Biological Sciences: Seminar Schedule

Seminar Schedule - Spring 2008

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held in Memorial Science, room 71 at 11:15; refreshments begin at 11 am

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Dept.	Title
Jan. 18				no seminar
Jan 25	Mark Spond	U. of Tennessee	Laboratory of Tree Ring Science	Ancient Cypress-Tupelo Forests at The Dagmar Wildlife Management Area, Arkansas
Feb 1
Feb 8	Jacqueline E. Bennett	EKU	Biological Sciences	Nest Defense Behavior of Male and Female Eastern Bluebirds
Feb 15	Kristen M. Koford	EKU	Biological Sciences
Feb 22	Richard I. Horn	EKU	Biological Sciences	Individual quality and the provisioning behavior of male and female Eastern Phoebes
Feb 29	Chad M. Soard	EKU	Biological Sciences	Does Variation in the "chick-a-dee" call of Carolina Chickadees Convey Information About Avian Predators?
Mar 7	Kacie L. Tackett	EKU	Biological Sciences	Age Structure and Disturbance History of Two-hemlock Dominated Ravines in the Cumberland Plateau Region
Mar 14	Spring Break!!
Mar 21	Stacy J. White	EKU	Biological Sciences	Wintertime Food Habits of Bobcats (Felis rufus) in Southeast Kentucky
Mar 28	David T. Blankenship	EKU	Biological Sciences	Differentiation of brewing, non-brewing yeast (non-brewing Saccharomyces yeasts’ and non-Saccharomyces yeasts’), and brewing strains in United States breweries by the use of PCR- based techniques
Mar 31*	Lindsay B. Rohrbaugh	EKU	Biological Sciences	Analysis of the Physicochemical Habitat Characteristics and Turtle Assemblage in Two Pond Size Classes in Fayette and Madison Counties, KY
Apr 11	Kimberly P. Little	EKU	Biological Sciences	Indigo Bunting Provisioning
Apr 18	Lucas H. Hill	EKU	Biological Sciences	A Functional Analysis of Reconstructed Wetlands in Western Kentucky
Apr 25	Michael M. Bennett	EKU	Biological Sciences	Factors Effecting Nest Characteristics in Chimney Swifts

With EKU's Division of Natural Areas and Environmental Research Institue, the Department of Biological Sciences will host a special seminar on The Value of Natural History as a part of Earth Days in the Cumberlands on Thursday, April 24th at 7 pm in Burrier Auditorium. This year's talk will be given by Dr. Whit Gibbons.
Apr 24	Dr. Whit Gibbons	Savannah River Ecology Laboratory	Herpetology Program of SREL	What Can the Natural History of Hidden Biodiversity (Reptiles and Amphibians) Tell Us about Society & the Environment

Apr 28*	Christine R. Lattin	EKU	Biological Sciences	The singing behavior of male Blue Grosbeaks
Apr 30*	Douglas R. Mott	EKU	Biological Sciences	Provisioning Behavior of Chimney Swifts (Chaeturapelagica) on Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky
May 2	Tyler W. Morgan	EKU	Biological Sciences	Estimating Coyote (Canis latrans) Abundance Using Passively-triggered Infrared Cameras
	*Note: lectures will be on Mon or Wed at 11:15 AM -12:05 PM

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