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This page lists the seminars presented in the Department of Natural Resources during the Fall, 2001 semester.

September

September 6 The Morality of Hunting: A Damnable Pleasure Jim Tantillo (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
September 13 The (changing) organization of learning in natural resource-dependent industries Steve Wolf (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
September 20 Virtual Pick-Axes and Ecological Research: Is Some Field Work Best Done in Front of a Computer? Wes Hochachka (Lab of Ornithology - Cornell University)
September 27 Retrospective demographic analysis: post-mortem of a population collapse Evan Cooch (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)

October

October 4 Near and far dispersal on heterogenous landscapes Dave Hiebeler (Department of Biometrics - Cornell University)
October 11 Tackling the Cormorant Conundrum: using telemetry to study the foraging behavior of an exceedingly competent fish predator Jeremy Coleman (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
October 18 An Application of Gap Analysis Methods to Facilitate Planning for Biodiversity Conservation in the Hudson River Valley Charles Smith (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
October 25 Avian community response to managed forest structure and reproductive success of two neotropical migrant songbirds in Ouachita National Forest Chris Jennelle (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)

November

November 1 Effects of exotic earthworm invasion on soil phosphorus in northern hardwood forests Esteban Suárez (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
November 8 Small watershed evaluation of phosphorous loading from a dairy farm in the NY City watershed: contribution of landscape types and effects of best management practices Dean Hively (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
November 15 The influence of tree species on soil microbiology: some notes from the underground Richard Phillips (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
November 22 Thanksgiving Recess
November 29 A preliminary investigation of the efficacy of sterilization as a means of control of overabundant urban deer populations Johnny Merrill (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)