Environmental Biology Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecological Sustainability Section (BEES) of the School of Life Sciences, UNLV – formerly EEB Section |
The purpose of this seminar series is to provide a forum for Las Vegas area professionals to exchange ideas about regional environmental problems, particularly along the urban to wildland gradient, and to place these problems and their solutions in a larger context. The talks are trans-disciplinary, and link such topics as urban and wildland planning, restoration, geological and physical parameters, and climate change to environmental biology.
All talks will take place at the White Hall Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The public is invited to attend the seminars.
Spring 2008 Speakers
| Date | Speaker | ||
| 1.30, 4:00 PM | Lynn Fenstermaker, DRI | ||
| Remote sensing: The big and little view to addressing some ecological issues in Nevada. | |||
| 2.27, 4:00 PM | Ken Nussear, USGS | ||
| Determinant of distribution and habitat use: Can physiological ecology inform conservation? | |||
| 3.26, 4:00 PM | John Klicka, Harry Reid Center | ||
| North American birds and South American radiations: A tale of two continents. | |||
| 4.2, 4:00 PM | Speaker and title to be determined. | ||
| 4.23, 4:00 PM | Steve Rowland, GeoSciences | ||
| Collapse of tropical reef ecosystems in a time of global climate change 500 million years ago. | |||
| 4.30, 4:00 PM | Bruce Clarkson, Waikato University (New Zealand) and Beverley Clarkson, Landcare Research (New Zealand) | ||
| Title(s) to be determined. | |||
Fall 2007 Speakers
| Date | Speaker | ||
| 9.20, 4:00 PM | Todd Esque - United States Geological Survey | ||
| Desert Plants, Rodents, and Local Climate Change | |||
| 10.18, 4:00 PM | Henry Sun - Desert Research Institute | ||
| Amino Acid Accumulation in Ecosystems and their Importance for Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles | |||
| 11.15, 4:00 PM | James Deacon - Department of Environmental Studies, UNLV | ||
| Fueling Growth in Las Vegas by Burning Regional Biodiversity? | |||
| 12.6, 4:00 PM | David Hassenzahl - Department of Environmental Studies, UNLV | ||
| Nuclear Power Versus Climate Change: Simple or Simplistic? | |||
Past Speakers
| Date | Speaker | ||
| April, 2007 | Brenda Buck - Department of Geosciences, UNLV | ||
| Salt in Soils: Examples from Poisonous School Playgrounds to Life on Mars | |||
| March, 2007 | Brett Riddle - School of Life Sciences, UNLV | ||
| Late Neogene Biogeography of the Baja California Peninsula: Do Biotic Signatures of Vicariance Predict Geologically Cryptic Trans-peninsular Seaways? | |||
| February 2007 | David Bradford - Environmental Protection Agency | ||
| Disappearances of a California Alpine Frog: Quests for an Explanation and Reversal | |||
| January 2007 | Daniel Thompson - School of Life Sciences, UNLV | ||
| Interactions of Desert Shrubs, Seeds and Fertile Islands Along an Elevational Gradient | |||
| December 2006 | Lesley DeFalco - United States Geological Survey | ||
| Rehabilitation of Degraded Mojave Desert Shrublands: If We Build it, Who Will Come? | |||
| November 2006 | Lawrence Walker - School of Life Sciences, UNLV | ||
| China and the Global Environment: Canary in the Mine or Gorilla in the Living Room? | |||