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Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Ecology and Evolution (E&E).
27
Nov
2020
4–4.30pm 27 November 2020
Shukhrat Shokirov, Foley Group, E&E, RSB
Vegetation structure is an important habitat element for many animals.
27
Nov
2020
4.30–5pm 27 November 2020
Carlos Pavon, Keogh Group, E&E, RSB
Why do organisms look the way they do? Why do they live where they do? Wy are some groups more diverse than others? These basic questions are often addressed at different scales using a particular set of methods.
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13
Nov
2020
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Phylogeny and systematics of the longhorn beetle genus Rhytiphora »
The taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of longhorn beetles have been debated for decades, with neither morphological nor molecular data reaching a consistent solution.
12
Nov
2020
E&E Webinar: Rapid evolution in silence: adaptive signal loss in the Pacific field cricket »
By nature of their conspicuousness, sexual signals can cause a conflict between natural and sexual selection, with natural selection favoring a decrease in exaggeration of an ornament and sexual selection favoring an increase.
10
Nov
2020
Joint ANU & University of Melbourne BioSciences Seminar: An alternative to the current system of publication: Peer Community In (PCI) »
The Peer Community in (PCI) project offers an alternative to the current system of publication - which is particularly expensive and not very transparent.
06
Nov
2020
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: How important is sexual chemistry? Pollination of Pterostylis orchids by male fungus gnats »
The cross-kingdom mimicry of female insect sex pheromones by sexually deceptive orchids has fascinated evolutionary biologists ever since the importance of chemistry in pollination by sexual deception was first recognised.
29
Oct
2020
E&E Webinar: The Red Queens and the evolution of sex »
Any antagonistic interaction has the potential of favouring sex, just as predicted by the "Red Queen hypothesis" in the case of host-parasite interactions. Is it really the case?
22
Oct
2020
E&E Webinar: Sexual selection from a life history perspective »
Reproductive success is strongly related to the display of extravagant sexual traits, such as the striking coloration of some bird species.
15
Oct
2020
E&E Webinar: Stress and survival in vertebrates: transgenerational effects of stress, environmental context, and why it matters »
Ecological stressors such as predation can shape ecosystems, driving prey population and community dynamics through indirect, non-consumptive effects that may cascade across generations through parental effects.
08
Oct
2020
E&E Webinar: Haploid gametic selection in animals and its evolutionary consequences »
Biphasic life cycles with alternating diploid and haploid gametic phases are a traits shared by all sexually reproducing eukaryotes.
01
Oct
2020
E&E Webinar: Wings, feathers, flight: the PhyloG2P approach to understanding bird biology »
Scott Edwards is an acclaimed evolutionary biologist specialising in molecular evolution in birds.
25
Sep
2020
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterisation of Escherichia coli Isolates from Septic Tanks »
While we know many things about E. coli under laboratory conditions, relatively little is known about the ecology of this bacterium in the environment.
24
Sep
2020
E&E Webinar: Modelling life history evolution under cancer risk: what can we learn from elephants and dinosaurs? »
Each cell division comes with the risk of mutations that could eventually lead to cancer. How do organisms attain their mature sizes without succumbing to cancer? What happens when large-bodied lineages shrink in size? Can cancer risk constrain body size evolution?
18
Sep
2020
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: The age old question: Insights from the superb fairy-wren »
Iteroparous animals often express dramatic variation in life-history traits over the course of a lifetime.
03
Sep
2020
E&E Webinar: Metascience should not be defined by its methods »
Metascience, or metaresearch, is a field of research that has grown out of the replication crisis. Amongst other things, metascience evaluates and monitors open science initiatives and other interventions to improve scientific practices and cultures.
27
Aug
2020
E&E Webinar: Darwin comes to Town: evolution in Urban environments »
Menno Schilthuizen is an evolutionary biologist with the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. He is also an active science writer and speaker.
21
Aug
2020
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Fear and Learning on the Yarra: Predator Awareness Training in the critically endangered Helmeted Honeyeater »
Captive breeding and reintroduction are key to modern conservation, but high predation in recently released animals means reintroductions often fail.
