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Kristina Harkins, PhD

Guest Speaker, ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks

'From Rodents to Reintroductions: parsing out community assembly and species restoration in western prairies.'

Allison Devlin, PhD

Guest Speaker, Panthera

'Protecting and Connecting the Jaguar Corridor'

Dan Walsh, PhD

Guest Speaker, ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú, ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

'An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: Envisioning a New Paradigm for Wildlife Health'

Cecily Costello, PhD

Guest Speaker, ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks

'Grizzly Bear Energetic Strategies: do they help explain demographic changes in recovering populations?'

Ryan Kovach, PhD

Guest Speaker, ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks

'Conservation genetics of ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú's fish (and wildlife): a grayling example'

Kellie Carim, PhD

Guest Speaker, “U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station”

'Linking taxonomy to conservation, and all the nuance in between: lessons from native lampreys'

Crockett Dumas

Guest Speaker, UM Alumnus and Retired Conservation Professional

'Collaborative Stewardship'

LOCATION: FOR 305

Grace Erba

PhD Update Talk

'Leveraging Pre-Existing Data to Understand Mammal Responses to a Changing World'

WBIO Grad Student Discussion led by Kelsey Cronin, MSc student

'Cookies & Convo: Your Voice in WBIO’s DEI Future'

10/23

(off seminar)

Seungyun Baek, PhD

Guest Speaker

'Asian Black Bears in Japan: Movement and Current Status'

TIME: 3PM

Birch Gano

MSc Defense

'Feral Horses and Native Ungulates: Evaluating the Potential for Competition in Predator–Prey Communities of Alberta’s Upper Foothills'

LOCATION: NULH 101 (North Underground Lecture Hall)

Mark Boyce, PhD

Guest Speaker, University of Alberta

'Bears in North America: ecology, management and politics'

LOCATION: NULH 101 (North Underground Lecture Hall)

10/28

(off seminar)

Liv Lundin

MSc Proposal

Advisor: Dr. Thomas Reicke

'Temporal variation in sex ratios and survival of three North American Dabbling Ducks'

LOCATION: FOR 301

Evelyn Merrill, PhD

Guest Speaker, University of Alberta

'Patterns, Processes and Prions: Chronic Wasting Disease in Alberta'

Meredith Zettlemoyer, PhD

Guest Speaker, ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú

Plant-pollinator interactions in a changing world

 Marco Salvo

MSc Defense

'Improving Dedicated Bird Radar Systems through Avian Target Classification and Bird Strike Risk Assessment'

Andi Stewart

Boone and Crockett Chair Feedback Session for WBIO Graduate Students

THANKSGIVING

NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED

Hannah Walker

PhD Proposal

'Genomics of Adaptive Evolution in Wild Pigs'

Anika Snyder

PhD Proposal

'Genomic and Environmental Insights into Partial Migration and its Impacts on the Population Genetics of Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)'

12/05

WBIO GSA Elections

TIME: 3PM

12/08

(off seminar)

Eric Boyd

MSc Proposal

Advisor: Josh Millspaugh

'Boats and Goats: Investigating Impacts of River Recreation on Mountain Goats'

LOCATION: FOR 106

TIME: 10AM

Tara Meyer

PhD Dissertation Defense

'Climate Change and Northern Herbivore Ecology: Investigating Phenological Shifts, Migration Strategies, and Nutritional Resilience in Elk'

LOCATION: CHCB 131

TIME: 1PM

12/11

(off seminar)

Adi Shabrani

PhD Dissertation Defense

Advisor: Dr. Jedediah Brodie

'Plant-Wildlife Dynamic in the Tropical Rainforest: Phenology, Trophic Interactions and Habitat Connectivity'

LOCATION: ONLINE ONLY

12/12

(off seminar)

Stephen Lewis

PhD Defense

Advisor: Chad Bishop

'Space use, habitat selection, and flight behavior of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in Alaska: linking behavioral state, seasonal habitat use, and flight altitude patterns'

TIME: 9AM

LOCATION: FOR 106