LRES Seminar Series

*Former seminar schedules and recordings
  available in the  LRES Archives

September 26th

Paul Stoy, LRES, MSU

"Interactions between Ecosystem Function and Precipitation: Lessons for the Tropics, Montana, and the Future"

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October 3rd

Jon Sanderman, Woods Hole Research Center

"Soil carbon-part of the problem, part of the solution"

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October 10th

Julia Haggerty, Dept. of Earth Sciences, MSU

"Ranching and Grasslands Conservation Strategies in the Northern Great Plains: Insights from an Operation Lifecycle Framework"

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October 17th

Jim Paces, USGS Denver, Isotopy Hydrogeology

"Use of SR-and U-Isotopes to Evaluate Water Sources and Mixing in Arid Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands"

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October 24th

Bruce Finney, Geosciences, Idaho State University

"Understanding Modes of Pacific Climate Variability: A Framework for Understanding Regional Ecosystem Change in Western North America"

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October 31st

Badamgarav Dovchin, Ph. D Ecology & Environmental Sciences, student

Advisor: Hartshorn

"Developing a Community-Based Participatory Decision-Making Support System Using a Holistic Management Framework"

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November 7th

"Watershed Hydrology in Earth-Human Dialogue"

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November 14th

 Dayane Reis, M.S. Entomology, student

Advisor: Weaver

"The role of sugar nutrition in braconid parasitoids that specialize on the wheat stem sawfly"

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November 21st

Sam Tittle, M.S. Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, student

Advisor: Lawrence

"Optimizing Narrow Spectral Bands for Precision Weed Detection in Agricultural Fields using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing"

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November 28th

Scott Robinson, Ph.D. Ecology & Environmental Sciences, student

Advisor: Hartshorn

"Remediation of metal(loid) contaminated soil: Investigating the potential use of microbes and soil amendments to improve outcomes"

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December 5th

Lisa Rew, LRES Invasive Plant Ecology, MSU

"Plant invasions into mountains during an era of global change"

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