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אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research > The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research > Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology > Spring semester 2016-17

Spring semester 2016-17

Coordinator: Dr. Oded Berger-Tal (bergerod@bgu.ac.il)

Time:

Tuesdays, 12.00-13.00

Venue:

BIDR Seminar room, Old Administration Building

After the seminar, participants are invited to meet the seminar speaker at the MDDE meeting room (~13:00). Please bring your lunch; snacks will be provided.

Date &Abstract	Speaker	Title
March 14	Ron Kennet , KPA Ltd. & University of Turin, Italy	Reproducibility: An important question for researchers and science
March 21	Sharon Swartz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, USA	Bats aren’t birds or bugs: stretching, sensing, spinning, and the uniqueness of bat flight
March 22 Classroom 1 (located in the student’s dorms)	Anna Sher, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, USA (Special seminar -notice the date!)	Ecosystem consequences of invasion by and removal of Tamarix spp. (eshel) in the arid western U.S.
March 28	Itay Mayrose, Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel‐Aviv University	Whole genome duplications and their consequences on plants evolution
April 4	ICCS	No seminar due to the First Israeli Conference for Conservation Science!
April 18	Tamar Dayan, Department of Zoology, Tel‐ Aviv University	Global Change and Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems of Israel
April 25	Uri Roll, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben‐Gurion University	Human interaction with nature and conservation: insights from digital technologies usage
May 9	Gili Greenbaum, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben‐Gurion University	Getting a handle on the complexity of genetic population structure
May 16	Roi Dor, Department of Zoology, Tel‐Aviv University	Dynamics of birds' populations in Israel
Mary 23	Kevin Lafferty, USGS & Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA	Parasites and food webs
June 6	Ehud Meron, Dept. of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Ben Gurion University	Ecological integrity: A dynamical‐system approach
June 13	Carmit Cohen, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben‐Gurion University	The reciprocal relations between host, vector and their bacteria: From patterns to mechanisms
June 20	Tal Polak, Israel Nature and Parks Authority	Meeting Aichi targets: optimizing protected areas expansion to accommodate both species and ecosystems
June 27	Anat Tzafrir, Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology, Ben‐Gurion University	Field experiment testing for the effect of fire season on the regeneration of Mediterranean woodlands