Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series

Seminars from the RSB Division of Ecology and Evolution (E&E).

23
Jul
2020

E&E Webinar: Stereo vision and prey detection in the praying mantis »

4–5pm 23 July 2020
Vivek Nityananda, Newcastle University
Praying mantises are the only insects known to have stereo vision. We used a comparative approach to determine how the mechanisms underlying stereopsis in mantises differ from those underlying primate stereo vision.
13
Aug
2020

E&E Seminar: Sexual deception and its reversibility »

12–1pm 13 August 2020
Dr Rod Peakall, Division of Ecology and Evolution, RSB, ANU
Native Australian orchids have featured strongly in Rod's research, where he has explored a range of fascinating ecological, biochemical, molecular and evolutionary questions.

Past events

24
Jul
2018

Can’t see the ‘hood for the trees: the comparative method and phylogenetic and ecological variation in cooperative breeding in birds »
02
Jul
2018

Engaging with Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous communities and research »
15
Jun
2018

E&E Special Seminar: From Trees to Seas: Phylogeny and Ecology as Predictors for Semicircular Canal Morphology »
15
Jun
2018

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Assumptions, Models and Belief in Molecular Dating »
08
Jun
2018

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Exploring the multi-scale effects of nutrition on an iconic, yet vulnerable specialist folivore, the koala »
08
Jun
2018

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: On growth and form of leaves in 3 dimensions: Applications of machine vision and advanced optics »
01
Jun
2018

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: We all know plant traits vary – but to what extent and does it matter? »
22
May
2018

Life in the cold: evolution and ecology in Australia’s high country »
18
May
2018

E&E PhD Special Seminar: How pathogens can influence their hosts »
15
May
2018

Seeing in dim-light conditions: a deep-sea fish perspective »
08
May
2018

Startle displays: a new route to resolving the aposematism paradox? »
01
May
2018

Detecting overlooked variance effects in biological systems: the case of diet and lifespan »
24
Apr
2018

The age of eDNA: what eDNA-based monitoring can tell us »
17
Apr
2018

IQ-TREE: Novel methods for phylogenetic inference »
27
Mar
2018

Nutritional ecology and human health »

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