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This page lists the seminars presented in the Department of Natural Resources during the 2003-2004 academic year.

September 2003
September 9 "2003 Space Odyssey" - satellite tracking North American waterfowl
     Richard Malecki (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
September 16 Stakeholder norms and attitudes toward beaver management
     Sandra Jonker (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
September 23 Intellectual property and biological conservation
     Richard Cahoon (Patents & Technology Marketing, Cornell University)
September 30 Establishing native warm season grasses: linking applied research to extension
     Tom Barnes (Forestry Extension - University of Kentucky)
 
October 2003
October 7 Brook trout habitat limitations in Stony Clove, Catskills
     Mike Goettel (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
October 21 Capacity building: key ingredient for community-based deer management?
     Daniela Raik (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
October 28 Consequences of the loss of apex predators in the worlds oceans; a meta-analysis
     Ransom Myers (Department of Biology - Dalhousie University)
 
November 2003
November 4 Lake Victoria: under the surface of catastrophic ecosystem change     Mark Bain (Center for the Environment - Cornell University)
November 7* The politics of conservation
     David Orr (Environmental Studies - Oberlin College)
November 11 Natural resource management strategies: alternative to globalization in rural Latin America
     David Barkin (Department of Economics - Metropolitan University, Mexico)
November 18 The finicky filter: effects of hydrologic regime on phosphorus retention in wetlands
     Oliver Pierson (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
 
December 2003
December 2 Lake trout response to removal of an introduced apex predator
     Jesse Lepak (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
December 9 Seasonal dynamics of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in house finches
     Cristina Faustino (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
 
January 2004
January 27 Avian Community Dynamics in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape
     Rene Borgella (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
 
February 2004
February 3 A global assessment of organic contaminants in farmed vs. wild salmon: Implications for policy
     Barbara Knuth (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
February 10 Adaptive management and invasive species
     Katriona Shea (Biology Department - Penn State University)
February 17 Livestock predation by carnivores in Bhutan's national parks
     Sonam Wang (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
February 24 Globalizing Narratives of Biosafety: Contested Claims of Risks and Rewards in India
     Ron Herring (Department of Government - Cornell University)
 
March 2004
March 2 Empirical assessment of eco-certification schemes in Ecuadorian bananas
     Cristian Melo (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
March 9 Is secondary chemistry a factor in plant invasions and impacts?
     John Maerz (DNR - Cornell)
March 16 Life history variation and sustainable harvest of recreational fisheries
     John Post (Department of Biology - University of Calgary)
March 30 Hydroacoustic assessment of spatial and seasonal trends in Lake Champlain rainbow smelt
     Sandra Parker (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
 
April 2004
April 6 Ecology and Management of Commensal Bats in central New York
     Brian Laniewicz (NY Department of Health)
April 13 Coral Disease Heating Up with Climate?
     Drew Harvell (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology - Cornell University)
April 20 Hazing techniques for management of resident Canada geese
     Robin Holevinski (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
April 27 Mute swan distribution dynamics and impacts they may have on tundra swans
     Christine Sousa (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)

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