Semester 2, 2020
When: Friday, 12:00 midday
Venue: Benham Seminar Room (B215), Department of Zoology (unless otherwise noted)
10.July | Dr Stephanie Godfrey, Department of Zoology, University of Otago What we learned over lockdown: web-use and web-sharing in Sombrero spiders |
| 17.July | Assoc Prof David Orlovich, Department of Botany, University of Otago Evolution of New Zealand’s fungi |
| 24.July | Dr Jennifer Jandt, Department of Zoology, University of Otago The impact of floral complexity on bumble bee foraging in a semi-field environment |
| 31.July | No Seminar |
| 7.August | Prof Gerry Closs, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Migration, plasticity and serendipity: what drives life history decisions in brown trout? |
| 14.August | - POSTPONED - Dr Tara Murray, Department of Conservation, Dunedin Robust grasshopper as a case study for insect conservation in New Zealand |
| 21.August | - POSTPONED - Dr Lara Urban, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago Leveraging statistical genomics for the conservation of the critically endangered kākāpō |
| 28.August | Mid-Semester Break |
| 4.September | - Presented virtually: Youtube link to video - Oli Aylen, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Borneo, Bats and Bioacoustics |
| 11.September | - POSTPONED - Christian Chukwuka, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Microhabitat use of Woodworthia “Otago/Southland” geckos in the context of future climate change |
| 18.September | - Zoom lecture - contact organiser or check ZooBulletin for link - Brandon Ruehle, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Impacts of an eye invading parasite on the behaviour and ecology of its freshwater fish host |
| 25.September | Prof Phil Lester, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University Viral spillover, epidemics and effects in wasp and honey bee communities |
| 2.October | |
| 9.October |
Contacts: Zoology Reception (479-7976) or Liz Slooten (e-mail)
