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Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology

Invertebrate community sampling

Community structure and composition studied from replicate pools in Georgian Bay Islands National Park

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Wasp Behaviour

A wasp, Isodontia mexicana , carries a paralysed female tree cricket, Oecanthus niveus , back to her nest to feed to her young.

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Transplant preparation

Weis lab undergraduate students prepare plants in the greenhouse at Koffler Scientific Reserve for transplant into field sites

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Frequency-dependent selection

Frequency-dependent selection maintains variation in male guppy colouration.

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Pollination Biology

Undergraduate students looking at pollinators at 'pollinator camp' at KSR 2011

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News

• $1 million to develop visualization tools and applications to accelerate advances in plant biology Professors Stephen Wright (EEB) & Nicholas Provart (CSB) … more
• Stressed mother squirrels make faster-growing babies UTSC Prof Rudy Boonstra, co-author of paper in Science … more
• Marie-Josee Fortin awarded “2013 Distinguished Landscape Ecologist” from the US-International Association for Landscape Ecology … more
• Oldest dinosaur bonebed reveals embryo development International team led by UTM Professor Robert Reisz … more
• Undergraduate Research Fair 2013 a great success … more
• Environmental reviews neither slow nor inefficient EEB research finds that government justification for new environmental policy unfounded … more

Events

• Variability and the maintenance of diversity - May 23, 2013 Caroline Tucker, Exit seminar
• The Rhythms of Life - Body clocks, sleep and health - May 24, 2013 Canadian Society of Chronobiology Conference
• Landscape Spatial Heterogeneity Effects on Host-Parasite Dynamics - June 25, 2013 Alex Watts, Appraisal Exam
• The role of consumer interactions in the consequences and causes of community phylogenetic structure - June 26, 2013 Russell Dinnage, Ph.D. Exit seminar