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Discussions of key and novel concepts in ecology and evolution, with focus on links between the theoretical and the empirical.
(we might serve tee/tea, coffee and other fuel to help the brains!)
This discussion series has ended. Thank you all for your input! Discussions now take place within the bi-weekly Journal Club.
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Regular Place
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Seminar room of the modelling group at UiB (2nd floor, "mellombygget" of Høyteknologisenteret, Thormøhlensgt. 55)
When coming from outside without a key: blow a horn, shatter the door! - or let us know to expect you.
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Regular Time
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Fridays after lunch
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Thursday 9 Oct
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Classics in bioeconomics (Clarke 1973: The economics of overexploitation, Science)
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Wed, 30 Apr
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Why fishing magnifies fluctuations in fish abundance (Andersen et al. 2008, Nature + news by Stenseth & Rouyer in the same issue)
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Thursday 17 Apr
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The evolution of trade-offs: where are we? (Roff & Fairbairn 2007, JEB)
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Tuesday 18 Dec
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Demographic and evolutionary changes in growth in whitefish (Handford et al. 1977, JFRBC; Bell et al., 1977, JFRBC; Thomas and Eckmann 2007, CJFAS)
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Thursday 22 Nov
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Four decades of opposing natural and human-induced
artificial selection acting on Windermere pike (Esox lucius) (Carlson et al. 2007, Ecology Letters; Edeline et al., 2007, PNAS; plus comment by Conover in Nature)
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Thursday 08 Nov
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Evolutionary responses to harvesting in ungulates (paper by Proaktor et al. 2007, JAE)
[summary]
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Thursday 20 Sep
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Life-history trade-offs and the evolution of animal personalities (paper by Wolf et al. 2007, Nature) [summary]
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Thursday 13 Sep
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Culling Prey Promotes Predator Recovery—Alternative States in a Whole-Lake Experiment (Persson et al. 2007, Science) [summary]
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FishMan
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Visit our sister discussion group led by Dorothy Dankel at IMR and Johanna Myrseth at UiB here.
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Mikko Heino
Chandana Nissanka
