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Auk Talk

Auk Talk is an occasional newsletter produced by the Zoology Department. To download back issues as pdfs please click on the following: AukTalk 2, AukTalk 3, AukTalk 6, AukTalk 7, AukTalk 8, AukTalk 9&10

Postgraduate Symposium

The Zoology Postgraduate Symposium 2011, will be held on the 3rd and 4th of March in the M4 lecture theatre in the Museum Building.

Two very prestigious researchers kindly accepted our invitation to take part in the symposium as plenary speakers, Prof. Graeme Ruxton and Prof. Anne Magurran.

Prof. Graeme Ruxton is the Professor of Theoretical Ecology in the University of Glasgow and his main research interests are "mathematical modelling applied to population, behavioural and functional ecology".

Prof. Anne Magurran is the Professor of Ecology and Evolution in the University of St. Andrews and her main research interests are "in the measurement, evolution and conservation of biological diversity".

Please keep these dates free on your calendars, you are all very welcome (and encouraged to attend!). To view Symposium Timetable CLICK HERE.

Mollusc Control Workshop and Darwin Seminar

A Workshop entitled "Biology and Control of the invasive Bivalves Dreissena polymorpha and Corbicula fluminensis" was presented by Prof. R. F. McMahon of the Biology Dept., UTA, Arlington, Texas. Please CLICK HERE to download the paper as a pdf.

The Darwin Seminar, also presented by Prof. R. F. McMahon of the Biology Dept., UTA, Arlington, Texas, and entitled "Adaptation to Periodic Immersion in Intertidal Gastropods: Implications for the Evolution of Terrestriality", is downloadable HERE as a pdf.