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Biodiversity Research Seminar Series - Michaelmas Term 2007
Please Note: This seminar series has finished. For information on our current seminar series please see our Seminar Series.
All seminars will be held in the Boardroom, OUCE, 1-2pm on Thursdays unless indicated otherwise below. For further information contact Prof. Rob Whittaker.
Week 1: Thursday 11 October 2007
Citation classics or simply important? The ultimate guide to the biodiversity and conservation literature.
Dr Richard Ladle, School of Geography, Oxford.
Week 2: Thursday 18 October 2007
A general model of oceanic island biogeography.
Prof. Rob Whittaker, School of Geography, Oxford.
Week 3: Thursday 25 October 2007
Can we value biodiversity?
Dr Pam Berry, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford.
Week 4: Thursday 1 November 2007
Governing the wild bird trade in Indonesia: does the solution lie with the bird-keepers.
Dr Paul Jepson, School of Geography, Oxford.
Week 5: Thursday 8 November 2007
Environment and health: landscape, land cover, land use and vector-borne diseases.
Dr Sophie Vanwambeke, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford.
Week 6: Thursday 15 November 2007
Refugia and biodiversity conservation.
Dr Shonil Bhagwat, School of Geography, Oxford.
Week 7: Thursday 22 November 2007
Modelling climate change impacts on mountain plants.
Mandar Trivedi, School of Geography, Oxford.
Week 8: Thursday 29 November 2007
Response and resilience of Madagascar's hottest hotspot to past sea-level rise and aridity.
Malika Virah Sawmy, School of Geography, Oxford.