date |
presenter |
topic |
30 August 2017 |
Jenn Possley (FTBG) |
Miami is a fern Hotspot!special venue: ECS 349 - the building just west of WC |
6 September |
postponed due to Hurricane Irma | |
13 September |
postponed due to Hurricane Irma |
|
20 September |
Fisher vendor display in our space |
***no plant talk today*** |
27 September |
Dr. Suzanne Koptur (Biology) |
Ant-Plant Interactions - Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems - Book release party! |
4 October |
Dr. Diego Salazar (Biology) |
From spices to species |
11 October |
Dr. H. Dail Laughinghouse IV (Department of Agronomy, Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center, University of Florida / IFAS) |
Cyanobacteria: toxic blooms, human health, treatment, and more |
18 October |
Dr. Brett Jestrow (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden) |
Hurricane Irma: An update from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden |
25 October |
Belén Fadrique (Feeley Lab, UM): |
Forest dynamics in the Andes-Amazon region: distribution of native woody bamboo and its effect on ecology and physiology |
1 November |
Dr. Jeffry Marcus (Stantec Engineering) |
A long and exciting environmental consulting career in south Florida |
8 November |
Dr. Javier Francisco-Ortega (Biology) |
The critically endangered species of the palm genus Coccothrinax: Challenges and perspectives |
15 November |
Dr. Oscar Valverde (ICTB) |
Root morphological diversity in tropical forest: A summary from 10 common lineages from South America tropical forests |
22 November |
no plant talk this Thanksgiving week | |
29 November |
Dr. Luca Marazzi (Gaiser Lab) |
Benthic algae create submerged and floating forests |
| 6 December |
Dr. Jennifer Richards (Biology) |
Mapping vegetation for REMAP IV: Plant community distribution and cover derived from WorldView-2 satellite data |
no plant talks until next year! |
and not on the first Wednesdays through the semester | |
17 January 2018 |
Jaeson Clayborn |
Gardening for butterflies with Miami school kids |
31 January |
Dr. Chad Husby (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden) |
The unique and mysterious whisk ferns: Biology and cultivation of Psilotum |
14 February |
Brad Bennett |
Flora of Southern Florida Visual Database |
28 February |
Steve Oberbauer |
Plant/penguin interactions in Antarctica and islands of the southern oceans |
14 March |
spring break - enjoy! |
***no plant talk today*** |
28 March |
Nico Sebesta |
Ferns, fire, nectaries |
11 April |
Cara Rockwell
|
Urban
agroforestry systems in Miami schools
|
25 April |
Sparkle Malone |
The Future of Subalpine Forests in the Southern Rocky Mountains: Trajectories for Pinus aristata Genetic Lineages |