staff/hswain/shswain.htm |
|
10
Jan. |
Environmental
factors and the timing of reproduction in Florida Scrub-Jays. |
|
|
24
Jan. |
Harrison
B. Tordoff |
Peregrine falcon restoration in the Midwest. |
|
7
Feb. 2:30
– 3:30 pm |
Douglas
E. Soltis, University of Florida, Gainesville and
Pamela S. Soltis, University of Florida, Gainesville |
From
gene trees to tree genes: angiosperm phylogeny and floral
diversification. Evolutionary
consequences of polyploidy: the Tragopogon story.
|
|
8 March (Friday) |
Jonathan Silvertown, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK |
The world's longest-running ecological experiment: ecology, genetics and time in the Park Grass Experiment. |
|
28
Mar. |
Louis
J. Guillette, Jr. |
Endocrine
disrupting environmental contaminants: lessons from
Florida’s wetlands. |
|
|
Martha Groom, University of Washington |
POSTPONED UNTIL 2003 |
| 2 May |
Robert
D. Holt |
Niche
conservatism and evolution: implications for conservation. |
|
|
Reed Bowman |
SEMINAR HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO 27 JUNE. PLEASE SEE LISTING BELOW. |
| 30 May | David Althoff and Kari Segraves, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee | Chance
encounters, fine dining, and the rest is history: host use and
the evolution of the yucca-yucca moth interaction. http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bio239/dmaweb/dma.html
http://129.59.217.19/BioWWW/BIO-NOP.HTML#TOC4
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| 27
June
|
Reed
Bowman, Archbold Biological Station |
Life history strategies of suburban scrub-jays: adaptation or maladaptation? http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/staff/rbowman/srbowman.htm |
|
12
Sept. |
Reed
Noss , University of Central Florida |
The Science of Conservation Planning |
|
10
Oct. |
Jim
Carrel, University of Missouri - Columbia |
Long-term
Studies of Spiders in Florida |
|
31 Oct. |
Mark
Burgman, University of Melbourne, Australia |
Uncertainty
in Habitat Models: Epistemic and Vague Quantities |
|
14
Nov. |
Steven
R. Beissinger, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkley |
Linking
Behavior and Population Dynamics: Does the Source-Sink
Paradigm Apply to Birds? |
|
5
Dec.
|
Richard
T. Holmes, Dartmouth
College, Hanover, NH |
Population Change in Migratory Songbirds: Insights from long-term studies in breeding and wintering areas. |
Current Research at Archbold Biological
Station,
4th Symposium: 11-12 January 2001
Schedule &
ABSTRACTS
| 22 February 2001 | Dr. Patrick Bohlen, MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center, Lake Placid | Legacy effects on nutrient dynamics of soil and water in Florida rangelands |
| 26 February 2001 | Kyle G. Ashton, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (candidate for Post-doctoral position) | Bergmann's rule and tetrapod vertebrates, with special emphasis on body size variation of the western rattlesnake |
| 28 February 2001 | Dr. Gilberto Pasinelli and Dr. Karin Scheigg, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg | Conservation of woodpeckers: case studies from Europe and the United States |
| 8 March 2001 | Matthew Baber, Florida International University (candidate for Post-doctoral position) | Understanding tadpole community dynamics in temporary wetlands: the interaction and importance of landscape processes and fish predation |
| 29 March 2001 | Dr. Felicia Keesing, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York | Cryptic consumers and the ecology of an African savanna |
| 5 April 2001 | Dr. S. James Reynolds, Univ. of Memphis | Calcium availability and reproduction in birds |
| 12 April 2001 | Dr. Peter Marks, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | Forest fragmentation and biodiversity in central New York: 200 years of change |
| 19 April 2001 | Dr. Sandy Andelman, National Ctr. for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis, Univ. of California | How many, where and how much: quantitative approaches to setting conservation priorities |
| 15 May 2001 | Dr. William J. Sutherland, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, UK | Linking behavior, ecology and conservation |
| 17 May 2001 SEMINAR CANCELLED | Dr. Martha Groom, University of Washington, Seattle | Limits to population success in Clarkia concinna concinna (Onagraceae) -- SEMINAR CANCELLED |
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27 Sept. 2001
|
R. David Evans, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas http://biology.uark.edu/devans/bioinfo.html |
Human impacts on the nitrogen cycle in arid ecosystems. |
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16 Oct. 2001
|
Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr., Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina http://cufp.clemson.edu/biosci/Faculty/gauthreaux.htm |
Radar ornithology and the conservation of migratory birds. |
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1 Nov.
|
Susan Harrison, U. California, Davis, (2:30 -- 3:30 pm) http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/HARRISON.htm Philip S. Ward, U.California, Davis, (3:45 -- 4:45 pm) http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/ward.html
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Roles of patchiness, fire and grazing in shaping plant diversity on serpentine soils of California. Ants in plants: phylogeny and host-plant associations of pseudomyrmecine ants. |
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15 Nov. 2001 |
Jan Leps, Univ. South Bohemia, Czech Republic http://www.bf.jcu.cz/tix/suspa/Activit.htm
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Multiple approaches to plant species coexistence and diversity in semi-natural meadows. |
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29 Nov. 2001
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Joyce Maschinski, The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.thearb.org/email.htm
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Rare plant conservation research in northern Arizona: restoration, roads, politics, and promises. |
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13 Dec. 2001
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Torgrim Breiehagen, Stavanger University College, Stavanger, Norway http://www1.his.no/vit/LU/Breiehagen/
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Evolutionary aspects of the mating system in Pied Flycatchers and two Calidris species. |
6 Jan 2000
Dr. Eric S. Menges
Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FLComparative demography and genetics of Florida scrub plants 10 Feb 2000
Dr. Peter W. Price
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZA macroevolutionary approach to population dynamics
29 Feb 2000Dr. Nick B. Davies
Cambridge University, Cambridge, EnglandCuckoos versus hosts – an evolutionary arms race 23 Mar 2000
Dr. Bert G. Drake
Smithsonian Env. Research Center, Edgewater, MD &
Dr. C. Ross Hinkle
Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FLThe impact of rising atmospheric CO2 on the Florida scrub oak ecosystem 6 April 2000
Arthur L. Fleisher
Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FLThe influence of time budget and rate of food handling and consumption on the timing of breeding of female Florida Scrub-Jays: a comparison between populations in natural and suburban habitats
13 April 2000
Dr. Robert W. Pillsbury
Riverwoods Field Lab, Center for Environmental Studies, Lorida, FLThe Silence of the Clams: Effects of Zebra mussels on the benthic algal community of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron 4 May 2000
Dr. Hunter J. Carrick
S Florida Water Management Dist., West Palm Beach, FLPlankton dynamics and the role of physical factors in Florida lakes 18 May 2000
Dr. Paul F. Hendrix
University of Georgia, Athens, GAStable isotopic studies of earthworm feeding ecology
7 Sept 2000
Dr. Kye-Han Lee, Iowa State Univ. Multispecies riparian buffer system in central Iowa for improving soil and water quality Candidate for Post-doctoral position 14 Sept 2000
Dr. Stanley Gathumbi, Imperial College at Wye, Univ. London, UK Subsoil Nitrogen acquisition and N2-fixation by legumes in agro-forestry systems Candidate for Post-doctoral position 5 Oct 2000
Dr. Lyn Branch, Univ. Florida Conservation problems in a spatial context: A case study of the Florida scrub lizard Archbold Seminar Series 9 Nov 2000
Dr. John Coulson, Univ. Durham (retired) Durham, UK Colony formation and colony growth in the Kittiwake gull In conjunction with Florida’s Wading Bird Working Group Mtg. 30 Nov 2000
Dr. Jeff Walters, Virginia Tech Univ. Real and imaginary population dynamics of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers Archbold Seminar Series 21 Dec 2000
2-3 pm
3:30-4:30 pmDr. Harry W. Greene,
Cornell Univ. and
Dr. Kelly Zamudio, Cornell Univ.Problems and prospects for studying behavioral evolution Mating systems and population differentiation in reptiles and amphibians
Archbold Seminar Series
14 Jan 1999 Dr. Joan L. Walker, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina;
Interactions between season of burning and fire intensity: implications for longleaf pine restoration and management11 Feb 1999 Dr. Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York:
The grazing ecology of Yellowstone National Park25 Feb 1999 Dr. David S. Wilcove, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC;
The science and politics of the Endangered Species Act4 Mar 1999 Dr. William K. Michener, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Ctr., Newton, Georgia;
Information management and new directions in ecological research8 Apr 1999 Dr. David A. Aborn, Archbold Biological Station;
Habitat selection and movement patterns of summer tanagersduring stopover: energetic considerations28 April 1999 Mark S. Martell, The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota,
Tracking North American osprey using satellite telemetry20 May 1999 Dr. Ronald L. Mumme, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania;
Life and death in the fast lane: demographic consequences of road mortality in the Florida scrub-jay3 Jun 1999 Ms. Roberta L. Pickert, Archbold Biological Station;
Archbold’s spatial connection
top Scientific Seminars, 1997-1998,
Appendix G, Biennial Report 1997-19981997
16 January1997 Thomas Eisner, Cornell University;
The Hidden Value of Nature
30 January 1997 James Thomas Callahan, National Science Foundation;
Funding Opportunities for Research and Infrastructure at NSF
13 February 1997 Roger A. Morse, Cornell University;
The Selection of a New Home by Swarming Honey Bees
20 February 1997 Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Demographic Genetics and Conservation of Tropical Rain Forest Tree Species: What Have We Learned From Cecropia obtusifolia (Moraceae)?
13 March 1997 Arnold Grobman, (formerly of) Florida Museum of Natural History;
The Lizards of Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
3 April 1997 Michael P. Hamilton, James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, University of California;
Virtual Reserves and Cyberspace Ecosystems: A New Role for Biological Field Stations in Community Based Biological Resource Planning and Management
24 April 1997 Carlos de la Rosa, Riverwoods Field Laboratory, Lorida, Florida;
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Streams and Rivers in Central America: Experiences, Trends, and Prospects
15 May 1997 Jack P. Hailman, University of Wisconsin
Behavior of the Florida Scrub-Jay: A Progress Report on Compiling a Modern Ethogram with Comparative Emphasis
22 May 1997 Carl E. Bock, University of Colorado
Factors Controlling the Structure of Desert Grasslands: A Case Study from Southeastern Arizona
12 June 1997 Ronald L. Myers, The Nature Conservancy;
Applying Fire Regime Concepts to Nature Preserves: What We Have Learned from Red Hill
25 September 1997 Arnold van der Valk, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Ames;
Long-term Experimental Studies of the Vegetation Dynamics of Prairie Wetlands
16 October 1997 Frank W. Davis, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara;
GIS Analyses of 20th Century Wildfires in Central Coastal California
20 November 1997 Daniel Gagnon, University of Quebec at Montreal;
Dynamics, Monitoring and Restoration of Threatened Wild Ginseng Populations in Canada
11 December 1997 David S. Maehr, University of Kentucky;
Comparative Ecology and Conservation Strategies for the Bobcat, Black Bear, and Panther in South Florida
1998
15 January 1998 Alan R. Berkowitz, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, N.Y.;
Ecologists and Educators: Essential Partners in Helping Others to Inquire
12 February 1998 Randall W. Parkinson, Florida Institute of Technology;
A 100,000 Year History of Florida’s East Coast Beaches and Barrier Islands
25 & 26 February 1998 Ian Newton, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, United Kingdom;
Effects of Modern Agricultural Practice on European Bird Populations &
Lifetime Reproduction in Sparrowhawks
3 March 1998 Shijin Hu, University of California, Berkley;
Effects of Elevated CO2 on Plant-Microbial Nitrogen Partitioning: Facilitation of Ecosystem Carbon Storage
5 March 1998 Patrick J. Bohlen, Institute of Ecosystems Studies, Millbrook, N.Y.;
Nutrient Inputs and Soil Biota as Regulators of Nutrient Retention and Loss in Corn Agroecosystems
11 March 1998 Michel A. Cavigelli, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University;
Spatial Variability and Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Microbial Community Structure
12 March 1998 David W. Winkler, Cornell University;
Causes and Consequences of Variation in the Timing of Breeding in Tree Swallows
Karl V. Krombein and Beth B. Norden, National Museum of Natural History, 14 April 1998
A Diversity of Organisms Associated With an Ant Plant in Sri Lanka
Carol L. Lippincott, University of Florida, 16 April 1998
Ecological Resilience, Functional Equivalence, and Invasive Species: A Grass Example
Jared Verner, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Fresno, 17 April 1998
Managing for Spotted Owls: Fitting Conservation Strategies to Existing Forest Landscapes
7 May 1998 John M. Sivinski, Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, Florida;
Phoretic Flies: Papparazzi of the Bug World, Who Wait for Their Hosts to do Something Interesting
17 September 1998 Jack A. Stanford, Flathead Lake Biological Station, The University of Montana
Endangered Species, Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Conserving Natural Resources in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem
1 October 1998 Russell P. Balda, Northern Arizona University;
Predicting Cognitive Traits from Natural History Data
19 November 1998 Michael W. Binford, University of Florida;
Human-environment Interactions in the Bolivian Altiplano: Climate, Limnology and Tiwanaku Ecosystems
10 December 1998 Archbold Biological Station;
Current Research at Archbold Biological Station 1998 Fall Symposium Program & Abstracts
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