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Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Ecology and Evolution (E&E).
03
Dec
2024
1–2pm 3 December 2024
Eva Henningsen, Stone Group, E&E, RSB
Rust fungi are a diverse group of plant pathogens consisting of over 8,000 species in the Basidiomycete order Pucciniales. They parasitise numerous plants of agricultural and ecological importance, such as cereals, legumes, and trees.
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Genomic epidemiology of oat crown rust disease in Australia and abroad uncovers diverse mechanisms to generate diversity
Rust fungi are a diverse group of plant pathogens consisting of over 8,000 species in the Basidiomycete order Pucciniales. They parasitise numerous plants of agricultural and ecological importance, such as cereals, legumes, and trees. . More information here: https://biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/ee-phd-exit-seminar-genomic-epidemiology-oat-crown-rust-disease-australia-and
2024-12-03 02:00:00 to 2024-12-03 03:00:00Z
2024-12-03 02:00:00 to 2024-12-03 03:00:00Z
Eucalyptus Seminar Room
Rm S205, Level 2
RN Robertson Building (46)
Past events
31
Oct
2024
E&E Seminar: Physiological costs of movement in a highly-social terrestrial bird, the Vulturine guineafowl »
Movement is a fundamental part of life for most animals, allowing them to access food or mates and facilitating escape from predators.
17
Oct
2024
E&E Seminar: The Australian Angiosperm Tree of Life: the phylogenomics activity of Genomics for Australian Plants »
The Phylogenomics activity area of the Genomics for Australian Plants consortium aimed to assemble the Australian Angiosperm Tree of Life (AAToL) and to build bioinformatic tools for phylogenomic projects conducted by Australian taxonomists.
03
Oct
2024
E&E Seminar: Exploring genomic approaches for increasing disease resilience in amphibians »
Amphibians in Australia and globally face severe threats by the devastating fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Since this disease cannot be eradicated in the wild, solutions are needed that allow amphibians to survive in its presence.
26
Sep
2024
E&E Seminar: Bridging ethology and ecotourism: A case study of Shrimp Watching tourism in Thailand »
Ethological studies not only shed light on how and why animals engage in extraordinary behaviours but also offer opportunities to understand how human activities disturb wildlife in the Anthropocene.
29
Aug
2024
E&E Seminar: Development and consequences of social dynamics in a long-lived raptor species »
The use of social information is widespread among animals and can influence critical individual processes such as selecting foraging and breeding locations.
22
Aug
2024
E&E Seminar: Introducing the RSB aviary facilities and showcasing aviary-based research on the behavioural ecology of birds »
Captive studies in birds are foundational to behavioural and evolutionary ecology, both in testing fundamental theory and for applied conservation.
12
Aug
2024
E&E Special Seminar: Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene »
Animal behaviour is being altered by the increasing human population, and land use changes.
08
Aug
2024
E&E Seminar: No such thing as ghosts? Foraging habitat segregation unlikely to be coevolved in the two sympatric Phoebetria albatrosses »
Competition is often proposed to drive niche segregation along multiple axes in speciose communities. Understanding spatial partitioning of foraging areas is particularly important in species that are constrained to a central place.
21
Jun
2024
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Evaluating plant-pathogen interactions in classical biological control of weeds: Kordyana brasiliensis released against target weed Tradescantia fluminensis in Australia »
Classical weed biocontrol refers to the deliberate introduction of co-evolved host-specific natural enemy of a weed.
13
Jun
2024
E&E Seminar: Integrative food-web research across scales »
In nature, organisms do not exist in isolation. They interact with surrounding biotic and abiotic components to form complex ecological networks, such as food webs. It is the states and dynamics of these networks that then foster biodiversity at the community level or beyond.
07
Jun
2024
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Gaining information about danger in a challenging world »
Information about danger is vital for wildlife, yet can be difficult to gain in complex environments. Anthropogenic and other noise can disrupt acoustic communication, and predators may be visually hidden in cluttered environments.
30
May
2024
E&E Seminar: Tracing the threads of linguistic and genetic diversity in New Guinea »
New Guinea is the heart of global linguistic diversity. New Guinea makes up 1% of the global land area as an island, containing less than <0.2% of the world's population and 20% of all languages. The obvious linguistic and anthropological question is why?
24
May
2024
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Investigating the effects of bushfires on koalas and their habitat »
Bushfires are a major disturbance process in the Australian landscape, affecting our native wildlife and their habitat. The dry sclerophyll forests of south-eastern Australia are one of the most fire-prone regions in the world and are dominated by tree species from the Eucalyptus genus.
16
May
2024
E&E Seminar: The Australian Acoustic Observatory: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions »
The Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) was created five years ago, a unique infrastructure to monitor vocal fauna across Australia using a network of solar powered acoustic recorders.
09
May
2024
E&E Special Seminar: Building a body for sex and danger »
Fitness depends entirely on how well individuals can survive and reproduce – both of which can be quite stressful. What makes these even more challenging is that the traits that may increase reproductive success can often decrease survivorship.