WL790: Graduate Seminar Schedule
Spring 2008
3:00-3:50 Wednesdays, SNP 103
Date
Speaker
Title
Type
January 23
No scheduled seminar
January 30
Dr. Berry
Normative Science: What is the Role of Scientists in Policy and Politics?
(an open discussion of Lackey’s normative science paper)
February 6
Open
February 13
Heidi Jacobsen
Survival and Reproductive Success of Eastern Wild Turkeys Introduced into Eastern South Dakota
M.S. completion
Nick Kaczor
Nesting Ecology and Associated Habitats of Greater Sage-Grouse in Northwest South Dakota
February 27
Troy Grovenburg
Understanding White-Tailed Deer Productivity: Population Ecology of Neonates
Ph.D. proposal
March 5
Mark Fincel
Productivity and trophic interactions in Missouri River impoundments
Ryan Williamson
Impacts of oil and gas development on the reproduction of sharp-tailed grouse on the Little Missouri National Grasslands, North Dakota
March 12
Steve Ranney
The Influence of Feeding Level on the Metabolic Rate of Largemouth Bass: Evidence of a Compensatory Response
Emily Hodne
Anthraquinone Corn Seed Treatment (AvitecTM) as a Feeding Repellent for Ring-Necked Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) on Newly Planted Corn in Eastern South Dakota
March 26
Dan James
Influence of Didymosphenia geminata on fisheries resources in the Black Hills, SD
Will French
Prey selection and vulnerability to predation in age-0 pallid sturgeon (Scaphiryncus albus)
M.S. proposal
April 2
Nick Ahrens
An Inventory of Aquatic Communities and Habitats of Badlands National Park with Emphasis on Sturgeon Chub Population Characteristics
Travis Schaeffer
Performance Characteristics of Nile Tilapia and Channel Catfish Fed Diets Containing Graded Levels of Dried Distillers Grain with Solubles
April 9
Dan Spengler
The Natural Reproductive Cycle of Northern Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides salmoides in the Upper Midwest, with Applications to Out-of-season Production
Josh Delger
White-Tailed Deer Preference of Corn Hybrids During the Growing Season
April 16
Teresa Zimmerman
Evaluation of an augmentation of bighorn sheep at Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Ph.D. completion
April 30
Matt Hennen
Movement, Distribution, and Effects of Common Carp in Three Interconnected Glacial Lakes in Southeastern South Dakota
Will Schreck
Seasonal Fish Use of Missouri River Reservoir Deltas
February 19-21, Dakota AFS meeting
March 10-12, SDGFP winter fisheries meeting
March 17-21, TWS and spring break