January 24
2014 Spring Semester Research Across Disciplines (RAD) Seminar Series
Department of Ecosystem Science & Management
2:00 pm Fridays in Agriculture Room 1030
From game management to restoration ecology: Pattern and process and National
Wildlife Refuge management
R. Gregory Corace, III, Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Michigan
January 31
Effects of avian predators on site selection and nest success of greater sage-grouse
Jonathan Dinkins, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Ecosystem Science & Mgmt Dept
February 7
Beyond soils: Vegetation controls on post-fire erosion
Kevin Hyde, WyCEHG, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
February 14
N matters in semiarid ecosystems....doesn't it? Case studies from the shortgrass steppe
Indy Burke, Director, School of Environment & Natural Resources
February 21
Geomorphic and ecological legacies of tie-driving in the Medicine Bow National Forest
Claire Ruffing, PhD Candidate, Dept of Geography, Kansas State University
February 28
Fertilizing western rangelands for mule deer
Nicole Korfanta, Associate Director, School of Environment & Natural Resources
March 7
Functional diversity in agriculture: Farmers, scientists, and food webs as crucial players
in ecological weed management
Randa Jabbour, Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences Dept
March 14
Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in mountain-pine-beetle-infested forests
Urszula Norton, Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences Dept
March 21
Spring break
March 28
Phosphorus in agricultural ecosystems
Renée Gebault King, Ph.D. Candidate, Ecosystem Science & Management Dept
April 4
Ecosystem engineers, wetlands, and amphibian diversity
Victoria Zero, M.S. Student, Ecosystem Science & Management Dept
April 11
Plant community responses to 8 years of climate manipulation in a mixed-grass prairie
Jane Zelicova, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Botany Dept
April 18
Easter break
April 25
Ecosystem management in a non-stationary world: Can we do it?
Barry Baker, Director, Canyonlands Research Center, The Nature Conservancy
May 2
Riparian vs. upland forest stand structure and fuel loads in mountain-pine-beetle
infested watersheds, southern Rocky Mountains
Kate Dwire, Research Riparian Ecologist, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station