Kenneth F. Raffa
Dept. Entomology, UW-Madison
Forest Insect Ecology
Beers-Bascom Professor of Conservation
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Lab Meetings
Weekly lab meetings are an integral part of our culture. They serve as a sounding board for new ideas and concepts, a chance to present and critique experimental design, group input on the realities of operational planning, help in interpreting preliminary results, assisted decision making, requests for assistance in upcoming large experiments, discussions of lab operations, planning of social events, and practice sessions for scientific presentations. We convene in an informal lunch-time atmosphere that facilitates collegial discussion. Each student takes a turn every semester. Typically a new student will use their first meeting to present a research proposal and solicit feedback. Their next meeting is usually devoted to honing the fine points of their proposal, often matters of experimental design and pragmatic choices. Subsequent meetings are for presentations of results, interpretation of data, and practice for upcoming presentations at scientific meetings. Sometimes students volunteer to lead sessions on areas in which they have gained particular expertise such as an analytical chemistry procedure, a new statistical analysis, or how to sharpen a chain saw. And whenever students have gone abroad for either research or pleasure, they often present a travelogue. Over time, the schedules of these lab meetings also provide a nice road map of our journeys as a group.
FALL 2010
Wednesdays, 12-1 Ent Conf Room, RL 237- 5-Sep Ken -- General Meeting
- 29-Sep Erinn -- Practice talk for thesis defense: Fire/MPB/LPP in GLE
- 6-Oct Dave -- What lurks beneath: Invasive weevils
- 13-Oct Aaron -- Bacteria - MPB - Host Interactions
- 20-Oct Andy -- Comparison of MPB responses to fire-injured ponderosa vs lodgepole pines
- 27-Oct Jesse -- Ips - Mite - Fungal Interactions
- 3-Nov Charlie -- Bacteria associated with poplars and gypsy moths
- 10-Nov Sandye -- Association of bacteria with MPB colonizing lodgepole, jack, and hybrid pines
- 17-Nov Rachel -- Research Proposal: Role of symbiotic bacteria in termite-fungal interactions
- 24-Nov Practice talks for ESA Andy, Jesse
- 1-Dec Practice talks for ESA Aaron, Charlie
- 8-Dec Practice talks for ESA Andy, Jesse, Aaron, Charlie
- 15-Dec No meeting ESA meeting
SPRING 2010
Wednesdays, 12-1 Ent Conf Room, RL 237- 20-Jan Ken -- General Meeting
- 27-Jan Aaron -- Bacterial symbionts of Sirex and bark beetles
- 3-Feb Celia -- Bacterial - Terpene Interactions
- 10-Feb Charlie -- Bacteria associated with poplars and gypsy moths
- 17-Feb Andy--Comparison of MPB responses to fire-injured ponderosa vs lodgepole pines
- 24-Feb X -- No meeting - Gordon Conference
- 3-Mar Celia -- Bt-Bacterial interactions
- 10-Mar Jesse -- Ips - Mite - Fungal Interactions
- 17-Mar Erinn -- Effects of fire injury on defense chemistry of lodgepole pine
- 24-Mar Andy -- Practice talk for WFIWC
- 31-Mar X -- No meeting - Spring break
- 7-Apr X -- No meeting - WFIWC
- 14-Apr Dave -- PhD Practice talk
- 21-Apr Chris, Erinn -- Comparison of whitebark vs lodgepole responses to MPB
- 28-Apr Dave -- Interactions between below-and above ground processes affect deer tick populations
FALL 2009
Wednesdays, 12-1 Ent Conf Room, RL 237- 16-Sep Ken -- General Meeting
- 23-Sep Aaron, Erinn -- Practice talks for IUFRO
- 30-Sep IUFRO meeting
- 7-Oct Charlie -- Bacteria associated with poplars and gypsy moths
- 14-Oct Aaron -- Bacterial - Fungal - Bark Beetle Interactions
- 21-Oct Erinn -- MPB-Fire-Lodgepole pine interactions
- 28-Oct Ken -- General Meeting
- 4-Nov Jesse -- Ips - Mite - Fungal Interactions
- 11-Nov Celia -- Practice presentation for TRIA talk
- 18-Nov Dave -- Ticks in declining pine stands
- 25-Nov Andy -- Bark beetles in fire-injured ponderosa and lodgepole pines
- 2-Dec Dave -- Invasive root weevils
- 9-Dec Celia and Aaron -- Bacterial - Terpene Interactions
SPRING 2009
Wednesdays, 12-1 Ent Conf Room, RL 237- 12-Jan Ken -- General Meeting
- 19-Jan No meeting -- MLK
- 26-Jan General Meeting -- Ken & Erinn with Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grp
- 2-Feb Andy -- Research proposal: Bark beetle – fire interactions
- 9-Feb Charlie -- Research proposal: Endophytes
- 16-Feb Jesse -- Research proposal: Mite - bark beetle-fungal interactions
- 23-Feb Erinn -- Research Plans: Physiology of fire-injured trees
- 2-Mar Ken (& Dave?) -- Does root herbivory contribute to Lyme disease?
- 9-Mar Celia -- Do bacteria metabolize pine defensive compounds?
- 16-Mar No meeting -- Spring Break
- 23-Mar Michelle -- Role of plant phenology to host selection by weevils
- 30-Mar Aaron -- Bacterial - Fungal Bark Beetle Interactions
- 6-Apr No meeting -- General Meeting
- 13-Apr Dave -- Practice for Final Ph.D. Research Seminar
- 20-Apr Celia -- Practice for Final Ph.D. Research Seminar
- 27-Apr Ken -- General Meeting
Lab Visitors this semester:
Pat Tobin
Barbara Bentz
Brian Aukema
FALL 2008
Wednesdays, 12-1 Ent Conf Room, RL 237
- 22-Sep Aaron -- Bacteria-Fungal-Bark beetle Interactions
- 29-Sep Jesse -- Research Proposal: Mite-Fungal-Bark beetle Interactions
- 6-Oct Celia -- Interactions between MPB population phase and tree defense
- 13-Oct Charlie -- Research Proposal: Induced Defenses - Do endophytes play a role?
- 20-Oct Erinn -- Fire - Bark Beetle - Lodgepole Interactions in Greater Yellowstone Area
- 27-Oct Aaron, Erinn, Dave -- Practice for ESA
- 3-Nov Lab Cleanup -- All
- 10-Nov Aaron, Erinn, Dave -- Practice for ESA
- 17-Nov ESA meetings
- 24-Nov Dave Coyle -- Belowground Herbivory
- 1-Dec Mario Contarini -- Relationship of gypsy moth mating failure to population density
- 8-Dec Chris and Justin Berg -- MPB in Whitebark Pine: Host selection behavior;
Lab Visitors this semester:
Staffan Lindren
Bill Mattson
Dan Herms
SPRING 2008
Wednesdays, 12-1 Ent Conf Room, RL 237- Jan 30 Erinn: Mountain pine beetle – fire interactions: Results and upcoming plans
- Feb 13 Stephanie: Quantifying effects of forest gaps on insect biodiversity
- Feb 20 Aaron – Interactions among bark beetles, bacteria, and fungi
- Feb 27 No Meeting
- Mar 5 Dave – Root herbivory by invasive insects
- Mar 12 Celia: Terpenes of whitebark and lodgepole pines
- Mar 19 No Meeting – Spring Break
- Mar 26 Erinn – practice talk for Intern Assoc Landscape Ecologists
- Apr 2 Aaron – practice talk for Western Forest Insect Work Conference
- Apr 9 No Meeting – WFIWC
- Apr 16 Jesse: Research plans on beetle symbiont interactions
- Apr 23 Arnaud – Results from 2007 on Mark Recapture of bark beetles & predators
FALL 2007
Wednesdays, 12-1 Ent Conf Room, RL 237- Sept. 5 -- General: Ken
- Sept. 12 -- Aaron: Interactions between bacterial and fungal associates of bark beetles
- Sept. 19 -- Dave: Plant species composition and root weevil abundance in northern hardwood forests
- Sept. 26 -- Celia: Evidence for mountain pine beetle varying host colonization with population density
- Oct 3 -- Nichole: Bacterial gut symbionts of gypsy moth
- Oct 10 -- Arnaud: Dispersal by bark beetles and predators
- Oct 17 -- All: annual lab clean-up (be there to prevent your prized stuff from being tossed)
- Oct 24 -- Erinn: Interactions among fire, mountain pine beetle, and competitors
- Oct 31 -- Megan: MPB in whitebark and lodgepole pines
- Nov 7 -- General - open discussion
- Nov 14 -- Ken & Bob: Vegetational responses in declining in Red Pine stands
- Nov 21 -- Stephanie: Insect biodiversity in red pine stands
- Nov 28 -- Practice for ESA: Dave
- Dec 5 -- Jesse: Research Proposal
- Dec 12 -- ESA meeting
Spring 2007
- Jan 22 Ken – General; Host Shifts by Jack Pine Budworm (a brain-storming session)
- 29 Erinn - MPB and competitors in fire scarred lodgepole pine
- Feb 5 Dave – Poster presentation for Gordon Conference
- 12 Celia – Does MPB colonize trees of different defensive capability during different population stages?
- 19 No Meeting - Gordon Conference on plant-insect interactions
- 26 Nichole: Bacterial associates of lepidoptera
- Mar 5 No Meeting – Western Forest Insect Work Conference
- 12 Aaron – Interactions among bark beetles, bacteria, and fungi
- 19 Dimitrios Avtzis– Phylogenetics of bark beetles
- 26 Alex Stewart- Jones, Southampton (joint with Gratton & Lindroth labs)
- Apr 2 No Meeting – Spring Break
- 9 Arnaud – Mark Recapture of bark beetles & predators
- 16 No Meeting – CSRS review
- 23 Dave – Root herbivory by invasive insects
- 30 Stephanie: Effects of root-herbivore induced gaps on insect biodiversity
Fall 2006
- Sept. 11 Ken: General
- Sept. 18 Dave: Belowground herbivory by invasive weevils
- Sept. 25 Nichole: Role of enteric bacteria in toxicity of Btk
- Oct 2 All: annual lab clean-up (be there to prevent your prized stuff from being tossed)
- Oct 9 Arnaud: Dispersal by bark beetles and predators
- Oct 16 Melissa: Interactions with NPV
- Oct 23 Alex: Chemical ecology of cottonwood leaf beetle
- Oct 30 Celia: Chemical ecology of MPB-host interactions
- Nov 6 Ken & Bob: Interactions between below- and above- ground herbivory
- Nov 13 Celia: Chemical ecology of MPB-host interactions
- Nov 20 Practice for ESA: Nichole, Melissa,
- Nov 27 Final rehearsals for ESA: Nichole, Melissa; Dave’s poster
- Dec 4 Erinn: Research Proposal: MPB-fire
- Dec 19 Aaron: Interactions among bark beetles, bacteria and fungi
Spring 2006
- Jan 24 Everyone: lab Clean-up
- 31 Melissa: Predators and Karner Blue
- Feb 7 Nichole: A novel theory of Bt toxicity
- 14 Yasmin: Bark beetle symbioses
- 21 Dave: Results with root herbivory
- 28 Matt McMahon: Effects of trap spacing on pheromone trap-catch data
- Mar 8 Celia: Variable attraction of natural enemies to signals of sympatric bark beetles
- 21 Melissa: Toxicity of gypsy moth control agents to endangered species
- 28 Arnaud – Mark Recapture of bark beetles & predators
- Apr 4 Alex – Costa Rica Travelogue, OTS
- 11 Alex: CLB research plans
- 18 Archana: Gut symbionts of beetles
- 25 Becky: Does the density of traps affect estimates of gypsy moth abundance?
Spring 2006
- Jan 24 Everyone: lab Clean-up
- 31 Melissa: Predators and Karner Blue
- Feb 7 Nichole: A novel theory of Bt toxicity
- 14 Yasmin: Bark beetle symbioses
- 21 Dave: Results with root herbivory
- 28 Matt McMahon: Effects of trap spacing on pheromone trap-catch data
- Mar 8 Celia: Variable attraction of natural enemies to signals of sympatric bark beetles
- 21 Melissa: Toxicity of gypsy moth control agents to endangered species
- 28 Arnaud – Mark Recapture of bark beetles & predators
- Apr 4 Alex – Costa Rica Travelogue, OTS
- 11 Alex: CLB research plans
- 18 Archana: Gut symbionts of beetles
- 25 Becky: Does the density of traps affect estimates of gypsy moth abundance?
Fall 2005
- Sept. 6 Ken: General
- Sept. 13 Becky: Practice for NCFPWC
- Sept. 20 NCFPWC
- Sept. 27 Archana: Gut symbionts of Emerald Ash Borer and Southern pine beetle
- Oct 4 Brian: Everything I learned in the Raffa lab
- Oct 11 Nichole: Gut Bacteria - Btk-Gypsy moth
- Oct 18 Boone: Practice for ESA
- Oct 25 Dave, Yasmin: Practice for ESA
- Nov 1 Becky, Alex: Practice for ESA
- Nov 8 Dave: Physiological effects of root herbivory
- Nov 15 MPB meetings
- Nov 22 Celia: Lodgepole pine defense against mountain pine beetle
- Dec 6 Melissa: Effects of Gypchek carrier on Karner Blue
- Dec 13 ESA meetings
- Dec 20 Yasmin: Nematode bearing structures of spruce beetles
Spring 2005
- Jan 10: Ken: Organizational meeting; Lab Logistics, concerns, new purchases, etc.
- Jan 24: Ken: An overview of our program,: Over-riding questions, and linkages
- Feb 7: Melissa: Intersection of gypsy moth, Karner Blue, and orchid pollinators
- Feb 14: Celia: Predator effects on mountain pine beetle - Ips pini interactions
- Feb 21: Yasmin: Interactions among microorganisms and bark beetles
- Feb 28: Aurelien - Effects of rearing density on lipid content and behavior of Ips pini
- March 7: Nichole – Synergism of Bt activity on gypsy moth
- March 14: Bob Murphy - Mortality in red pine stands: 2004
- March 21: Celia - Lodgepole pine defense against mountain pine beetle
- March 28: WFIWC
- April 4: Dave – Invasive root herbivores
- April 11: Archana – Gut symbionts of Emerald Ash Borer and Southern pine beetle
- April 18: Becky – Population dynamics of gypsy moth
- April 25: Matt – How do the number of choices and deployment pattern affect trap data?
- May 2: Alex: Behavioral responses by CLB to chemical signals leading to aggregation
- May 9: Brian – Spatial analysis of red pine decline
Fall 2004
- Sept. 13 Ken: General
- Sept. 20 Aurelien: Interactions between colonization density and host selection
- Oct 4 Yasmin: Observations on spruce beetles
- Oct 11 Dave: Proposal for studying belowground herbivory of invasive weevils
- Oct 18 Becky: Habitat interactions with Gypsy moth natural enemies
- Oct 25 Archana: Gut microbiota of Emerald Ash Borer
- Nov 1 Nichole: Effect of antibiotics on gypsy moth susceptibility to Btk
- Nov 8 Brian: landscape approaches to MPB
- Nov 15 ESA meetings
- Nov 22 Alex: Chemical ecology of cottonwood leaf beetle
- Dec 6 Celia: Experimental approaches to MPB-LPP interactions
- Dec 13 Melissa: Research proposal: Karner Blue and Gypchek
Spring 2004
- Feb. 2: Ken: General Lab Meeting: Technicians, Vehicles, Purchasing
- Feb. 9: Alex: Cottonwood Leaf Beetle- Spatial patterns & sources of aggregation
- Feb. 16: Becky: Habitat interactions with Gypsy moth natural enemies
- Feb. 23: Yasmin: Bark Beetle – Fungal - Host interactions: Dissecting net impacts of fungi
- March 8: Celia: Mountain pine beetle & Ips
- March 22: Brian: Mountain pine beetle & Ips: Spatial modeling
- March 29: Renee Invasive weevil complex in northern Wisconsin
- April 5: Lab Cleanup – Joint effort!
- April 12: Nichole: How do gut symbionts affect gypsy moth vigor?
- April 26: Archana: Gut symbionts of Emerald Ash Borer
- May 3: Ken – General issues
Fall 2003
- Sept 10: Ken: General Lab Meeting: Purchasing, Equipment Reporting, Lab Policies
- Sept 17: Renee: Practice for NCFPWC
- Oct 24: NCFPWC
- Oct 1: IUFRO (please meet without me, but don’t sign a name)
- Oct 8: Italo: Cellulolytic activity of bacteria in wood borer guts
- Oct 15: Nichole: How do enteric bacteria affect susceptibility to Btk
- Oct 22: Renee & Brian: Practice for ESA
- Oct 29: ESA
- Nov 12: Brian: Statistical analysis of bark beetle symbiont frequencies
- Nov 19: Celia: Differential chemical responses of predators of MPB and pine engraver
- Dec 3: Yasmin: Research plans with spruce beetle
- Dec 10: Alex: Research proposal
- Dec 17: Becky: Research proposal
Spring 2003
- Jan 28 Ken: General:
- Feb 4 Celia: Differential chemical responses of predators of MPB and pine engraver
- Feb 11 No Meeting
- Feb 18 Renee: Host preferences of invasive root weevils
- March 25 ESA NC branch meetings
- April 1 Nichole: Census of gut microbiota in gypsy moth
- April 8 Brian K.: Response of red pines and spruce to fungal inoculation
- April 22 Italo: Cellulolytic activity of bacteria in wood borer guts
- April 29 Brian A: Statistical analysis of bark beetle symbiont frequencies
- May 6 Lisa C.: Synergism of Bt
Spring 2003
- Jan 28 Ken: General:
- Feb 4 Celia: Differential chemical responses of predators of MPB and pine engraver
- Feb 11 No Meeting
- Feb 18 Renee: Host preferences of invasive root weevils
- March 25 ESA NC branch meetings
- April 1 Nichole: Census of gut microbiota in gypsy moth
- April 8 Brian K.: Response of red pines and spruce to fungal inoculation
- April 22 Italo: Cellulolytic activity of bacteria in wood borer guts
- April 29 Brian A: Statistical analysis of bark beetle symbiont frequencies
- May 6 Lisa C.: Synergism of Bt
Fall 2002
- Sept. 9 Ken: Ophiostomatoid- Ips pini- red pine interactions
- Sept. 16 Brian & Eva: Ophiostomatoid- Ips pini- red pine interactions
- Sept. 23 Brian K: Effects of diterpene acids on beetles and associated fungi
- Sept. 30 Italo: Gut symbionts of wood borers
- Oct 7 Lab Clean-up: Everyone
- Oct 14 Shahla: Results with Introduced Basswood Thrips
- Oct 21 Brian A: Results with predation experiments
- Oct 28 Renee: Results with invasive weevils
- Nov 4 ESA Practice talks
- Nov 11 ESA Practice talks
- Nov 18 No Meeting: ESA meetings
- Dec 2 Celia: Response of parasitic wasps to beetle-associated fungi
- Dec 9 Nichole: Gypsy moth - Btk
Fall 2002
- Sept. 9 Ken: Ophiostomatoid- Ips pini- red pine interactions
- Sept. 16 Brian & Eva: Ophiostomatoid- Ips pini- red pine interactions
- Sept. 23 Brian K: Effects of diterpene acids on beetles and associated fungi
- Sept. 30 Italo: Gut symbionts of wood borers
- Oct 7 Lab Clean-up: Everyone
- Oct 14 Shahla: Results with Introduced Basswood Thrips
- Oct 21 Brian A: Results with predation experiments
- Oct 28 Renee: Results with invasive weevils
- Nov 4 ESA Practice talks
- Nov 11 ESA Practice talks
- Nov 18 No Meeting: ESA meetings
- Dec 2 Celia: Response of parasitic wasps to beetle-associated fungi
- Dec 9 Nichole: Gypsy moth - Btk
Spring 2002
- Jan 28 General: Ken
- Feb 4 Renee: Research Proposal - Invasive root feeding weevils
- Feb 11 Celia: Research Proposal – Role of fungi in host finding by natural enemies?
- Feb 25 Nichole: Gypsy moth - Btk
- March 4 Brian Aukema: Generalized linear models: binomial regression, probit analysis, etc
- March 11 No meeting
- March 18 Shahla: Practice Thesis Defense Colloquium
- April 1 Shahla: Practice Thesis Defense Colloquium
- April 8 Brian Kopper: Research plans for Ophiostomatoid- Ips pini- red pine interactions
- April 29 Jaimie: Practice Thesis Defense Colloquium
- May 6 Greg: SBW and BT-Metagenomes
Fall 2001
- Sept. 6 Ken: General
- Sept. 27 Jaimie: Evidence for detoxification of terpenes by gypsy moth
- Oct 4 Jason: Introduced weevil phenology
- Oct 11 Brian: Predation of pine engravers: experiments in progress
- Oct 18 Nichole: Gut microbiota of gypsy moth
- Oct 25 No Meeting
- Nov 1 Shahla: Host preferences of introduced basswood thrips
- Nov 8 Greg: Spruce budworm susceptibility to pathogens
- Nov 15 ESA Practice: Brian, Shahla
- Nov 22 No Meeting
- Nov 29 Renee Research Proposal
- Dec 6 Celia: Research Proposal
- Dec 13 ESA: No Meeting
- Dec 20 No Meeting
Spring 2001
- Jan 29: General
- Feb 5: Richard: Southern pine beetle, fungi, and mites
- Feb 12: Nadir: Karner Blue Plans and methods
- Feb 19 Shahla: European collaboration to compare Tilia budbreak and T. calcaratus
- Feb 26: Nichole: Gut microbiota of gypsy moth
- March 5: No meeting
- March 19 Brian : Predation of pine engravers: experiments in progress
- April 2: Becky: Undergrad forestry experience in Chile
- April 9: Ken: General
- May 7: Jaimie: HPLC of diterpene acids
Spring 2000
- Jan 24: Lab operations, equipment reports, technicians, etc.
- Jan 31 No meeting - Gypsy Moth Coordinating meeting
- Feb 7 Ice Skating
- Feb 14 Ken: General Lab Meeting
- Feb 21 Ken: Job Hunting Strategies
- Feb 28 no meeting
- Mar 6 Brian: Predator impacts on pine engravers
- Mar 13 Jaimie: Does gypsy moth detoxify terpenes?
- Mar 20 Shahla: Sampling approaches for bud-feeding insects
- Mar 29: No meeting - Branch meetings
- Apr 3 Kimberly: Host selection behavior of pine engravers
- Apr 10 Kimberly: Host selection behavior of spruce beetle
- Apr 17 Kirsten: Fungi associated with Dryocoetes
- Apr 24 Nadir: Role of root herbivores and fungi in gaps
- May 1 Nichole: Bt – midgut bacteria interactions
- May 8 General Lab Meeting
- May 12: Kemp Natural Resource Station
Fall 1999
- Sept. 8 General Review of Lab Policies
- Sept. 15 WFIWC
- Sept. 22 Lab Photo Exchange
- Sept. 29 Nichole: Bt synergism
- Oct 6 NSF
- Oct 13 Kirsten: Insects & fungi associated with spruce
- Oct 20 Shahla: Season 2 Thrips/Basswood: Preliminary Results
- Oct 27 Ken
- Nov 3 Jaimie: Terpene processing by tussock moths
- Nov 10 Howie.: Bark beetle – predator interactions
- Nov 17 Sara-- Cottonwood leaf beetle
- Dec 1 Nadir: ESA talk, population dynamics of subcortical insects
- Dec 7 Kimberly: Cues influencing Ips pini post-landing host behavior
Fall 1998
- Sept. 9 General Review of Lab Policies
- Sept. 16 NCFPWC
- Sept. 23 Lab Photo Exchange
- Sept. 30 Kirsten: Insects and fungi associated with spruce in Great Lakes region
- Oct 7 NSF
- Oct 14 Nadir: Predator-prey relationships
- Oct 21 Jaimie: terpene mediation of gypsy moth feeding
- Oct 28 Brian: Bark Beetle & predator monitoring and, clerid density predation assays,
- Nov 4 Kimberly: Host selection behavior of Ips pini
- Nov 11 ESA
- Nov 18 Jaimie: processing of terpenes by Lymantriidae
- Nov 25 No Meeting
- Dec 2 Shahla: Research proposal
- Dec 8 Nichole: Research proposal
- Dec16 Nathan: Gypsy moth predation by small mammals
Spring 1998
- Jan 26 General Meeting - Lab Operations, etc.
- Jan 26 Kirsten Research Proposal, & Preliminary Beetle emergence / fungal isolation data
- Feb 2 Nadir Research Proposal, & Preliminary field collection data
- Feb 9 Howie Research Proposal, & 1997 trap collection data
- Feb 16 Jaimie Distribution of monoterpenes and nutrients in larch
- Feb 23 No Meeting
- March 2 Raffa: Gordon Conference review
- March 9 No Meeting
- March 16 Kimberly Host Selection data with D. rufipennis and I. pini
- March 23 Ken Long term issues in forest entomology and insect ecology stimulating my research: How students’ (past, present & future) programs fit in
- March 30 Kimberly Practice talk for WFIWC; Field Season; Caging Assay Discussion
- April 6 Nadir Results of 1997 Field Season
- April 13 Ken NRC Committee on Future of Pesticides; Expert Witnessing:
- April 20 Shahla Effects of Forest Management Practices on Occurrence of Ground Beetles
- April 27 Jaimie Ph.D. Proposal
- May 4 Nathan: Integrated Effects of Induction on herbivores & parasites
- May 8-10 Kemp Biological Station
Visitors this Semester
- Brian Farrell: April 24
- Dan Herms: April 3