Bay Area Biosystematists meeting

Bay Area Biosystematists Meeting: Thursday, 13 March, 2008

at Sonoma State University, Darwin Hall 103.

Evolutionary consequences of biological invasions

Humans have brought thousands of species to new parts of the globe, and some of those species have had huge ecological effects on the new communities and habitats that they colonize. Much research focuses on the ecological effects of invasive introduced species, but fewer studies have focused on their evolutionary consequences. Speakers at this session will describe three cases where evolutionary consequences of biological invasions can be described, and examine the evolutionary changes that have already occurred. Program organized by Nathan Rank of Sonoma State University.

Speakers:
Nathan Rank, Sonoma State University
Kevin Rice, UC-Davis
Brad Shaffer, UC-Davis

Schedule and venue:

6:00 - Dinner at Shangri La Restaurant (1706 E. Cotati Ave, next to SSU campus) cost $18, to be collected at restaurant.


7:30 - talks followed by discussion, Darwin Hall 103. $2 donation for refreshments requested.

Please email reservations to your host, Nathan Rank, at rank@sonoma.edu by Wednesday April 17.
For directions to Shangri La, use link below:

http://tinyurl.com/2e75k4

For a map of campus, use link below:
http://www.sonoma.edu/maps/maps.php

For a review of Shangri La, see below:
http://bohemian.com/bohemian/03.15.06/bite-0611.html

All are welcome, members or not. If you want to join the Biosystematists, a venerable yet exceptionally lively group that provides the only inter-institutional seminar/discussion forum addressing evolutionary topics in the Bay Area, visit our website at: http://www.biosystematists.org/ to sign up for our mailing list, or email Harold Kerster at: kersterh@saclink.csus.edu.