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Calendar of Events for 2012

QUBS Workshops

FABULOUS FALL FUNGI. DATES: Wednesday, Oct 3rd (9:30 am) - Friday Oct. 5th (4:00 pm), 2012

QUBS Seminars

The summer seminar series is now complete. Please check back again in 2013.

Held in the Conference Room in the Main Lodge each Wednesday at 7:00 pm. All are welcome!

Past.

	Wednesday May 16. Laurene Ratcliffe & Anne Mckellar (Queen's University). Title: 10 years of American redstart research. Web site.
	Wednesday May 23. Who we are. QUBS researchers tell the assembled audience a bit about their research and aspirations.
	Wednesday May 30. Rob Alvo author of Being a Bird in North America. Title: Common Loon breeding success in relation to lake size and acidity.
	Wednesday June 6. Dr. Rosemary Knapp (U Oklahoma). Title: An update on hormonal studies on the alternative male reproductive phenotypes in bluegill sunfish. Web site.
	Wednesday June 13th Will Kirby (Dalhousie). Title: The hunt for microaerophilic amoebae.
	Wednesday June 20th Laura Doubleday (Queen's). Title: Scents and Sensibility: Floral fragrance and pollinator ecology. Web site.
	Wednesday June 27th Mike Runtz (Carleton). Title: The lies that nature tells: Animal mimicry and floral deceit. Web site.
	Wednesday July 4th. Dinuka Gunaratne and Garth Cashborne. (York University) Title: Wood Thrush nest predation in fragmented woodlots using mini cameras.
	Wednesday July 11th. Emily Dobson (Queen's) Saving the last of a species: A short history of artificial insemination and Lonely George.
	Wednesday July 18th. Steve Lukits (RMC) Uncertain heaven. Round Lake observations 1980-2012. Web site
	Wednesday July 25th. Lauren Stoot (Carleton) Freshwater turtles and interactions with commercial fisheries. Web site
	Wednesday August 8. Sarah Wallace (Queen's University). Title: Western Voyaging. Coastal Diversity on Canada's BC Coast.
	Wednesday August 15. Marvin Gunderman (McMaster). Title. Spineless marvels: Arthropods in your backyard.
	Wednesday August 29. Samantha Klaus (Queen's). Title. Songs in the key of Spring: Predicting frog calls in eastern Ontario using historic and field-collected climate data

Other Past Events

QUBS Open House. Sunday June 24th noon-3:00 pm. Displays of ongoing research projects, local diversity and conservation initiatives. Tours of the facilities and habitats. Light refreshments served. All welcome!

Friday July 6th. Day excursion from the Joint Evolution Congress. We hosted attendees from 9 countries, who were shown different facets of our properties and operations.

The J. Allen Keast Field Biology International Exchange Fund Lecture

On Friday August 3 2012 at 7:00 pm renowned evolutionary ecologist and herpetologist Rick Shine delivered a public lecture entitled "Reducing the ecological impact of invasive cane toads in Australia".

Brief Biography

Rick Shine, Professor in Biology, University of Sydney, is one of the most accomplished evolutionary ecologists and herpetologists working in the world today. He is a Member of the Order of Australia, a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and has been elected as an Honorary Member of the Ecological Society of America, among myriad other honours. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed journal articles, and 25 book chapters. Dr. Shine’s research spans mating system biology and sexual selection to applied conservation, with primary focus on snakes and lizards. He has been at the forefront of work on invasive species in Australia, and a leader in studying the impact and control of the cane toad. More information can be found at his website.

The talk was sponsored by a fund endowed by a bequest by Queen's Biology Professor Allen Keast.

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