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The following is the list of seminars scheduled for 2004-2005 in the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. Except where noted (*), seminars are held from 3:30-4:30 PM, in Fernow 304.

September 2004
September 7 Chasing understanding of a changing ecosystem: analysis of 50 years of Oneida Lake data
     Lars Rudstam (DNR - Cornell University)
September 14 Old-Growth Forest Restoration Based on Successional and Natural Disturbance Ecology: Lessons from the Pacific Northwest and Northern New England
     Bill Keeton - (University of Vermont)
September 21 Biocomplexity and fisheries sustainability
     Ray Hilborn (University of Washington)
September 28 Climate, disturbance and ecosystem function in northern hardwood forests
     Tim Fahey - (DNR - Cornell)
 
October 2004
October 5 Patterns and impacts of cattail dominance in Great Lake wetlands
     Lynn Vaccaro (DNR - Cornell)
October 12 Eco-certification and sustainable exploitation of forests: a panel discussion with the principals
     William H. Banzhaf (Sustainable Forestry Board) & Rodger Dower (Forest Stewardship Council)
October 19 What can invasions of inland lakes contribute to invasion theory?
     Hugh MacIsaac (Department of Biological Sciences - University of Windsor)
October 26 Issues in adaptive control of structured populations
     Cindy Hauser - Department of Natural Resources (Cornell) & Department of Mathematics (University of Queensland)
 
November 2004
November 4* Dangers of panaceas and quick fixes for solving ecological problems
     Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University)
November 9 Deer Management in the Northeast: An Issue of Scale
     Paul Curtis (DNR - Cornell)
November 16 Signs for decisions: household parkland deliberation in the Bafing Valley, Mali
     Rainer Asse (DNR - Cornell)
November 30 Mercury dynamics during leaf litter decomposition in the Adirondack Region, New York
     Jason Demers (DNR - Cornell)
 
December 2004
December 7 Monitoring Ecological Changes in Terrestrial Landscapes Using Repeat, Ground-based Photography: A Case for Northwestern Yunnan, China
     Jim Lassoie (DNR - Cornell)
 
January 2005
January 25 Fire in our National Parks: Ecosystem Management in a World of Change
     Norm Christensen - (Duke University)
 
February 2005
February 1 The Radical World of Environmental Philosophy
     Frederick Kaufman (Ithaca College)
February 8 A genetic fishing expedition: identifying favorable alleles for boosting cultivar performance in reservoirs of wild rice
     Susan McCouch (Department of Plant Breeding - Cornell University)
February 15 Resource Management Challenges: Lessons Learned from a Career of Wolf Research
     David Mech (NPWRC - Minnesota)
February 22 Searching for common ground: forest management in New York's Northern Forest
     Jeff Klein (DNR - Cornell)
 
March 2005
March 1 The Growing Promise of Judeo-Christian Theology for Environmental Ethics
     Greg Hitzhusen (DNR - Cornell)
March 8 Ecology and Behavior of Mosquito Vectors
     Laura Harrington (Department of Entomology - Cornell University)
March 15 Conservation and Limited Development Projects: Paradox or Paradigm?
     Jeff Milder (DNR - Cornell)
March 29 Stems, straws and litter: implications of Phragmites' cryptic invasion
     Mia Park (DNR - Cornell)
 
April 2005
April 5 Ecologists-Educator Partnerships: No Child Left Inside
     Carol Brewer - University of Montana
April 12 Relations between cultural and biological diversity: indigenous human ecology in the Arctic
     Karim Kassam (DNR - Cornell)
April 19 Woodpecker Damage to Homes in Suburban Areas
     Emily Germano (Lab of Ornithology - Cornell)
April 26 Managing Non Wood Forest Products in Community Forests in Cameroon
     Carolyn Brown (DNR - Cornell)
 
May 2005
May 3 A species in exile? The tale of the Massasauga rattlesnake.
     Nicki Dardinger (DNR - Cornell)

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