Online Ecology Seminars August 11th - 16th

Subfields/Topics in this edition: Covid-19 Conservation Response in Africa, Coastal Marine Food Webs, Day Gecko Phylogeography, Business of Nature, Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Malaysia, Protecting Elephants in India, Behaviour and Evolution, Managing Urban Biodiversity and Climate Change, Freshwater Eel Biology and Aquaculture, Reproductive Trait Evolution and Male Mating Strategies, Black Widow Spiders and Plasticity, Sexual Deception in Orchids, Herping in the USA, Acoustic Data for Asian Bats, Biology of Sea Snakes, Genomic Variation in a Migratory Bird, Big Data and Shark Conservation and Tracking Diseases using eDNA.

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WWF Africa @WWF_Africa

Register here to join this webinar with a esteemed panel of global leaders: conta.cc/3fmtjYp

Bamfield MSC @BamfieldMSC

Online Research Seminar: Tues Aug 11, 1:30 pm PDT Dr. Stephanie Green @steph_j_green: "Reassembling coastal marine food webs: patterns, processes and consequences.” @ualbertaScience Zoom: bit.ly/39Xzd0J YouTube: bit.ly/30X3VER

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The Andaman day gecko paradox: an ancient endemic without pronounced phylogeographic structure

Ashwini Mohan

Wednesday August 12th 6pm BST / 10am PDT

Visit @HerpSeminars where a live link will appear a few minutes before the event. 

Connect4Climate @Connect4Climate

Join @cisl_nature, @ConservationOrg, @KeringGroup & @asda and learn how businesses can build #biodiversity 🦍 into strategy 📈. Webinar on 12 Aug, 4pm BST. #natureiseveryonesbusiness Register now 🌍: wrld.bg/lXhP50ATLxI RT @BfNCoalition

Joe Chun-Chia Huang @EcojoeHuang

Less than two days to our Zoom webinar (us02web.zoom.us/j/85756576017) on mobilizing #biodiversity and #acoustic data for Asian bats. @GBIF @seabcru @GlobalBatNet @BatConIntl @jonrflanders @BarbastellaJ @_BCT_ @Bat

MY Palm Oil Council @mpocHQ

In conjunction with the #WorldElephantDay, we are organizing a webinar focusing on the conservation initiatives & efforts undertaken to address human-wildlife conflicts in Malaysia through collaboration with the #palmoil industry. To join our webinar: bit.ly/2ZSWXzO

Wildlife SOS @WildlifeSOS

On the occasion of #WorldElephantDay, Wildlife SOS will be hosting a webinar in association with @JeepIndia on the many aspects surrounding elephant conservation. WSOS cofounder & CEO @kartick_wildsos will be sharing his thoughts on conflict mitigation, avoidance behaviour...

DENR CALABARZON @denrcalabarzon

Join the second episode of our webinar series on August 12, 2020, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM and learn about the Biology and Ecology of the Lake Taal Sea Snake (𝐻𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖), locally known as the "Duhol Matapang". Register now! forms.gle/DajuseT7M5QUyw…

EvoEcoSeminars @EvoEcoSeminars

This Wednesday Martha Muñoz (@marmmunoz) will be talking about behavior and evolution! Live stream on YouTube: youtu.be/8Z4suDx7TqY Look up your local time: timeanddate.com/worldclock/fix… Q&A on Slack: bit.ly/EvoEco2

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USP School of Marine Studies @uspmarine1

If you're interested in the development of freshwater eel aquaculture in the South Pacific, join our @UniSouthPacific alumnus Dr. Chinthaka Hewavitharane & current @uspmarine1 lecturer, speak at the @pace_sd Seminar Series in person or via zoom usp-fj.zoom.us/j/99125020744

World Urban Parks @WUParks

Managing Biodiversity in a Changing Climate Free and open to all! August 13, 2020 at 2 pm EDT. Join @CityParksAll, World Urban Parks and World Parks Academy for a webinar exploring strategies for managing biodiversity in a changing climate. @eppley Reg:buff.ly/2DqQDqN

PGBio Bath @PGBioBath

This Thursday in our Virtual Seminar Series we are happy to host an external PhD Student Andrea Bours, from the Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön. We will start at 1.15 so grab your lunch and come join us🐦

UTMBiology @UTMBiology

#UTMBiology you are invited to @CristinaTuni seminar on August 13, at 10am, via Zoom. check out the links in the poster #evolution #ecology #BioSeminar

British Ecological Society @BritishEcolSoc

We'll be back next week on Thu 13 Aug with a fascinating talk from Maydianne Andrade @WidowWeb of the University of Toronto, explaining how black widow spiders & their extreme mating behaviours can help us explore the evolution of plasticity (flexibility in trait expression).

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Sonia Bejarano @sonia_beja

If you’re not out and about escaping into/from the heat of the European summer, join us in the next exciting Reef e-talk by Tim D’Urban Jackson from #BangorUni Register at leibniz-zmt.de/en/reef-e-talk…. And follow @ReefTalks for upcoming announcements 👍🏼

August 14th | 09:00 am  (CEST)

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Mr. Noel J. Thomas - Herping in the USA

15th August 2020 (Sat), 3-4PM

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Virginia Tech CNRE @vt_cnre

Join Dr. Francesco Ferretti @bestinoblu of @vt_fishwild on Friday at noon for a webinar: "Embracing the Big Data Revolution for Shark Conservation." #SharkWeek Facebook event: facebook.com/events/6794603… Registration link: aimsbbis.vt.edu/CNRE_081420_we…

Gail Inson, LPT, MSc @gailinson

"Webinar on #MolecularParasitology organized by Mabalacat City College on Advance Topics in Biology." #MCCInternationalWebinarSeries #ThePhilippineSocietyOfParasitology m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…