Online Ecology Seminars October 6th - 13th

Topics in this edition: Harvester Ant Colonies, West African Large Carnivore Ecology, Freshwater Mussels, Early Career Scientist Careers, Taxonomy and Ecology, Bird Identification and Migration, Thermal Ecology and Biodiversity Change, Biodiversity Data in Scientific Discovery, Biodiversity Loss, Exploration and Species Discovery in India, Museum Research and Anthropocene Change, Women Trailblazing in Ocean Conservation and Exploration, Shorebird Conservation, Arctic Herbivores, Evolutionary Trade-Offs, Humpback Whales, Phylogenetic Models of Historical Biogeography, Importance of Ponds To Global Carbon Budgets

EcologyPlus @Ecology_Plus

Are you an undergrad, grad student, or early career scientist? Has your career plan been thrown through a loop due to the pandemic? Are you trying to figure out what your next steps should be? Come to our web chat on Oct 6 at 3pm EST so we can help you recreate your plan!

Biodiversity Collaborative @BiodivCollab

Have you registered for tomorrow's #webinar yet? Now is your chance to join in! Exploration, Discovery and Genetic Characterisation of India's Biodiversity: Strategies for addressing the Linnaean shortfall in India, at 4 pm (IST), 6 October. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

LTARseminars✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿 @LTARseminars

The seminar series continues next Tuesday with ANTS! Dr. Deborah Gordon will be speaking on her long-term study of harvester ants. Oct 6 @ 12pm EDT Join us via Zoom: duke.zoom.us/j/96479400387 or YouTube: youtu.be/a_vzJGv0Kow

Women in Biology RHUL @RHULWiB

Don't miss this week's @RHULBioSci seminar by Dr. Nyeema Harris (@drnyc_awe) from @UMichEEB. Learn about behavioural ecology of large carnivores in West Africa and stay on for the 'meet the speaker' session. #WomenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM Register here👉rb.gy/0f6wjk

Charles Emogor @CEmogor

Listen to @RolandKays' talk @CCI_Cambridge seminar series about how we can use biodiversity data in scientific discovery and education. Guaranteed to be an interesting talk! 🗓️: 7th Oct 2020 3:30pm UK time Link: jbs-cam.zoom.us/j/91651695374?…

EvoEcoSeminars @EvoEcoSeminars

Coming Wednesday Paul Turner will be talking about evolutionary trade-offs, phage selection, and bacterial pathogenicity. Live stream on YouTube: youtu.be/cceE3esSD2I Look up your local time: timeanddate.com/worldclock/fix… Q&A on Slack: bit.ly/EvoEco2

UNH NRESS PhD @NRESSPhD

"The Life Aquatic: Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems," a 4-part mini-series Wednesdays in Oct. starts Oct. 7th with Prof. Meredith Holgerson, Cornell Univ., on "The Importance of Ponds to Global Carbon Budgets." Register to receive Zoom link: unh.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

OU Dept. of Biology @OU_Biology

Please join us Wed. at 3:45 p.m. for a virtual department seminar. Dr. Hayley Lanier will deliver a talk entitled “Conservation across space and time: Museum-based approaches for understanding change in the Anthropocene.” More on our department webpage at ou.edu/cas/biology

University of Oulu @UniOulu

Welcome to Brown Bag #Research #Lunch #Seminar! The theme of our next Brown Bag seminar will be #Biodiversity loss: Linkages to #environment and #society. The seminar will be held on the 7th of Oct from 11 to 12.30. #Sustainability Participate here: oulu.fi/virtualtellus

MSU Ecology Seminar @MSUecoseminar

Check out those mussels! Join Thursday at 3:30pm MDT for a virtual seminar with Dr. Vaughn @Lovemussels. Also how cool is her twitter handle?!

Living Earth Seminar Link

Programa Biota @BiotaFAPESP

To celebrate the program's 20th anniversary we continue with our webinars! The next one is about animal #taxonomy and #ecology. Thursday, 08/october - 9h30 to 10h45am (UTC-03:00) Join the webinar: youtu.be/78XpfvssWD4 Questions to: contato@biota.org.br

SF Bird Observatory @SFBBO

Join us Thu 10/8 at 5pm PDT for a special edition of #BirdyHour to hear about #HumpbackWhales with Ted Cheeseman of @cheesemanseco! This event is part of SFBBO's fall fundraiser. $10 donation to help support our work! Learn more & register: flipcause.com/secure/cause_p…

UWaterloo Ecology Lab 🌱 @UWEcologyLab

In anticipation of eBird’s Big Day on October 17, tune in to our bird ID webinar next Thursday, October 8 at 2pm! We’ll share some introductory bird identification tips and cover interesting facts about fall migration! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Brook Moyers @brooklebee

Join us 3 pm this Friday for our @Biology_UMB seminar by @AmandaEBates on "Thermal safety, environmental variability, and biodiversity change", hosted by @jebyrnes! Register for the webinar here:

forms.gleUMass Boston Oct 9 Biology Seminar: Amanda BatesYou are welcome to join our virtual department seminar featuring Dr. Amanda Bates on “Thermal safety, environmental variability, and biodiversity change” on Friday Oct 9, 3 pm ET. Please share your name and email by 1 pm ET Friday October 9th. The webinar link will be sent to you by 2 pm ET that day…

Western Biology @westernuBio

Our seminar series on zoom continues this Friday with graduate student nominated speaker Isabel C Barrio who will present her talk "Herbivores in the tundra: from caribou and caterpillars, to Icelandic sheep." uwo.ca/biology/resear…

BirdLife Australia @BirdlifeOz

This Friday! International #shorebird webinar with @BirdlifeOz Chris Purnell, Marta Ferenczi and Milly Formby presenting leading initiatives to conserve migratory shorebirds under our MS Conservation Action Plan. ➡️ tinyurl.com/yxmhlcfh @EAAFP 7pm Fri Oct 9 AET

GIS and Science @GISandScience

Be sure to check out the @AltaSeaOrg webinar on 10/9 ow.ly/xXyn50BIiCZ to hear from the top 3 female explorers and scientists in ocean exploration and conservation. We can't wait to see @deepseadawn #oceans #sea #stemgirls #girlsinstem

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