| Spring Semester 2011 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 22.02.2011 |
Dr. Carlos Melian,, Eawag CEEB, Department Fish Ecology & Evolution |
Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Hyperdiverse Communities in Neutral Networks
Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 01.03.2011 |
Prof. Michael J. Benton,, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol |
Recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Güntert |
| 08.03.2011 |
Dr. Michael Krützen,, Anthropological Institute & Museum, University of Zürich |
Phylogeographic patterns, behavioural variation and culture in extant orang-utans (genus: [i]Pongo[/i])
Organiser: PD. Dr. G. Heckel |
| 15.03.2011 |
Prof. Etienne Danchin,, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse |
Beyond DNA: integrating inclusive inheritance into the theory of evolution
Organiser: Prof. Dr. H. Richner |
| 22.03.2011 |
Prof. Nadia Aubin-Horth,, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada |
Behavioural and neuroendocrine correlates of boldness in a wild population
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 29.03.2011 |
Prof. Matthew Evans,, University of Exeter |
Swallow tail streamers: sex versus utility
Organiser: Prof. Dr. H. Richner |
| 05.04.2011 |
Dr. Chr. Scherber,, University of Goettingen, |
Effects of biodiversity on multitrophic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 12.04.2011 |
PD Dr. Lukas Jenni,, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach |
Stress sensitivity and conservation biology
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 19.04.2011 |
Prof. Gary Mittelbach,, W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University |
Biodiversity gradients from the small to the large
Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 03.05.2011 |
Prof. Hopi Hoekstra,, Harvard University, USA |
From mice to molecules: the genetic basis of adaptive change
Organiser: PD Dr. G. Heckel |
| 10.05.2011 |
Dr. Thomas Kleinteich , Comparative Biomechanics Lab, Friday Harbor Laboratories San Juan Island, Washington, USA |
Anatomy, Function, and Performance of the head in caecilians and its role in amphibian evolution
Organiser: Dr. S. Hertwig, NMBE |
| 17.05.2011 |
Prof. Jane Memmott, School of Biological Sciences |
Ecological Networks: form and function
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 24.05.2011 |
Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
10 years conservation research at Unibe |
| 31.05.2011 |
Exam |
- |
| Autumn Semester 2011 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 20.09.2011 |
no seminar |
- |
| 27.09.2011 |
no seminar |
- |
| 04.10.2011 |
Prof. Michael Scherer-Lorentzen,, Universiy of Freiburg (D) |
The functional role of biodiversity in forests
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Fischer |
| 11.10.2011 |
Dr. Arne Nolte,, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology |
Finding genes that count in a hybrid fish
Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 18.10.2011 |
Prof. Will Cresswell,, University of St.Andrews, Scotland |
Behavioural management of predation risk
Organiser: Prof. Dr. H. Richner |
| 25.10.2011 |
Prof. Dr. M. Güntert,, NMBE |
valedictory lecture: Advances in understanding vertebrate phylogeny - a retrospect
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 01.11.2011 |
Dr. Irby Lovette,, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca N.Y. |
From Explosive Speciation to Community Structure: the Evolution and Ecology of Songbirds
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Güntert |
| 08.11.2011 |
Prof. Jeff Jensen,, EPFL, Lausanne |
The population genetics of adaptation
Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 15.11.2011 |
Prof. Jonathan Levine, , ETH Zurich |
The importance of niches for the maintenance of species diversity
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Fischer |
| 22.11.2011 |
Prof. Stefan Richter,, University of Rostock |
The resurrection of Morphology
Organiser: Dr. S. Hertwig, NMBE |
| 29.11.2011 |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Vidal,, Georg-August-University, Goettingen |
The invasive Western corn rootworm in Europe: Ecology, management and economics
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 06.12.2011 |
PD Dr. Martin Hasselmann,, University of Duesseldorf |
Insights into the evolution of the sex determining gene csd in honey bees
Organiser: PD Dr. G. Heckel |
| 13.12.2011 |
Prof. Roger Arditi,, Agro-Paris-Tech |
How species interact
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 20.12.2011 |
Exam |
- |
