Fall 2007 Environmental Studies Seminar Series

Mondays 3:30-4:30 followed by an informal discussion 4:30-5:00. 101 Natural Sciences Annex.

October 1       Jose Fragoso: PhD Research Associate, Environmental Studies Department, UCSC

                        Title: Interaction between ecological systems and biodiversity-use practices by indigenous Amazonian indigenous peoples

                        Host: Greg Gilbert

October 8       Nathan Sayre: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, UC Berkeley

                        Title: Can conservation easements induce enduring voluntary management changes on rangelands?

                        Host: Margaret Fitzsimmons

October 15     Richard Walker: Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley

                       Title: The country in the city: the greening of the San Francisco Bay Area

                        Host: Daniel Press

October 22     Lynne Trulio: Professor, Dept. of Environmental Studies, San Jose State University

                       Title: Adaptive management in the South Bay salt pond restoration: can we make everyone happy?

                        Host: Karen Holl

October 29     Russ Greenberg: Head of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

                       Title: What coffee farms have taught us about tropical bird ecology: habitat selection and trophic ecology

                        Host: Julie Jedlicka

November 5   Dan Hernández: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Envs. Studies Department, UC Santa Cruz

                        Title: Plant-microbe interactions in oak savanna: controls on carbon and nutrient cycling

                        Host: Erika Zavaleta

November 19 Jerry Franklin: Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Washington

                        Title: Challenges in natural resource management and education in the 21^st century

                        Host: Brian Petersen

November 26 Blake Suttle: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Studies Department, UC Santa Cruz

                        Title: Ecological communities under a changing climate: a framework for interpreting and predicting climate change impacts

                        Host: Erika Zavaleta

December 3   Rachel Morello-Frosch: Associate Professor, ESPM, UC Berkeley

                       Title: TBA

                        Host: Brian Petersen