Semester 1, 2020
When: Friday, 12:00 midday
Venue: Benham Seminar Room (B215), Department of Zoology
28.February | Dr Pablo Tortosa, Université de La Réunion Mammal diversity in Madagascar and neighbouring islands: impact of species introduction on the transmission of zoonotic pathogens to humans |
| 6.March | Assoc Prof Caroline Beck, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Telling tales with tadpole tails |
| 13.March | Dr Monica Tromp, South Pacific Archaeological Research, University of Otago How to see a forest without the trees |
As of 20 March 2020, Zoology Departmental Seminars are cancelled until further notice.
Assoc Prof David Orlovich, Department of Botany, University of Otago Evolution of New Zealand’s fungi | |
Dr Alana Alexander, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago Ecological time-travelling via molecular ecology | |
Dr Matt Larcombe, Department of Botany, University of Otago Diversification is both bounded and unbounded in conifers | |
| 10.April | Good Friday – No Seminar |
| 17.April | Mid-semester Break - No Seminar |
James Barr, Curtin University, Perth Adaptive ecology of the King’s skink, Egernia kingii, in response to varying levels of predation risk, with a focus on caudal autotomy | |
Nat Forsdick, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago Genome-wide impacts of hybridisation in New Zealand’s kakī | |
Brandon Ruehle, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Impacts of an eye invading parasite on the behaviour and ecology of its freshwater fish host | |
Dr Cynthia Winkworth, Catchments Otago Community engagement; its relevance for identifying research needs, unlocking novel funding opportunities, and having FUN | |
Oli Aylen, Department of Zoology, University of Otago* Borneo, Bats and Bioacoustics *Note special start time: 10am Benham Seminar Room | |
Prof Gerry Closs, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Migration, plasticity and serendipity: what drives life history decisions in brown trout? | |
Dr Jenny Jandt and Mateus Detoni, Department of Zoology, University of Otago The debate over the causes of declining insect populations |
Contacts: Zoology Reception (479-7976) or Nic Rawlence (e-mail)
