Semester 1, 2022
When: Friday, 12:00 midday (unless otherwise noted)
Venues:
- Green: Benham Seminar Room (B215), Department of Zoology
- Orange: Benham Seminar Room and Zoom
- Red: Zoom only (contact coordinators for link)
4.March | Saif Khan, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Monitoring braided river birds and their habitat through remote sensing |
| 11.March | Antoine Filion, Department of Zoology, University of Otago From local to global perspectives: Avian malaria dynamics and epidemiology in New Zealand and around the world |
| 18.March | Nicole Kearney, Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia, Museums Victoria The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): Unlocking the foundation of the world's biodiversity knowledge |
| 25.March | Dr Nic Rawlence, Department of Zoology, University of Otago The contribution of kurī (Polynesian Dog) to the ecological impacts of the human settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand |
| 1.April | Prof Peter Dearden, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago Gene clusters, plasticity and starvation: How to control your workers |
| 8.April | Rachel Hickcox, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Mapping and modelling the marine distribution of hoiho/yellow-eyed penguins |
| 15.April | Good Friday - No Seminar |
| 22.April | Mid-semester break – No Seminar |
| 29.April | Assoc. Prof. Phil Battley, Wildlife and Ecology Group, Massey University Understanding godwit migration timing |
| 6.May | Ray O’Brien, Sustainability Otago, University of Otago Future of Sustainability at Otago: Tī Koūka |
| 13.May | Assoc. Prof. Mike Paulin, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Looking backward moving forward: Computational modelling of Ediacaran ecology and the evolution of cognition |
| 20.May | Joseph Altobelli II, Department of Zoology, University of Otago The habitat use and home range of New Zealand’s Hamilton’s Frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) on Te Pākeka |
| 27.May | Dr Kieren Mitchell, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Dire wolf DNA: revealing hidden patterns in the fossil record using palaeo-genomics |
| 3.June | Motia Ara, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Consequences of landlocking in porure/common smelt in New Zealand |
Contacts: Zoology Reception (479-7976) or Nic Rawlence (e-mail)
