Dear All,
The 13th Annual Ecological Integration Symposium at Texas A&M is coming
up THIS FRIDAY and SATURDAY. This is a FREE event, in which we have a
day of plenary talks given by renowned environmental scientists,
ecologists, and evolutionary biologists (Friday), and a Student
Symposium (Saturday). No prior registration is required to just come see
the talks, so if you are within driving distance of Texas A&M, we
encourage you to show up.
Please check out our website for more information- we have details about
the location, directions, and parking, as well as abstracts for the
plenary talks. http://theeis.tamu.edu/index.html
Below is the schedule for Friday. The schedule for the student
symposium on Saturday is available on our website.
9:00AM*Introductory Remarks* - Dr. Gil Rosenthal
9:15AM*Dr. J. Baird Callicott- From the Superorganism to the Gaia
Hypothesis: A Brief History of Organiscism in Ecology From the Early
20^th to the Early 21^st Century*
10:15AMCoffee Break
10:30AM*Dr. Scott Edwards- Genomic, Geographic and Temporal Tracking
of an Evolving Host-pathogen System*
11:30AM*Dr. Naomi Pierce- Nabokov's blues: the ghost of climate change
past*
12:30PMLunch Break
2:00PM*Dr. Sam Cushman-* *Population Connectivity, Gene Flow and
Climate Change *
3:00PM*Dr. John Wiens-* *Conservation in a Changing World: Do We Need
a New Paradigm?*
4:00PMCoffee Break
4:15PMPanel Discussion/ Q/A
5:00PMEnd of Panel Discussion
Best Regards,
Mike Treglia
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Michael L. Treglia
Applied Biodiversity Sciences NSF-IGERT Program
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
Lab: (979)862-7245
mlt35[at]tamu.edu
http://people.tamu.edu/~mlt35
