Plant Ecology Research Group, Fall 2006
Bot 6935, 1 credit

Meets Fridays at 3pm in 222 Carr Hall

Instructors:  Drs. Michelle Mack and Edward Schuur (Department of Botany), and Emilio Bruna (Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation)

Organizer:  Dr. Michelle Mack (mcmack@ufl.edu), room 510 Bartram Hall
This graduate seminar provides a semi-formal forum for students to present results of ecological research.   Topics presented cover a broad spectrum of issues related to the ecology of plants. Presentations range from moderated discussions of papers read by all group members, to presentations of preliminary data, to practice talks for job interviews.  We strive to keep discussions dynamic, constructive, and focused on learning.

This course is available for 1 credit (contact Kim Holloway, 2-7715 to sign up if you are a Botany student, or fill out the Registration Authorization form available on the Botany Department web page if you are from another department).    Since slots available for presentations are limited, students are not required to present to receive credit.  They are, however, required to attend and participate in most meetings. Attendance will be monitored.
   
Month Day Presenter Topic
       
September 1 Michelle Mack Introductions, sign up for slots
  8 Helen Claudio Empirical Evapotranspiration Modeling in a Chaparral Ecosystem Using Statistical Methods
  15 No meeting due to: Soil and Water Science Symposium--Graduate student poster session
  22 Christine Lucas Something about the floodplain forests
  29 Ped Daneshgar TBA
October 6 Holiday!  
  13 Emilio Bruna My new life as an ecosystem ecologist
  20 Gaby Blohm Trophic cascades and ecosystem processes
  27 Leslie Boby Fire and carbon storage in Alaskan boreal forests
November 3 Hanna Lee Effects of topography on carbon cycling in sub-arctic tundra
  10 Holiday!  
  17 Antonio Aguiar Effects of fragmentation on population dynamics in Brazilian Atlantic forests
  24 Holiday!  
December 1 Ariaona Lopes TBA
  8 Damion Graves Phosphorous dynamics in traditional agroecosystems of the Peruvian Amazon