| Feb. 8 |
Kristina Jones (HUH) |
Animals and the population dynamics of two very different plants: the rare Trollius laxus and the ubiquitous Chamerion angustifolium |
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Shane Heschel (Donohue Lab) |
Sensing Seasons with Phytochrome |
| Feb. 15 |
Gustavo Romero (HUH) |
Natural history and classification of Catasetinae (Orchidaceae), the orchids that change sex |
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Dan Fulop (Kramer Lab) |
Biomechanics of pollinarium expulsion in Catasetum orchids |
| Feb. 22 |
Richard Winkworth (Yale Univ.) |
New phylogenies: Implications for Dipsacales evolution |
| Mar. 1 |
Greg Jordan (Univ. of Tasmania) |
Evolution of potentially photoprotective anatomy in the major Southern Hemisphere family, Proteaceae |
| Mar. 8 |
Peter Del Tredici (Arnold Arboretum) |
Building Botanical Bridges with China: the role of the Arnold Arboretum from 1915 through 1948 |
| Mar. 15 |
Dan Nickrent (Southern Illinois Univ.) |
The Last Pieces in the Puzzle: Phylogenetic Placement of Enigmatic Nonasterid Holoparasitic Angiosperms |
| Mar. 22 |
Barbara Crandall-Stotler (Southern Illinois Univ.) |
Reconstructing Evolution in the Liverworts, the Earliest Diverging Lineage of the Embryophytes |
| Apr. 5 |
Scott Michaels (Indiana Univ.) |
Frigid flowering, the regulation of flowering time in response to vernalization |
| Apr. 12 |
Nathan Phillips (Boston Univ.) |
Vegetation hydrodynamics: From trees to watersheds |
| Apr. 19 |
Sabrina Russo (Center for Tropical Forest Science - Arnold Arboretum) |
Soil-related performance variation and species' distribution patterns in a Bornean rain forest |
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Joel McNeal (Mathews Lab) |
Phylogeny and photosynthetic evolution of the parasitic vine genus Cuscuta: Getting fat from a high-carb diet? |
| Apr. 26 |
A. Elizabeth Arnold (Univ. of Arizona) |
Cryptic diversity, hidden mutualisms: Phylogenetic ecology of fungal endophytes from the tropics to the tundra |
| May 3 |
C. Robertson McClung (Dartmouth College) |
An evolving view of the Arabidopsis circadian clock |
| May 10 |
H. Gokul (National College, Bangalore, India) |
Study of Alkaloid Content Enhancement through Plant Callus Cultures |
