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This page lists the seminars presented in the Department of Natural Resources during the Fall, 2002 semester.


September

September 5 Dry sanitation in cities -- what is it, how does it relate to natural resources, and how feasible is it anyway? Ana Cordova (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
September 12 Biological and statistical approaches to reconstructing wild turkey populations from harvest information Scott Boomer (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
September 19 'Crusty-eyed house finches': parameter estimation, unobservable states, and where to next? Cristina Faustino (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
September 26 The shifting natures of 'development': growth, crisis and recovery in Indonesia's forests Paul Gellert (Rural Sociology - Cornell University)

October

October 3 Virtual Reference River - a model of reference habitat conditions Piotr Parasiewicz (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
October 10 Open access and extinction of the passenger pigeon in North America Jon Conrad (Department of Applied Economics & Management - Cornell University)
October 17 Social impact of the lobster dieoff on Long Island Sound Christof Dyer (Public Policy Center, Rhode Island College)
October 24 A spatial characterization of forest damage patterns resulting from the 1998 ice storm Andrew Millward (Department of Georgraphy - University of Waterloo)
October 31 Trick or Treat: Does groundwater affect plant nutrient availability in wetlands? Kathy Bailey (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)

November

November 7 Forty years of riparian forest recovery from agriculture: structure and floristics of secondary and old-growth forest stands in the Dominican Republic Patrick Martin (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
November 14 Mangrove Madness: A first look at invasive plant impacts on invertebrate communities in Galapagos Island lagoons Tania Siemens (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
November 21 Littoral fish community response to removal of an introduced predator in an Adirondack lake Brian Weidel (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
November 28 Thanksgiving

December

December 5 Biomass size spectra as an indicator variable to assess environmental perturbations in Oneida Lake Allison Gamble (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)