Plant Sciences and Biodiversity
Seminars 2008
Seminars to be held at 1 pm on Wednesdays in the
Mueller Hall of the National Herbarium Building
Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra
(Melways 2G A12)
March 5
Frith Jarrod, PhD student, The School of Botany, The University of Melbourne
An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change and Fire on Sub-alpine Open Heathlands on the Bogong High Plains, Australia
April 9
Rob Rouwette, Research Consultant, Life Cycle Assessment, Centre for Design at RMIT University
Life cycle thinking for sustainable gardens
May 7
Helen Tuton, Nursery Centre Coordinator Sustainable Gardening Australia
The future of sustainable gardening in public and private gardens
(including an introduction to the SGA chemical rating system)
June 4
Dr Michelle Casanova, Botanist, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Charophyte enigmas and solutions
July 2
Jim Willis Studentship projects
Charlotte Hurry:
How many species of spinifex grass are in Victoria?
Lauran Pearce:
The disc fungus Banksiamyces : species delimitation and relationships
July 23
Carlos Parra Osorio, School of Botany, University of Melbourne and Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
A phylogenetic analysis of the bloodwood Eucalypts (Corymbia)
August 6
Dr. Paul Gibson Roy, Project Head. The Grassy Groundcover Research Project. Melbourne University/Greening Australia.
Can we reconstruct complex grassland on agricultural lands? Findings from the Grassy Groundcover Restoration Project
September 3
Dr. Greg Moore, School of Resource Management, Burnley College, University of Melbourne
Managing trees in a changing environment
October 8
Professor David Cantrill, Chief Botanist & Director, Plant Sciences & Biodiversity, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
To be advised
November 5
(MH & DP3 booked 22 Jan 2008)
Honours student presentations
