Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Seminar

Graduate Seminar in Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

WFS 512, FOR 512, FWF 612

Spring Semester 2017

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Instructors: Dr. Matthew Gray (mgray11@utk.edu) and Dr. David Harper (dharper4@utk.edu)

Seminar Assistants: Dr. Patrick Cusaac (jcusaac@utk.edu), Andy Vander Yacht, Chrissy Henderson, and Melinda Box

Phone: 974-2740 (MG), 976-1121 (DH)

Office: 247 Ellington PSB (MG), 108 CRC MAST (DH)

Meeting Time and Place: Wed, 12:20 − 1:10 p.m., 160 Plant Biotechnology Building

Course Goal: To provide an opportunity for forestry, wildlife and fisheries graduate students to practice delivering professional presentations and to increase opportunities for graduate students and faculty to interact.

Expected Outcomes: Students will develop skills in constructing and delivering PowerPoint presentations and in answering questions related to their graduate research and natural resource principles, concepts and issues.

Course Credits: 1 credit

Academic Assessment:

Weights of Academic Assessments:

● Presentation 85%

● Attendance 15% (1.07% per seminar, 18 Jan – 8 May)

Course grade will be determined using the following scale:

Grade	Final Weighted Percent	Grade	Final Weighted Percent
A	90–100%	B	80–86%
B+	87–89%	C+	77–79%

Full Syllabus

Presentation Grading Sheet

Examples of Contemporary Natural Resource Topics

Presentation Schedule:

Date	Name (MS/PhD; 1^st/2^nd Seminar)	Title
8 Feb	Cristina Maldonado Matt Aldrovandi	Ecosystem Services: Applications in Urban Forestry Negative interactions between tree seedlings and non-native grasses in a restoration setting: getting to the “root” of the problem
15 Feb	David Clabo Wade GeFellers	Age and size comparisons of regenerating shortleaf pine seedlings burned multiple times in Ecosystem Restoration Areas Herbicides and pollinators: Possibilities of an unlikely partnership
22 Feb	Andy Vander Yacht Hannah Mullally	Historical Failures, Modern Repercussions, and Future Directions of Federal Wildland Fire Management The Effects of Timber Harvest Spatial Arrangements on Bees
1 Mar	No Seminar
8 Mar	Chrissy Henderson Grace Carpenter	Feral cats: their impact on native wildlife and current research Detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans on Free-flying Male Bats Captured During Summer in the Southeastern USA
15 Mar	No Seminar
22 Mar	Kirstin Fagan Adrienne Dykstra	Human-wildlife interactions: Drivers of conflict and implications for biodiversity conservation Determining the Effectiveness of an Aerial Based Acoustic Monitoring Technology for Monitoring Bat Populations
29 Mar	Dr. Mike Lannoo (Indiana Univ.)
5 Apr	Heather Slayton Caylor Romines	Thinning as a Component of Integrated Pest Management for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on the Cumberland Plateau: Effects on Canopy and Forest Floor Temperatures West Nile Virus and the Implications on Avian Communities
12 Apr	Sally Ross Melinda Harrell	Revitalizing Brownfields and Greyfields at ORNL to Promote Urban Forestry Management Ecological, Economic and Social Benefits of an Urban Greenway, Farragut, Tennessee
19 Apr	Meredith Hayes Aparna Annamraju	Diet & Prey Availability for Sickle Darters, Percina williamsi Activation of lignocellulosic biomass in ionic liquids
26 Apr	Larry Cyprian Katryn Pasaribu	Assessing the Health of the Southern Region Logging Industry Parable of Two Farmers in Groundwater Game
8 May (Mon): 12:30-2:30	Bijay Sharma	Stochastic optimization of switchgrass-based biofuel supply chain considering feedstock yield uncertainty and risk preference