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Conservation Biology Semester Calendar
Reading groups meet in 218a Tucker Hall from 4:30-5:30pm.
Seminars meet in 106 LeFevre from 4:30-5:30 pm.
Reading group papers are available for download in .pdf format.
NOTE: The seminar/reading group can be taken for 1 hour of graduate credit. Register for BIO_SCI 8187, section 07 (class # 71829)
To be added to the Conservation Biology listserv for announcements on upcoming seminars and events, contact Jen Hamel.
All PDF files require Adobe Reader 7 to view. 
A printable .pdf file of the Cons Bio calendar will be available soon.
Fall 2008
| Aug 29 |
Welcome back social! |
All interested students invited |
Location: The Heidelberg |
Starts at 5:00 p.m. |
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| Sep 4 |
Organizational Meeting |
All students welcome |
218A Tucker |
4:30 p.m. |
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| Sep 11 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Timothy Biello |
Where does biodiversity go from here? A grim business-as-usual forecast and a hopeful portfolio of partial solutions |
Ehrlich and Pringle (2008) PNAS |
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| Sep 18 |
Seminar |
Dr. William R. "Bill" Elliott, MDC |
Bat and cave conservation in Missouri |
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| Sep 19-20 |
Columbia BioBlitz |
Register online! |
Location: Forum Nature Area/Twin Lakes |
Starts 5pm Friday |
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| Sep 25 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Cara Joos |
Conservation biology for suites of species: Demographic modeling for Pacific island Kingfishers |
Kesler and Haig (2007) Biological Conservation |
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| Oct 2 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: TBA |
TBA |
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| Oct 9 |
Seminar |
Dr. Brett Williams, American University |
Conservation and social justice |
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| Oct 16 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: Alicia Michels |
Reducing Energy Inputs in the US Food System |
Pimentel et al. (2008) Human Ecology |
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| Oct 23 |
Seminar |
Dr. Mary Hendrickson, University of Missouri |
Food systems and conservation |
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| Oct 30 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: TBA |
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| Nov 6 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: TBA |
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Nov 13 |
Seminar |
Ian and Karen McAllister,
Authors of the award-winning The Last Wild Wolves and The Great Bear Rainforest |
Temperate rainforest conservation |
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| Nov 20 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: TBA |
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| Dec 4 |
Reading Group |
Moderator: TBA |
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| Dec 11 |
Cons Bio Fellowship student presentations |
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Inviting Seminar Speakers
If you would like to suggest a speaker for upcoming
semesters, please email the graduate
student seminar coordinator with the name, affiliation, and webpage
(if available) of the potential speaker. In addition, please indicate
if this person will be on campus for another reason (e.g. graduate committee
member meeting, or attending another event in Columbia) or if there is
a potential cosponsor. To ensure a diversity of speakers compose the limited
number of seminars each semester, the seminar committee will meet bi-annually
to decide the order in which invitations will be issued.
Other seminar series of interest at MU
Many other departments on campus (e.g. Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife) have seminar series that may be of interest to
the conservation-minded. Please see the link to their calendars below. If you know of other seminars that would be relevant to add to the list,
please contact the ConsBio webmaster.
Calendar of other relevant MU seminar series
Past Seminars
Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2007 Seminar Schedule
Winter 2007 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule
Winter 2006 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2005 Seminar Schedule
Winter 2005 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2004 Seminar Schedule
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Conservation Biology Program
University of Missouri-Columbia
conservbio@missouri.edu
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