Winter 2021
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel:
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLG3SSfA2BlKqb5mnm8-8Q)
| January 21, 2021 Christy Edwards, Missouri Botanical Garden, “Milkweeds, seeds, and genes: a genetic approach to understanding low fecundity in a threatened milkweed” https://youtu.be/z7G7tm9wYmQ |
| January 28, 2021 Nicole Miller-Struttmann, Webster University, “Harnessing the power of the people for conservation science: A Shutterbee Story” https://youtu.be/KrWiVDRP7_g |
| February 4, 2021 Tom Anderson, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, “Mechanisms of Demographic Variability in Aquatic Ecosystems” https://youtu.be/Qsy6w5mjyeo |
| February 11, 2021 Justin Baldwin, Washington University, “Isolation and dispersal shape bird diversity on islands” and James Lucas, Washington University, “Does ecological niche modeling look good on paper? Applying methods in global change biology to an ethnobotanical system.” https://youtu.be/2jGLTgVhDA0 |
| February 18, 2021 Matthew Albrecht, Missouri Botanical Garden, “Threatened plant translocation: patterns and determinants of success in the United States” https://youtu.be/CuYSX9gApX8 |
| February 25, 2021 Angela Chira, Washington University in St. Louis, “Quantitative approaches to understanding cultural diversity” https://youtu.be/vak7FHXEi1k |
| March 4, 2021 Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo, “Turtle Conservation as a Vehicle for One Health” https://youtu.be/Ghprke5VNNg |
| March 11, 2021 Bob Merz, Saint Louis Zoo, “Undertaking conservation: The Saint Louis Zoo’s Effort to Recover a Carrion Beetle Species” https://youtu.be/y4j4pC68cnk |
| March 25, 2021 James Stroud, Washington University, Department of Biology, “The ecology and evolution of species diversity” https://youtu.be/3axgA_6fbOI |
| April 1, 2021 Gideon Erkenswick, Washington University in St. Louis, “Decentralizing & Democratizing Wildlife Biosurveillance” https://youtu.be/L9p3LAa_rdM |
| April 8, 2021 Ash Zemenick, Alex Webster, Sarah Jones, Project Biodiversify, Methods for diverse, inclusive, and effective teaching in biology https://youtu.be/3axgA_6fbOI |
| April 15, 2021 Alex Linan, Missouri Botanical Garden, “From island trees to mountain forests: Exploring patterns and drivers of diversity within biodiversity hotspots” https://youtu.be/lmvDW0n2Jjg |
| April 22, 2021 Bronwen Konecky, Washington University in St. Louis, “Fingerprinting changes in the global water cycle over the past millennium” https://youtu.be/b8iGTpfxbWc |
| April 29, 2021 Yoshi Maezumi, University of Amsterdam, “Ancient Anthropogenic Landscapes in the Amazon” https://youtu.be/kLmiy1ncUbs |
Fall 2020
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel:
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLG3SSfA2BlKqb5mnm8-8Q)
| September 17 Jess Carag, The Living Earth Collaborative, “Conservation in Madagascar: A One Health Journey” https://youtu.be/aqD-TiF0oKI |
| September 24 Chris Martine, Bucknell University, “Females that look like hermaphrodites and berries that no one eats: Australia’s prickly bush tomatoes” https://youtu.be/UkGUk7T0gik |
| October 1 Regina Mossotti, Endangered Wolf Center, “Innovative Conservation for Mexican Wolves – Pups to the Wild” https://youtu.be/_VzO8kGMHgM |
| October 8 Michael Landis, Washington University, “Inferring where the wild things were through phylogenetic models of historical biogeography” https://youtu.be/RMhULSGhmug |
| October 15 Matt Austin, The Living Earth Collaborative, “Pollination systems in changing environments: plant-pollinator responses to environmental variability” https://youtu.be/uIbtFz1vP4g |
| October 22 Michel Ohmer, The Living Earth Collaborative, Ecophysiology meets disease ecology: understanding amphibian disease dynamics in a changing world” https://youtu.be/wC38DDX8unk |
| October 29 Yusan Yang, The Living Earth Collaborative, “Divergent mating behaviors as a driver of rapid evolution: sexual selection, reproductive isolation, and eco-evo dynamics” https://youtu.be/1eCYcBkO5G8 |
| November 5 Kurt Petersen, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, “Heterospory is one of the most important traits of land plants. But, what do we really know about its origin?” https://youtu.be/taCLycVni6I |
| November 12 Ximena Bernal, Purdue University, “Ornaments, Enemies and Sensory Filters in the Evolution of Communication Systems” https://youtu.be/x6fk_bdMfkY |
| November 19 Ivan Jimenez, Missouri Botanical Garden, “The nature of Espeletia species” https://youtu.be/8X0jyfHcqMo |
| December 3 Fangqiong Ling, Washington University, “Water in, microbes out: Water in buildings as a model system to study microbial ecology” https://youtu.be/pY15foo2bnk |
| December 10 Rachel Becknell, Washington University, “Do soil organisms matter? Determining the role of soil microbes in rare plant reintroduction & ecosystem restoration.” https://youtu.be/Wed6oL81XKg |
| December 17 Vince Fasanello, Washington University, “Microbes to mountains, why dispersal barriers are higher in the tropics.” https://youtu.be/aOjqHE6VQwg |
Summer 2020
| Tuesday, June 2 – 4:00 p.m. Stephen Blake, Saint Louis University, “Linking Forest Elephants, Galapagos Tortoises and American Bison – Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag” https://youtu.be/m_OuaFVlWdI |
| Tuesday, July 7 – 4:00 p.m. Maris Brenn-White, Saint Louis Zoo, “Tales of Conservation Veterinarian: Tracking Pathogens and their Hosts in Madagascar, South Africa and More.” https://youtu.be/w36XQKhuVfU |
| Tuesday, August 4 – 12:00 p.m. Pete Lowry, Missouri Botanical Garden, “Tropical Botanists Still Discover New Plants in the 21st Century, AND in more ways than you think! Tales from Madagascar, New Caledonia, and elsewhere.” |
Spring 2020
Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
Rebstock 322 / Reception Afterwards, Rebstock 309
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January 16, 2020 |
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January 23, 2020 |
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January 30, 2020 Lauren Augustine, Saint Louis Zoo, “Reptile and Amphibian Conservation Initiatives at the Saint Louis Zoo” |
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February 6, 2020 Daniel Sasson, Saint Louis University, “A Dry and Lonely World: Environmental Effects on Reproductive Behaviors“ |
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February 13, 2020 David Reznick, University of California-Riverside, “Mode of Maternal Provisioning Builds a Bridge between Microevolution and Macroevolution” |
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February 20, 2020 Kelley Erickson, Missouri Botanical Garden, “Growth and Spread: Spatial Dynamics of an Invasive Species” |
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February 27, 2020 Swanne Gordon, Washington University, “Sex- and Morph-biased Dispersal Affect Population Structure and Polymorphism: A Test Using a ‘Non-model’ Model System |
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March 5, 2020 Anne Tieber, Saint Louis Zoo, “Helping Our Native Birds: The North American Songbird Program at the Saint Louis Zoo” |
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March 19, 2020 Cancelled |
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March 26, 2020 Chris Martine, Bucknell University Cancelled |
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April 2, 2020 Ivan Jimenez, Missouri Botanical Garden, “The Nature of Espeletia Species” Cancelled |
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April 9, 2020 Jhan Salazar, Washington University, “Exploring the Ecology and Evolution of the Thermal Physiology in the Tropics” Cancelled |
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April 16, 2020 Michael Landis, Washington University, “Dispelling the Fog of Deep Time: Phylogenetic Approaches to Infer Ancestral Biome Affinities” Cancelled |
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April 23, 2020 Rachel Becknell, Washington University, “Determining the Role of Soil Microbes in Rare Plant Reintroduction and Ecosystem Restoration)” Vince Fasanello, Washington University, “Understanding Adaptation in Fluctuating Environments: Tools, Techniques, and Insights Provided by a New Experimental Evolution System in Yeast (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae)” Cancelled |
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