Speaker: Rachel Thayer, Graduate Student (Patel lab), UC Berkeley
Title: “Genetic control of structural coloring in buckeye butterflies”
Lepidoptera
Essig Brunch Seminar – Cotton Bollworm
Speaker: Dr. Fang Ouyang, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: “Population dynamics of an insect (Cotton Bollworm: Helicoverpa armigera), their driving factors and management strategy in a biologically-diversified landscape ecosystem”
Essig Brunch Seminar – Nevada Butterflies
January 27, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Thompson, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Title: “Endemic butterflies of the Spring Mountains, Nevada: habitat selection, phylogeography, and responses to fire”