CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2012

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2011

January 14 Xavier Bailly (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France, Program 7) “A photosymbiosis. The obligate association between a basal metazoan and a unicellular green algae.”Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

January 19 Shripad Tuljapurkar (Department of Biology, Stanford University, USA, Program 2) "Neutral variation in Life Histories:  Humans and other species.” Sala B203. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

January 24 Hans Lambers (School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Program 3) "“Phosphorus nutrition and growth strategies of plants in a global biodiversity hotspot.” Sala Multiproposito. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

March 8 Juan Enrique Keymer (Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Program 4) “Microbial community assembly in spatially-explicit synthetic ecosystems." Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

May 18 Gerrit van den Engh (Becton Dickinson, New Jersey, USA and University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Program 7) “Advanced flow cytometry tools for analyzing and isolating biological particles:  Developments and future perspectives for applications in biomedicine, biotechnology, genomics, environmental microbiological and oceanography.” Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

June 14 Michael Romero (Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA, Program 4.) “Reactive scope: Blending Ecology and Physiology to Frame a New Model of Stress.” Sala B203, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

June 20 Shahid Naeem (Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, NY, USA and Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Earth Institute, Program 2) "Why Biodiversity is Critical in a Rapidly Changing World." Auditorio Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

October 11 Kevin Lafferty (Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, Program 1) “Parasites and foodwebs.” Auditorio Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2010

March 16 Cesar Dominguez (Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM, Mexico, Program 3) "La evolucion de la deshonestidad". Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

June 8 Warren Johnson (Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA, Program 9) “Felid Genomics and Evolutionary History.” Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2009

January 9 Richard Emlet (University of Oregon, USA, Program 2) "The evolution of Australian sea urchin development: Historical & Oceanographic Perspectives." Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

April 1 James Ehleringer (University of Utah, USA, Program 4) "The carbon isotopic composition of ‘global breath’: linking global patterns based on ecophysiological processes.” Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

April 15 David Swanson (University of South Dakota, USA, Program 1) “Mechanisms of Phenotypic Flexibility of Metabolism: How do small birds respond to Changing Climates.” Sala Pedro Lira, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

July 29 David Wethey (University of South Carolina, USA, Program 6) "Modeling and forecasting of ecological systems: integrating field and remote sensing observations to provide realistic scenarios of climate variability.” Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

September 29 Florence Tellier (Program 7) “Estudios de los procesos de especiacion asociados a una zona de transicion biogeografica: Ejemplo del alga parda Lessonia nigrescens”. Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 10 Jon Witman (University of Brown, USA, Program 6) “Developing a regional context for marine metacommunities: case studies from the galapagos rocky subtidal.” Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2008

April 22 John Wares (Department of Genetics, State University of Georgia, U.S.A., Program 6) "Genetic diversity in flow environments." Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

April 29 Osvaldo Ulloa (Departamento de Oceanografia & Centro de Investigacion Oceanografica COPAS, Universidad de Concepcion, Program 7) “Diversidad genetica y funcional de microorganismos marinos en aguas deficientes de oxigeno: de genes a genomas comunitarios”. Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

May 9 Cintia Cornelius (Laboratorio de Ecologia da Paisagem e Conservacao, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil, Program 4) “Estructura genetica de poblaciones de aves en bosques fragmentados por procesos naturales y de origen antropico: Un contraste de escalas”. Sala Gay. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

May 15 Miguel Fuentes (Santa Fe Institute, California, U.S.A., Program 4) “The evolution of patterning under genetic duplication constraints." Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 21 Rodrigo Bustamante (CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, Cleveland, Australia, Program 4) "Assessing and managing the benthic impacts of tropical trawling: A spatial management system for the northern Prawn fishery.” Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 1 Richard A. Wahle (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA, Program 2) “A latitudinal gradient in trophic forcing linked to predator diversity: The groundfish-lobster interaction in the Northwest Atlantic.” Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 12 Alvaro Promis (Institute of Silvicuture, University of Freiburg, Germany, Program 4) “Natural small-scale disturbances and below-canopy solar radiation effects on the regeneration patterns in a Nothofagus betuloides forest – A case study from Tierra del Fuego, Chile”. Sala Domeyko. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2007

April 10 Paula Pappalardo (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). "Efectos de la temperatura en los costos de incubacion del pequeno braquiuro Acanthocyclus gayi". Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago

April 17 Isabelle Olivieri (Institut des Sciencies de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Universidad de Montpellier, France, Program 7). "Specialization versus speciation in nitrogen-fixing bacteria." Project LIA-DIAMs. Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

May 22 Christophe Destombe (University Pierre et Marie Curie, France, Program 7). "Dispersal and reproductive success of male gametes in the red alga Gracilaria gracilis." Project LIA-DIAMs. Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

June 21 Carlos Duarte (IMEDEA CSIC-UIB, Mallorca, Spain, Program 6) "Domesticando los oceanos: Podran los oceanos alimentar a la humanidad?" Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 2 Craig Martin (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University Kansas, U.S.A.) "The importance of structure in the function of plants with Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM): Tales of Stress from overhead (epiphytes) to Underfoot (succulents)." Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 20 Steven L. Chown (Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Matieland, South Africa, Program 8) “The Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa: Overall goals and recent research outcomes”. Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 24 Ulyses Pardinas (Centro Nacional Patagonico, Puerto Madryn, Program 2) "Mamiferos del Pleistoceno Tardio y Holoceno en Patagonia Austral: Riqueza de ensambles, extinciones y paleoambientes". Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 28 William A. Buttemer (School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia, Program 1) "Using physiological performance measures in applied and evolutionary biology." Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

September 28 Alan Cooper (Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia, Program 4) “Using ancient DNA to observe the processes of evolution and environmental change in real time.” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

October 8 Jane Lubchenco (Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, U.S.A., Program 6) "Global changes in ocean ecosystems and their implications for Science and Management." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 20 Douglas J. Futuyma (Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York Stony Brook, New York, USA. Program 9) "On microevolution and macroevolution of insect-host associations." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2006

March 13 Patricia A. Gowaty (Institute of Ecology University of Georgia, Athens, U.S.A., Program 4). "Fitness dynamics of mating systems and metabolic theory?" Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

March 14 Akira Peters (Universidad Pierre y Marie Curie, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Francia, Program 7) “The model alga Ectocarpus (Phaeophyceae) is going genomic” . Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

March 17 Steven P. Hubbell (University of Georgia and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Program 4) "The maintenance of local tree diversity in a neotropical forest: Evidence on classical and newer hypotheses after 25 years of research." Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

April 11 Juan Carlos Aravena (Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario & Centro de Estudios Cuaternarios, Punta Arenas, Program 3) "450 anos de variaciones de la precipitacion en la costa occidental de Sudamerica austral, reconstruidas a partir de los anillos de crecimiento de Pilgerodendron uviferum". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

May 5 Peter Hodum (Juan Fernandez Islands Conservancy, Programs 1 and 2) "Peter Hodum (Juan Fernandez Islands Conservancy, Programs 1 and 2) "“Conservacion y Ecologia de las aves del Archipielago Juan Fernandez”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

May 16 Larry Harris (University of New Hampshire, Program 7). “Role of invasive species in changing community status:  Lessons from the gula of Maine.” Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

May 26 Michael O. Dillon (Chair & Curator of Flowering Plants - The Field Museum Chicago, U.S.A., Program 4). "Conservacion de plantas en el lugar mas seco del mundo: Hay algo que proteger?". Sala M5, Edificio Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

May 30 Francisca Boher (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Ambito de hogar y territorialidad del chungungo Lontra felina (Molina 1782) en el litoral central de Chile, Quintay”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

June 20 Luis Alejandro Palma (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Fauna ictica del tramo superior del estero Nonguen, Concepcion”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

July 11 Luis Prado (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Ingenieros ecosistemicos en el ambiente intermareal: Que nos dice America del Sur?” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 11 Esteban Hasson (Departamento de Ecologia, Genetica y Evolucion, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Program 1).“Evolucion de polimorfismos de inversion en Drosophila”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

September 5 Jean-Claude Gegout (Ecole Nationale du Genie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF), Francia, Program 4). "Uso de grandes bases de datos para analizar la distribucion espacial y temporal de las especies vegetales". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

September 26 Ana Borthagaray (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Patrones espaciales de riqueza y composicion de especies a lo largo de un paisaje costero: el intermareal rocoso uruguayo”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

October 24 Peter Petraitis (University of Pennsylvania, Program 6). "Detection of alternative community states on rocky intertidal shores." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

October 31 Enrique Rodriguez (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Radiacion adaptativa en caracteres ecomorfologicos del clado andino (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 7 Tatiana Manzur (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Respuestas individuales y poblacionales de un depredador intermareal clave a variacion espacial en la disponibilidad de presas”. Sala Gay. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 14 Andres Meynard (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Discontinuidades geneticas insospechadas en Lessonia nigrescens asociadas a la zona de transicion biogeografica de los 30ºS”. Sala Gay. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 21 Roger Pradel (Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive CNRS, Montpellier, France, Program 2).  “De que sirven las capturas-recapturas? Aproximaciones clasicas y menos clasicas”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 28 Stefan Gelcich (Postdoctoral Associate, CASEB Program 6). "Investigacion socio-economica orientada al manejo y conservacion de recursos marinos en Chile: experiencias y desafios". Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

December 12 Dusan Boric (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “La desembocadura del rio Loa: un relicto Pleistocenico de micromamiferos”. Auditorium Abate Molina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2005

March 18 Clive Jones (Institute of Ecosystem Studies, USA, CASEB, Programs 2,3 and 4) "Linking Ecosystem Engineers to soil processes: A framework using the Jenny State Factor Equation." Sala Jaime Guzman 2, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

April 6 Bruce Menge (Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, USA, CASEB Program 6) "Mechanisms of resilience in coastal rocky intertidal ecosystems." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

April 20 Eugenia Gayo (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia) "Estudio taxonomico y fisionomico-climatico de la tafoflora Caleta Cocholgüe (36º 35´ S y 72º 58´ W), Eoceno inferior, Chile Central". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

April 27 Carolina Camus (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia). “Expresion diferencial de fases alternas en Scytosiphon asociadas a ambientes enriquecidos por cobre en el norte de Chile”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

May 4 Juliana Vianna (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas mencion Ecologia). "Filogeografia de las especies de manaties (Sirenia:Trichechidae)". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

May 11 Joel Creed (Laboratorio de Ecologia Marinha Bentica, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasi). “The ecology of invasive alien marine invertebrates: establishment of Pacific corals on the rocky shores of the southwest Atlantic". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

May 18 Milagros Jimenez (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas mencion Ecologia) ”Umbral hidrico para el establecimiento de Prosopis pallida en Lomas” Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

May 25 Sergio Estay (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas mencion Ecologia) ”Evaluacion de diversas especies de eucalyptus como hospederos de Glycaspis brimblecombei (Psyllidae. Hemiptera) en la Region Metropolitana”. Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

June 1 Constanza Weinberger (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas mencion Ecologia) ”Habitos alimenticios de Macabi, Albula vulpes, en el Parque Nacional Archipielago Los Roques, Venezuela” Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

June 22 Veronica Quirici (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas mencion Ecologia) ”Comunicacion sismica durante el cortejo en dos especies de tarantulas fosoriales del Uruguay: Eupalaestrus eijenberghi y Acanthoscurria suina (Araneae: Theraphosidae)” Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

June 24 Kaustuv Roy (Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A; CASEB Program 4) “Climate, people and coastal biodiversity: past, present and (?) future”. Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

July 6 Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto (Departamento de Zoologia de la Universidad del Estado de San Pablo, Brasil, CASEB Program 2). "A bloody meal: The cost of being a vampire bat."Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

July 20 Mary Sewell (School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Nueva Zelandia, CASEB Program 4) ”Patterns in egg size and biochemical composition in marine invertebrates: Research in echinoderms”. Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

July 21 Michael Graham (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, California, U.S.A., CASEB Program 7) ”Biodiversity and ecosystem function in seaweed communities”. Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

July 27 Miguel Jordan (Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Ecologia) ”Utilizacion de Phragmites australis en el tratamiento de residuos de la industria de la celulosa y de relaves mineros”. Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 9 Loren Hayes (University of Louisiana, Monroy, U.S.A., CASEB Program 2) "Maternal investment by comunal prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)."Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 12 Peter Glynn ( Department of Marine Biology and Fisheries, University of Miami, U.S.A., CASEB Program 6) “El Nino Sea Warming and Coral Reef Decline: A Paradigm Shift”. Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

September 13 Richard Grosberg (University of California, Davis, U.S.A., CASEB Program 4) "All in the family: The expression (and resolution) of multiway conflicts of interest in a marine snail."Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

October 11 Hans-Otto Pörtner (Alfred-Wegener Institut, Germany, CASEB Program 4) "Physiological constraints involved in setting limits to biogeography and biodiversity."Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

October 18 Stella Maris Januario (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas mencion Ecologia). "Relacion entre la disponibilidad larval y la tasa de asentamiento en cangrejos intermareales de la region de Ubatuba (SP), Brasil". Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 15 Marie Laure Guillemin (Postdoctorante LIA-DIAMS, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Ecologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, CASEB Program 7). "Impacts of human management on the genetic diversity of Gracilaria chilensis." Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

November 30 Nisse Goldberg ( University of Western Australia, CASEB Program 7) ”Macroalgal diversity in the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia”. Auditorio Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2004

January 7 Michelle Wainstein (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) y Peter Hodum (California State University, USA), "Ecologia y conservacion en el Archipielago de Juan Fernandez". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

January 9 Xavier Lambin (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) "Cycles and waves in population dynamics: testing ecological theory." Auditorium Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago Beth Scott (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) "Birds, blooms and tides: ecosystem functioning via oceanographic mechanisms." Auditorium Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

March 12 Loo Botsford (University of California, Davis) "Sustainability and yield from populations in marine reserves." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

March 17 William H. Karasov (University of Wisconsin) "The physiological ecology of digestion." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

March 19 William H. Karasov (University of Wisconsin) "Testing the role of contaminants in depressing animal numbers." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

March 23 Clive Jones (Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA) "Effects of Ecosystem Engineers on Species Richness & Community Organization: A Cross-System Comparison." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

April 1 Myriam Valero (Roscoff Institut, France) "Biodiversity within seaweed populations: a population genetics approach." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

April 7 Gilles Boeuf (Marine Biology Station, Banyuls s/Mer, Paris University VI) "La investigacion basica en modelos marinos y el progreso biomedico". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

April 13 Joan Morrison (Department of Biology, Trinity College, U.S.A) "Ecology of an avian predator in southern Chile's fragmented rainforest." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

May 11 Juan Armesto (CASEB, Programa 3) "Explorando las funciones de la diversidad en bosques chilenos". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

May 25 Bernabe Santelices (Departamento de Ecologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) "Coalescencia y quimerismo: desde una curiosidad a patrones generales". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

June 4 Cristian Vargas (CASEB, Programa 6) "Oceanografia Costera: una importante herramienta para entender los patrones de reclutamiento de organismos intermareales". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

June 8 Miguel Pardo (CASEB, Programa 5) "Factores de variabilidad en la ecologia, historias de vida y comportamiento de un gastropodo intermareal". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

June 15 Ek del Val (CASEB, Programa 3) "Herbivoria y competencia en las plantas del pastizal". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

June 22 Amy Austin (IFEVA, Argentina), "Controles sobre la descomposicion en zonas aridas y semiaridas: patrones y mecanismos". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

July 16 Martin Thiel (Universidad Catolica del Norte - CEAZA) "El sistema de apareamiento en el camaron de roca: Los machos dominan pero las hembras tienen el control". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago

July 20 Patricia Berrios (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia) "Aspectos de la ecologia trofica de poblaciones de peces del rio Chillan (VIII Region, Chile)". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago

July 29 Teresa Cortes (Laboratorio de Taxonomia de Malezas - Servicio Agricola y Ganadero) "Importancia del diagnostico malherbologico para el resguardo del patrimonio fitosanitario del pais". Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 10 Marcela Bustamante (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia) "Descomposicion de heces y sus coleopteros asociados en un bosque templado fragmentado". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago.

August 17 Aaron Mann (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia) "Partenogenesis en Lessonia nigrescens". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago

August 24 Jose Luis Cuellar (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia) "Aspectos generales del comportamiento de Homing en Thais melones (Gastropoda: Muricidae) en un intermareal rocoso de Isla de Palma, Pacifico colombiano". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago

September 7 Andres Caro (Estudiante del Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas mencion Ecologia) "Competencia por sustrato primario en ambientes intermareales: Efectos de la invasion de Pyura praeputialis sobre el patron de zonacion en la bahia de Antofagasta''. Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

September 14 Agustin Iriarte (Fundacion Biodiversitas) "Conservacion de fauna silvestre en Chile: El desafio de los biologos". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

September 21 Matias Medina (CASEB, Programa 7),"Estimacion de efectos antropogenicos en ecosistemas acuaticos''. Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

October 5 Fabian Jaksic (CASEB, Programa 2) "Historia y ecologia de las invasiones de vertebrados en Chile". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

October 12 Jose Miguel Farina (CASEB, Programa 3) "Estudios ecosistemicos en la interfase mar-tierra". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

October 19 Santiago Andrade (CASEB, Programa 7) "Especiacion y biodisponibilidad de cobre disuelto en la zona de Chanaral, Norte de Chile". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

October 26 Jaime Rovira (CONAMA) "Estrategia Nacional de Conservacion de la Biodiversidad". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 12 Patricia Gowaty (University of Georgia) "Compensation for offpring viability deficits: flies, mice and ducks." Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 12 Stephen Hubbell (Center for Tropical Forest Sciences - University of Georgia) "Is nature symetric? New theoretical advances in the Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography." Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 16 Charlie Canham (Institute for Ecosystem Studies) "A Neighborhood Perspective on Forest Ecosystem Dynamics." Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

November 17 Gary E. Belovsky (University of Notre Dame) "Transients, alternative states, and non-linear dynamics: where are they in ecology?" Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 18 Maria Uriarte (Institute for Ecosystem Studies) "Neighborhood competition in tropical forests." Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 30 Diego Aedo (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia) "Esporas de algas rojas y coalescentes y no coalescentes: Diferencias funcionales y factores ambientales afectando la coalescencia". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 7 Leo Bacigalupe (CASEB, Programa 1) "Y tu mama tambien... efectos maternos y el proceso evolutivo". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 14 Marcelo Bobadilla (Estudiante Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, mencion Ecologia) "Propagulos de macroalgas: Dispersion". Auditorium Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2003

April 16 Steven Gaines (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA; Guest of FONDECYT 1020860 and CASEB Programs 4 & 6) "Seeing the big picture: large vs. local scale ecology." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

April 25 Mark D. Bertness (Brown University, Providence, USA; Guest of CASEB Program 3) "Why experimental ecology matters to conservation biology." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

July 10 Cristian Vargas (Estacion Costera de Investigaciones Marinas de Las Cruces; Guest of CASEB Program 6). “Rol de grandes microfagos planctonicos en los flujos de carbono en ecosistemas marinos: resultados de investigaciones en el norte de Chile, costa oeste de Suecia y el Atlantico norte". Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

July 17 Cecilia Perez (CASEB Program 3) "El ciclo del nitrogeno en el bosque templado del sur de Chile". Sala Domeyko, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

July 22 Francisco Bozinovic (CASEB Program 1) "Diversidad fisiologica y sus consecuencias ecologicas". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

July 29 Peter Kareiva (The Nature Conservancy, USA; Guest of CASEB Program 6) "Theoretical ideas on pragmatic approaches to invasive species." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago. 29 July 2003.

August 5 Peter Meserve (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA; Guest of CASEB Program 2) "The role of biotic and abiotic factors in a Chilean semiarid community: results of a long-term manipulation." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

August 8 Guillermo D'Elia (Universidad de La Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay; Guest of CASEB Program 1) "Filogenia, clasificacion y biogeografia historica de ratas y ratones de la subfamilia Sigmodontinae". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

August 12 Eduardo Palma (CASEB Programs 2 & 4) "Historia evolutiva del raton colilargo Oligoryzomys longicaudatus: Una aproximacion filogeografica". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

August 19 Brendan Kelaher (CASEB Program 6) “Changes in benthos following the clean up of a severely metal-polluted estuarine cove: environmental restoration or ecological disturbance?" Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

August 27 Marcelo Tognelli (CASEB Program 4) "Uso de especies indicadoras para la seleccion de areas prioritarias de conservacion de mamiferos sudamericanos". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

September 1 Blumstein (University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Guest of CASEB Program 1) "Macropod antipredator behavior: Integrating behavior and conservation." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

September 8 Carlos Pedros-Alio (CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Guest of CASEB Program 7) "La diversidad de los microorganismos en el oceano: un nuevo paisaje marino". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

September 16 Javier Figueroa (CASEB Program 2) “Consideraciones sobre la evolucion del retraso de la germinacion: la importancia de la dispersion de las semillas y de la inercia filogenetica” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

September 23 Laurent Crespin (CASEB Program 2) “Relaciones entre la supervivencia y la densidad: un analisis de datos de captura-marcaje-recaptura a largo plazo con dos especies de Peromyscus (rodentia)” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

September 30 Patricio Ojeda (CASEB Program 5) “Estructura y organizacion de ensambles de peces intermareales de la costa central de Chile: sintesis de una decada de estudios” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

October 7 Patricio Manriquez (Estacion Costera de Investigaciones Marinas de Las Cruces, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Guest of CASEB Program 6) “Exito de fertilizacion y expresion sexual en organismos clonales: un estudio en briozoos incubadores” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

October 14 Enrique Caviedes-Vidal (Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina, Guest of CASEB Program 1)“Absorcion intestinal de glucosa: una historia larga con nuevas proyecciones". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

October 16 Marcus Sobarzo (EULA-COPAS, Universidad de Concepcion; Guest of CASEB Programs 4 & 6) "Acoplamiento brisa marina/oscilaciones inerciales sobre la plataforma continental frente a Concepcion y su probable impacto sobre la mezcla vertical". Estacion Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Las Cruces.

October 28 Osvaldo Ulloa (COPAS, Universidad de Concepcion; Guest of CASEB Programs 4, 6 & 7) “Fotosintesis, oxigeno y clima en el sistema de surgencia costera del norte de Chile” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

November 4 Neo Martinez (University of California, Berkeley, USA; Guest of CASEB Program 4)"What's new in food webs? Network structure, nonlinear dynamics and the robustness of ecological networks." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 18 Luis Marone (Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina; Guest of CASEB Program 2). "Los ecologos no pensamos como biologos moleculares, pero compartimos lugar de trabajo”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 21 Jean-Dominique Lebreton (CEFE/CNRS, Montpellier, France; Guest of CASEB Program 2). "Dynamical and statistical models for terrestrial vertebrate population dynamics." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 25 Richard Strathmann (University of Washington, USA; Guest of FONDECYT 1020860 and CASEB Program 4 "Full of eggs and no place to lay them, a constraint on benthic development." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

November 27 Tony Underwood (University of Sydney, Australia) “Ecological research for and with environmental management” Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 2 Ricardo Letelier (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University). "Productividad del oceano y el rol de la ecologia del fitoplancton en los ciclos elementales: una perspectiva desde sensores remotos”. Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 4 Enrique Lessa (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) “Tras las huellas de los refugios faunisticos en el ADN: comparaciones entre Norteamerica y Amazonia". Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 5 Rod Salm (The Nature Conservancy, USA) “Coral Reefs in Hot Water: Reef Conservation in a Warming Climate” Sala Jaime Guzman 2, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

December 17 James Levitt (Harvard Forest, Harvard University, USA) "Conservation Innovation in America:  What's next?" Sala 17, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago.

CASEB SEMINAR SERIES 2002

March 13 Alan A. Berryman (Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, Guest of CASEB Program 2) "Tree killers: dynamics of the agressive bark beetles.” Auditorium P3, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

March 14 Clive G. Jones (Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA., Guest  of CASEB Program 3 "Ecosystem engineering and biodiversity: How species create habitat for others." Auditorium Abate Molina, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

April 17 Pablo Marquet (CASEB Program 4) with J. K. Keymer & H. Cofre "Breaking the stick in space: of niche models, metacommunities and patterns in the relative abundance of species." British Ecological Society Annual Symposium "Macroecology: reconciling divergent perspectives on large scale ecological patterns." at University of Birmingham, UK.

May 30 Alvaro Palma and coworkers (CASEB Program 5) "Cripsis en fases bentonicas tempranas de crustaceos decapodos braquiuros" at XXII Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, U. Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.

June 5 Fabian Jaksic (CASEB Program 2) "Ecological effects of El Nino in terrestrial ecosystems of western South America." National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

June 17 Juan Armesto (CASEB Program 3) "Exploring the functions of biodiversity in Chilean forests." Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.

July 3 Pablo Marquet (CASEB Program 4) "Metapopulations and connectivity of fragmented landscapes" in Workshop "Design of landscape corridors for biological conservation in the Valdivian Ecoregion of Chile" at Valdivia, Chile.

July 9 Nils Christian Stenseth (Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway, Guest of CASEB Program 2)."Population dynamics of cod along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast: a review of an approach to finding the underlying population model and some recent results." Auditorium Abate Molina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

August 4 Pablo Marquet (CASEB Program 4) together with B. A. Maurer "Processes responsible for contemporary patterns in body size distributions" at 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ, USA.

September 17 Francisco Bozinovic (CASEB Program 1, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile) "Ecologia fisiologica y conductual: ¿restricciones fisiologicas sobre la conducta o viceversa?" at 9th National and 6th Iberoamerican Meeting of Ethology, Madrid, Spain.

October 30 John C. Wingfield (Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA., Guest of CASEB. Program 1) Lecture: "Avoiding the costs of testosterone: The interface of ecology and hormone-behavior interactions." Sala Domeyko, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

November 13 Patricio Aceituno (Departamento de Geofisica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Chile). “Fenomeno El Nino y La Nina y su impacto sobre la variabilidad climatica en Chile.” Patricio Ojeda (CASEB Program 5, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile). “Reclutamiento, diversidad y abundancia de peces intermareales de la costa de Chile central: el efecto de El Nino y La Nina.” Patricio Camus (CASEB Programs 2 & 4, Departamento de Ecologia Costera, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion).”Impactos de El Nino en ambientes marinos costeros en relacion a la estabilidad de sistemas poblacionales y comunitarios.” Fabian Jaksic (CASEB Program 2, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile). “Efectos ecologicos de El Nino en ecosistemas terrestres de Sudamerica occidental.” Julio Gutierrez (Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Serena). “El papel de El Nino en la regeneracion de comunidades vegetales de zonas aridas.” All above mentioned speakers in Symposium: “El Nino: causes and consequences of ecological patterns in time and space.” Coordinator: Dr. Julio R. Gutierrez (Universidad de La Serena). Presented by The Botanical Society of Chile. Three speakers sponsored by CASEB. Joint Annual Meeting of The Botanical Society of Chile and The Biological Society of Chile, Termas de Puyehue, Chile.

November 14 Juan Armesto (Universidad de Chile) & Dr. Pablo A. Marquet (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, CASEB) CASEB Programs 3 & 4. "Introduction to the Symposium." Lara A., Neira E., Echeverria C. Rutherford P., Solari, M.E. (Instituto de Silvicultura, Instituto de Geociencias, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia). "The temperate forest landscape in Chile: What is left and where is it?" Willson, M. F. (University of Alaska), Traci M. Darnell and Kathryn E. Sieving (University of Florida) "Habitat connectivity and conservation of endemic birds in Chiloe." Armesto, J.J. & Smith-Ramirez, C. (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias, Fundacion Senda Darwin y Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity) (CASEB Program 3). "Conservation of biodiversity in South American forests; Where do we go from here?" Keitt, T.H., (Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA). "Network theory for landscapes: Application to Chilean temperate rainforest fragments." Sieving, K. E. & Cumming, G. (Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida, USA. "Nurturing adaptive capacity for ecological sustainability: A proposed Chiloe case study." All above mentioned speakers in Symposium: "Methods and approaches for designing a regional conservation network for Chilean temperate forests." Coordinators: Dr. Juan Armesto & Dr. Pablo A. Marquet (CASEB Programs 3 and 4). At the Annual Meeting of the Biological Society of Chile. Termas de Puyehue.

November 14 Raymond B. Huey (University of Washington, USA, Guest of CASEB Program 1). "Catching evolution in the act: Drosophila subobscura in the New World." Joint Annual Meeting of The Ecological Society of Chile and The Biological Society of Chile, Termas de Puyehue, Chile.

November 15 Francisco Bozinovic (CASEB Program 1, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile). “Introduccion al simposio.” Raymond B. Huey (University of Washington, USA, Guest of CASEB Program 1). “Rate and magnitude of evolution of an introduced species along climate gradients.” Mauricio Lima (CASEB Program 2, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile). “Clima y dinamica poblacional.” Nils C. Stenseth (University of Oslo, Norway, Guest of CASEB Program 2). “Evolutionary rates and climate change.” Patricio Moreno (Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias,Universidad de Chile, Guest of CASEB Program 1). “Paleoclima y patrones vegetacionales.” All above mentioned speakers in Symposium: “Climate change in an ecological and evolutionary framework.” Coordinator: Dr. Francisco Bozinovic (CASEB Program 1, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile). Presented by The Ecological Society of Chile. All speakers sponsored by CASEB. Joint Annual Meeting of The Ecological Society of Chile and The Biological Society of Chile, Termas de Puyehue, Chile.

November 18 Ariel Farias (CASEB Program 2) "Depredacion diferencial del zorro pampa (Pseudalopex gymnocercus) sobre roedores en pastizales costeros de la provincia de Buenos Aires" at 17th Argentine Mammalogical Meeting (SAREM), Mar del Plata, Argentina.

November 26 Fabian Jaksic (CASEB Program 2) "Efectos ecologicos de El Nino en ecosistemas terrestres de Sudamerica occidental". Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina.