Glaciers: from the Kilimanjaro ice fields to the IPCC

Please note the change in venue to the Main Lecture Theatre.

Georg Kaser, Professor for Climate and Cryospheric Research, University of Innsbruck, Austria. IPCC Working Group 1 Lead Author in Assessment Report 4 and Assessment Report 5.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Recent advancements in global biodiversity scenarios

Piero Visconti (Microsoft Computational Ecology and Environmental Science).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Drivers and biodiversity consequences of landscape-scale deforestation in the western Brazilian Amazon

Jose Ochoa Quintero, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 08 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Island Conquerors: the population dynamics and management of invasive rats on islands

James Russell (University of Auckland).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 01 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Get Fat Before You Fly: Carry-over Effects and Reproductive Success in An Arctic-nesting Migratory Bird

Xavier Harrison, Instute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 25 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

West-African straw-coloured fruit bats as a reservoir for viral zoonoses

Kate Baker, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 17 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Metabarcoding: emerging technology allows rapid, large-scale monitoring of biodiversity for conservation and management.

Catharine Bruce, University of East Anglia.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 03 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

The Nature Conservancy’s Marine Habitat Restoration: Achievements from the last decade and challenges for the future.

Dr Boze Hancock, The Nature Conservancy.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 March 2013, 13:00-14:00

The lost ark. Global amphibian declines, can zoos really make a difference?

Ben Tapley, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

A comedy of the commons: Toward sustainable use of the Louisiana public oyster grounds

Thomas M. Soniat, Department of Biological Sciences and Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 09 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ancient bones, current issues: marine bioarchaeology as historical ecology

David Orton, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 02 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Landscape configuration, connectivity, conservation and climate change

Dr. Jenny Hodgson, University of York.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 25 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

Parasite-induced swarming behaviour in Artemia spp.

Nicolas Rode, Center for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, Montpellier, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 04 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

Burning for biodiversity? Testing the long-term effects of fire in the Jervis Bay Fire Experiment

Room changed

Martin Westgate, Australian National University.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 28 August 2012, 13:00-14:00

Defining synergies and tradeoffs between ecosystem services for integrative land use planning in degraded peatland regions of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Elizabeth Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 27 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

Impact of Recent Climate Change on Montane Mammals and Birds

Steve Beissinger, University of California, Berkeley.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Monday 23 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

Mapping plant diversity across the scales

Laurens Geffert, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 30 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Gödel, Escher, Mahler: love-hate dynamics in ecological networks

Yangchen Lin, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 16 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Biodiversity after forty years of human re-colonization in the Amazon forest

Jose Manuel Ochoa-Qunintero, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 09 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Empowering generations of conservation leadership - myth or reality!

Kiragu Mwangi, Birdlife International.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 02 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Predictive models in ecology: case studies of invasive fire ants and fire risks

Yohay Carmel, Technion Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Israel.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 24 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

The importance of evaluating conservation management actions: unexpected outcomes of invasive predator control for malleefowl conservation

Jessica C. Walsh, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 25 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Unravelling ecological dynamics at a macro scale: application of hierarchical models

Dr Tatsuya Amano, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 18 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Colony defense by post-reproductive adults and young nymphs in a social aphid

Keigo Uematsu. Department of General Systems Studies, University of Tokyo..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 30 September 2011, 13:00-14:00

The convoluted evolution of behavior: insights from bird eggs and songs

David C. Lahti, Department of Biology, Queens College, The City University of New York (CUNY).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 July 2011, 13:00-14:00

How can we save the rainforest in SW China? ---Mapping net present value (NPV) of rubber plantations and valuation of ecosystem services to identify targets for forest restoration.

Yi Zhuangfang, PhD student, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 03 June 2011, 13:00-14:00

A hot question in an age of global change: which model is the most sexy?

Yangchen Lin, University of Cambridge.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 27 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Building a practical toolkit for measuring ecosystem services

Dr Kelvin Peh, University of Cambridge.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 19 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Acoustic techniques for identifying bats: new ways of obtaining distribution data

Charlotte Walters. Institute of Zoology (London).

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 13 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Does money grow on trees? Implications of livelihood heterogeneity in Amazonian reserves

Pete Newton, University of East Anglia.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Tracking an invader: the spread of the harlequin ladybird in Europe and its effects on native ladybirds

Peter Brown, Anglia Ruskin University.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 11 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

Conservation and Corporations

Emma Marsden, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 04 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

Modelling the distribution of Freshwater Invasive Species across Europe

Dr Belinda Gallardo, Aquatic Ecology Group, University of Cambridge..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 25 February 2011, 13:00-14:00

Movement of British macro-moths through fragmented agricultural landscapes

Claire McLaughlan, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 18 February 2011, 13:00-14:00

Who killed the megafauna? A tale of climate change, murder and mystery.

David Williams and Graham Prescott, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 21 January 2011, 13:00-14:00

To be connected or not? Floodplain restoration and aquatic diversity

Dr Amael Paillex, Aquatic Ecology and Biology Lab, University of Geneva.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 19 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Northern Africa

Nieves Garcia. IUCN.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

Rainforest conversion and tropical insect communities

Sarah Luke, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

Natural Resource Management - An Ecologist's Perspective

Dr. Martyn Murray, MGM Environmental Solutions / University of Edinburgh.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 29 October 2010, 13:00-14:00

Setting meaningful restoration goals for a globally imperiled habitat

Philine zu Ermgassen, Aquatic Ecology Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 October 2010, 13:00-14:00

Can Eco-compensation Restore Natural Forest in Xishuangbanna, China?

Yi Zhuangfang, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 22 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Is chytrid fungus, a global scourge of amphibians, having an effect on the UK's rarest amphibian?

Peter Minting, Institute of Zoology.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

TALK CANCELLED

Gustavo Canale.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

Conservation in the Bolivian Amazon: Canoes, Capybara and Climate Change

Claudia Comberti.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 29 January 2010, 13:00-14:00

Global Models of Mammal Distribution

Dr Carlo Rondinini, Sapienza University of Rome.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 January 2010, 13:00-14:00

Supporting local conservation overseas: land purchase as a strategy for conservation

Claire Thompson, World Land Trust, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 20 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Investigating the potential use of the sexually transmitted mite, Coccipolipus hippodamiae, in controlling populations of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis

Emma Rhule, Genetics Department, Cambridge University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 13 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Botanising in Cambridgeshire and North East England

Monica Frisch, Cambridge Natural History Society.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Wildlife surveys and site management: the role of volunteers in local conservation work

Dr Ed Turner, Ecology Groups Officer, The Wildlife Trust.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 16 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

When satellites help predicting animal distribution, movement and performance

Dr. Nathalie Pettorelli, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 09 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Adaptive and process-based explanations in the study of parent-offspring communication: experiments with hand-raised house sparrow nestlings and game theoretical modelling

Dr Uri Grodzinski, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 June 2009, 13:00-14:00

A hierarchical Bayesian model for smoothed population indices: applications to wader populations in Japan

Dr Tatsuya Amano.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 June 2009, 13:00-14:00

Arthropod biodiversity in Irish agricultural grasslands: results from the Ag-Biota Project

Dr Alvin Helden, Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Host-parasite arms races in bird colour space

Dr Martin Stevens and Dr Claire Spottiswoode, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Monday 11 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Risk taking, learning, and strategy choice: experiments with humans, bees, and sparrows

Prof. Arnon Lotem.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 08 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Species and diversity patterns in complex human-dominated landscapes: an Atlantic forest case study

Dr Renata Pardini, University of São Paulo.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 01 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

25 decades of dodgy data

Prof. Tim Sparks.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 24 April 2009, 13:00-14:00

Parental care in burying beetles

Sheena Cotter, University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, Behavioural Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 March 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology and Conservation of the Lesser Kestrel in Portugal

Ines Catry, University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 20 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

Evolution of Bird Colour in a Tetrahedral Colour Space

Cassie Stoddard, University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, Behavioural Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

Land use effects on birds of conservation concern in the Midwestern United States

John McCarty and Lillian Wolfenbarger.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 23 January 2009, 13:00-14:00

A child's eye view of the insect world

Dr Ed Turner, Insect Ecology Group.

**FIRST FLOOR SEMINAR ROOM**, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 December 2008, 13:00-14:00

Farming and the future of forest biodiversity in Ghana

Ben Phalan, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 December 2008, 13:00-14:00

Measuring protected area performance - Large vertebrate population declines in Africa's protected areas

Ian Craigie, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 21 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

P-p-p-problems with penguins- how population genetics and tagging studies can reveal the cryptic ecology of penguins.

Tom Hart, Penguinologist, Institute of Zoology.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 14 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Predicting the impact of agricultural management on fat deposition and grazing damage by white-fronted geese

Dr. Tatsuya Amano, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 07 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Farming and biodiversity in India - Title TBC

Malvika Onial, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 31 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national and regional marine protected area networks – will we meet the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2012 target?

Sue Wells, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 24 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Bryozoan, Cordylophora and sponge biofouling in UK water treatment works

Rebecca Mant, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 17 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Scent Communication in Banded Mongooses

Neil Jordan, Large Animal Research Group.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 June 2008, 13:00-14:00

Deforestation in western Madagascar: Understanding the past, reframing the present

Ivan Scales, Department of Geography.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 30 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

How can we save the endangered Giant Ibis?

**Please note change in location**

Omaliss Keo, Conservation Science Group.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 23 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Are coral reef fishes at risk or resilient to climate change?

**Please Note Change in Day**

Dr. Morgan Pratchett, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Monday 12 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Why does a mussel have the shape it has? Ecomorphological trends in freshwater mussels and their use for reconstructing palaeoenvironments

Alexandra Zieritz, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Colour Pattern Polymorphism in the Harlequin Ladybird: an Evolutionary Conundrum

Laura-Jane Michie, Department of Genetics.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 April 2008, 13:00-14:00

Respiratory Responses To Temperature By Ectomycorrhizal Fungi

Dr. Glenna M. Malcolm, Pennsylvania State University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 13 March 2008, 13:00-14:00

Theories in alien invasions: Resistance vs. Meltdown

Philine zu Ermgassen, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 07 March 2008, 13:00-14:00

Establishing distribution, habitat and landscape-use of the Andean bear

Shaenandhoa Garcia-Rangel.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Biodiversity hanging by a thread: assessing the importance of fungal hyphae in maintaining rainforest biodiversity

Jake Snaddon, Zoology Department.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 15 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

The impacts of climate change on Indian Ocean coral reef biodiversity

Professor Charles Sheppard, University of Warwick.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

CUCHI 2007: Twelve 3rd year Natscis learn about conservation science in the Chilean Lake District

Claire Thompson, Part II Student, Zoology Department.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 01 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Mapping European Seabed Habitats

Sarah Young, Marine Ecologist, Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 January 2008, 13:00-14:00

Free-loading, racketeering and murder: a day in the life of cowbirds

Professor Mike Clinchy, University of Western Ontario.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 18 January 2008, 13:00-14:00

Locomotion and adhesion: tarsal attachment control in ants

Thomas Endlein, Insect Biomechanics Workgroup, Zoology Department.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 13 December 2007, 13:00-14:00

Mathematical Models of Microcolony Formation in Bacteria

Dr. Leah Johnson, National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 07 December 2007, 13:00-14:00

Aquatic Alien Invasions: Teleportation or Transportation?

Philine zu Ermgassen, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 30 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Combining Economics and Ecology to Predict the Effects of Zero Set Aside on Winter Food for Farmland Birds

Dr. Ira Cooke, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 23 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Getting the Biggest Buck for the Bang: Conservation Management of Deer in New Zealand

Dr. David Coomes, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 16 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Birds and People

Dr Nigel Collar, BirdLife International.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

A Bird in the Hand: Stone Curlew Conservation

Alison Johnston, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 02 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Kakapo: The Conservation Biology of the World's Weirdest Parrot

Professor Mick Clout, University of Auckland.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

Locomotion in Australian Monitor Lizards: Ecomorphological and Ecophysiological Considerations

Dr. Chris Clemente, Insect Biomechanics Workgroup, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 19 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

Happiness, Global Catastrophe, and the National Assembly for Wales

Gareth Clubb, Senior Research Officer, National Assembly of Wales.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 12 October 2007, 13:00-14:00