FAU Environmental Sciences Colloquium Series Sponsored by the Environmental Sciences Program Fridays 3:00 – 4:00 PM August 31: Dr. Ken Feeley, FIU “Running From the Heat: Can tropical trees shift their distributions to remain at equilibrium with climate?” September 7: Student presentations (HBOI): Stevee Kennard, "Spatio-temporal Modeling of Seed Dispersal for Vegetative and Plant Community Restoration in the Kissimmee River Floodplain using GIS Technologies" Lisa Vlaming, "Physiology and Ecology of Bloom-forming macroalgae, Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta), Hypnea musciformis, and Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyta), in the Indian River Lagoon, FL September 14: Student presentations (Davie): Liz Barraco, "A risk assessment of the Argentine black and white tegu, Tupinambis merianae, in South Florida" Natalie Knorp, "Evidence for site selection in ovipositing females and implications for populations in the Florida Everglades" September 21: Dr. Kent Carpenter, Old Dominion University (HBOI) September 28: Dr. Rebekah Gibble, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (BOCA) October 5: TBA October 12: Student presentations (Davie): Mat Denton, James Lange October 19: TBA October 26: Dr. Steve Traxler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (HBOI) November 2: Dr. Richard Turner, Florida Institute of Technology (HBOI) November 9: Student presentations (Jupiter): Jerilyn Ashworth, Josh Holbrook November 16: Student Presentations (Boca): Kavita Balkaran, Tatiana Warraich Davie: DW 421, Boca: CM 125, Jupiter: SR 270, Harbor Branch: MC 209