Fall 2019/20

DATE & ABSTRACT

​SPEAKER

​TITLE​

Oct. 29, 20​19 

Arjan Boonman, Tel-Aviv University

The ultrasonic frog, birds in urban noise and some thoughts on acoustic-based surveys

​Nov. 5, 2019 

Maria Novosolov, Tel-Aviv University

​Divide and conquer: Identifying the bioregions for various tetrapod groups

​Nov. 12, 2019 

Victor China, Ben-Gurion University

​Hydrodynamic constraints on the feeding mechanism of fish larvae result in mass mortality

​Nov. 19, 2019 

Ruth Rodríguez Pastor, Ben-Gurion University

​Ecology of rodent outbreaks and zoonotic diseases: common voles in the farmland of northwest Spain

​Nov. 26, 2019 

Shelby Rinehart, Hebrew University

​From individuals to ecosystems: the causes and consequences of predator-prey interactions across habitats

​Dec. 3, 2019 

Monica Mowery, Ben-Gurion University

​Invasion in the light of evolution: an integrative approach using two widespread widow spider species

​Dec. 10, 2019 

Ana Trakhtenbrot, Ministry of the Environment

​Global biodiversity assessment - from data to action

​Dec. 17, 2019 

Gopal Murali, Ben-Gurion University

​Evolutionary ecology of antipredator strategies in motion

​Dec. 24, 2019 

Yuval Itescu, Freie Universität Berlin

​Urban island-like systems: insights on biogeography and conservation in the city

​Dec. 31, 2019 Gili Greenbaum, Department of Biology, Stanford University​Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Structured Populations

​Dec. 31, 2019 

​Ido Roll, the Technion

​Guidance vs. exploration in learning – and guiding to explore.

​Jan. 7, 2020 

Itai van-Rijn, Tel-Aviv University

​From lab to web - managing and sharing data with R & Shiny

​Jan. 14, 2020

Asaf Tzoar, Israel Nature and Parks Authority

​A day in the life of a district ecologist

​Jan. 21, 2020 

Viraj Torsekar, Hebrew University

​Ecology of predator-prey interactions in the context of reproductive decisions

​Jan. 28, 2020 Prof. Dieter Ebert, Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel

​Spatial divergences and local adaptation of a freshwater crustacean

SPRING 2019/20

DATE & ABSTRACT

SPEAKER

TITLE

​April 21, 2020 

Zoom seminar

​ Scott Turner, a physiologist and emeritus professor of Biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

​Do we have evolution right?

​May 5, 2020 

Zoom seminar

​Omri Bronstein, School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel-Aviv University

​Ecology and evolution in the genomic era - integrating genomics and comparative morphology.

12/05/2020 

Zoom seminar

Ms. Kate Gallagher, Tel-Aviv University

What maintains floral trait variation in wild populations

19/05/2020 

Zoom seminar

Michael Fedak, Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews

Physiological perspectives via wildlife telemetry; the natural history of diving in seals

26/05/2020 

Zoom seminar

Tarin Paz-Kagan, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center

Trees Intelligence network: agriculture and forest management using remote sensing

02/06/2020 

Zoom seminar

Efrat Dener, Ben-Gurion University

Ph.D. final seminar: Factors and processes shaping seed dispersal strategies in an annual heterocarpic plant.

09/06/2020Doug Mekin, Ben-Gurion UniversityThe ecological costs of a bacterial infection: impacts on the foraging behaviour and risk management of Allenby's gerbils

16/06/2020 

Zoom seminar

Nitzan Segev, Ben-Gurion UniversityPh.D. final seminar: The influence of oil spills in 'Avrona nature reserve on the distribution and behavior of wildlife

23/06/2020 

Zoom seminar

Lilith Zecherle, Liverpool John Moores University

Population and landscape genetics of a reintroduction - the Asiatic wild ass Equus hemionus in Israel.​