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CBA seminar: The evolution of seasonal camouflage, Jeff Good, University of Montana
Upcoming events
14
Oct
2022
12–5pm 14 October 2022
Researchers from ANU, CSIRO & University of Canberra
A showcase of CBA-funded research to celebrate our 10th year.
22
Nov
2022
2–5pm 22 November 2022
Leading international and local researchers will speak on using thermal tolerance limits to understand species susceptibility under climate change
Past events
16
Sep
2022
Plant invasions in the northern Andes: a socio-ecological perspective »
Gwendolyn Peyre talks about the taxonomic and functional diversities of invaded plant communities following roads along the forest-páramo elevation gradient in the Chingaza mountain range in Colombia.
18
Aug
2022
Climatic refugia in the coldest neotropical hotspot, the Andean páramo »
Gwendolyn Peyre talks about research that identified climatic refugia in the Andean páramo, one of the most biodiverse high-mountain region on Earth.
11
Mar
2022
How far can genes travel in the living world? »
- POSTPONED - Dr Camille Roux, visiting from Université de Lille, will present a seminar and workshop covering the theory and practice of demographic history and speciation genomics with emphasis on Bayesian methods from genomic data.
26
Oct
2021
eDNA test protocols: advances, applications and limitations »
An online mini-symposium on current eDNA test protocols advances, applications and limitations
17
Sep
2020
Humboldt Day evolutionary biogeography symposium »
As part of the Humboldt Day commemorations the CBA is hosting an online mini-symposium presenting recent insights into how historical climate change and trait evolution has shaped Australasian biogeography.
26
Mar
2020
From cricket songs to swarming locusts: Elucidating patterns and processes of orthopteran evolution »
Hojun Song from Texas A&M University will provide fascinating examples of how orthopteran insects (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, wetas) can be used as model systems for elucidating patterns and processes of evolution.
05
Mar
2020
Bayesian molecular clock-dating of phylogenies: fossils, genomes and uncertainty »
Biologists have been greatly interested in estimating the times of divergence of organisms, that is, in placing geological ages on the nodes of the Tree of
27
Feb
2020
Exploring the evolutionary origin of insect wings from an evo-devo perspective »
Special BSB/CBA Seminar
02
Dec
2019
Evolutionary Science for a Changing World »
Evolutionary science (ES) underpins our ability to predict and manage change in dynamic biological and socio-economic systems and has made many important
12
Sep
2019
Invading the desert: allotetraploid Nicotiana sect. Suaveolentes (Solanaceae) radiates in the Australian arid zone in the last million years »
Long-distance dispersal was responsible for allotetraploid Nicotiana reaching Australia from South America about six million years ago (mya) based on molecular
24
Jun
2019
Why are there so many species? Form, function, and biodiversity in Papuan microhylid frogs »
Some groups of animals are inordinately speciose. A prime example are the microhylid frogs of New Guinea and its satellite islands -- with over 300 species, one
01
Apr
2019
Integrating traits across genes and trees: a semantic approach »
The comparative approach, whether applied to traits, genes, or trees, forms the foundation of biological research. Moving these data into a semantic framework
26
Mar
2019
The evolution of seasonal camouflage »
Adaptation to environmental change is central to the origin and persistence of species. Mismatches between the timing of key life history events and optimal
21
Feb
2019
Adaptive radiation on remote islands: extrinsic and intrinsic barriers in shaping diversity »
Adaptive radiation is one of the key drivers of species diversity, yet the mechanism through which it is achieved, and the outcome of the process, is largely
21
Jul
2017
Chromosomal hybrid zones and speciation in mice and shrews »
The western house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) and common shrew (Sorex araneus) show dramatic chromosomal variation, with around 100 chromosomal races in
