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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190402T090000
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SUMMARY:Ph.D. Seminar: Rongting Xu
DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Seminar: Rongting Xu\, Maj. Prof\, Dr. Hanqin Tian \nTitle:  Anthropogenic and Natural Disturbances of the Nitrogen Cycle at Multiple Scales from Local to Global: A Modeling Investigation of Nitrous Oxide and Ammonia Emissions \nLocation: Conference Hall\, Room 1101A \nDate: Tuesday\, April 2\, 2019 \nTime: 9 a.m. \nAbstract:
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/ph-d-seminar-rongting-xu/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar,PhD Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Audrey Grindle%2C Graduate Student Coordinator":MAILTO:apg0008@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190402T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190402T100000
DTSTAMP:20260614T123239
CREATED:20190319T160600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190319T161250Z
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SUMMARY:Ph.D. Seminar: Anna Tucker
DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Seminar: Anna Tucker\, Maj. Prof\, Dr. Conor McGowan \nTitle: Evaluating the role of migratory stopover in the annual cycle of Arctic-breeding shorebirds \nLocation: Dixon Executive Conference Room\, 3315 \nDate: Tuesday\, April 2\, 2019 \nTime: 9 a.m. \nAbstract: \nMigratory animals are declining worldwide\, and for many species there are multiple threats to population stability from throughout the annual cycle.  Animals performing long-distance migrations use stopover sites en route to replenish fat stores need to complete their journey. The congregation of individuals at migratory stopover sites affords an opportunity to track population health\, particularly for species that are highly mobile and difficult to study at other times of year. However\, analysis of these data presents several challenges due to the flow-through nature of stopover and uncertainties about how stopover site conditions influence both demographics and migratory behaviors. Here\, I explore the use of quantitative methods and hierarchical modeling to lend clarity to our understanding of the role of stopover in the annual cycle of migratory birds\, considering both an ecological perspective on the direct and indirect effects of stopover on demographics and migratory behavior\, and a statistical perspective on advancing new and existing modeling frameworks for analyzing complex mark-recapture datasets.  Using counts\, trapping\, and mark-resight monitoring data collected for three species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds in Delaware Bay\, USA\, I evaluate the ways that stopover site conditions and phenology of resource availability influence the timing and rate of mass gain during stopover\, variation in site use among years\, and population vital rates. Disentangling these responses is important for understanding how populations respond to changes in stopover conditions\, and how to interpret changes in stopover passage population size. Understanding the relative role of stopover in the context of the annual cycle is important for informing conservation strategies that will be most effective at halting declines and promoting population stability.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/ph-d-seminar-anna-tucker/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar,PhD Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Audrey Grindle%2C Graduate Student Coordinator":MAILTO:apg0008@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T120000
DTSTAMP:20260614T123239
CREATED:20190123T205715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T205715Z
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SUMMARY:SFWS Seminar Series - Craig LeSchack
DESCRIPTION:Craig R. LeSchack\, Director of Conservation Operations\, Ducks Unlimited Inc.\n“14 million acres and counting… how Ducks Unlimited continues to impact waterfowl and wetland conservation” \nSeminar is held at 11 a.m. in Conference Room 1101 in the SFWS Building\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \n\nFaculty\, students and the public are invited to attend this free program.\nComplimentary cookies and coffee will be served.\nCFEs are available by request.\nAdvanced registration is not required.\nParking is available on the 3rd and 4th floors of the South Quad parking deck on Duncan Drive\, directly across from the SFWS Building. See Parking Services on Level 2 to obtain a visitor pass.\n\nAbstract:  Ducks Unlimited got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows. Determined not to sit idly by as the continent’s waterfowl dwindled beyond recovery\, a small group of sportsmen joined together to form an organization that became known as Ducks Unlimited.  Its mission: habitat conservation. Thanks to decades of abiding by that single mission\, Ducks Unlimited is now the world’s largest and most effective private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization having conserved over 14 million acres throughout North America. Waterfowl conservation is facing important challenges as wetlands and other habitats are being degraded and destroyed across the continent at an ever-increasing pace.  Ducks Unlimited has a vision to reverse this trend through diverse and evolving partnerships to address the full range of factors that continue to erode waterfowl habitat across North America. \nBiography:  Craig LeSchack is the Director of Conservation Operations at Ducks Unlimited’s National Headquarters.  His responsibilities focus on program coordination\, strategic planning and international partnerships to achieve DU’s continental conservation mission. From 2002 until June 2018\, Craig served as the Director of Conservation Programs in DU’s Southern Region where he directed conservation programs and partnerships throughout the southeast.  Craig started with DU in 2000 as a Regional Biologist where he administered conservation programs on public and private lands in Texas and New Mexico. Prior to joining DU\, Craig worked for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as a Waterfowl and Wetland Habitat Biologist and a District Wildlife Biologist. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Ecology from Michigan State University (1990)\, a Master’s degree in Wildlife Science from Auburn University (1993) and served as a Waterfowl Research Associate at Louisiana State University. Craig is a Certified Wildlife Biologist with The Wildlife Society and a Fellow of the National Conservation Leadership Institute. He resides in Memphis\, Tennessee with his wife Andrea\, who is also an Auburn alum\, and they have two daughters\, Laney and Lindsey.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-seminar-series-craig-leschack/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Lori Eckhardt":MAILTO:eckhalg@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T100000
DTSTAMP:20260614T123239
CREATED:20190319T145946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190328T161811Z
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SUMMARY:M.S. Seminar - Kent Keene
DESCRIPTION:M.S. Seminar: Kent Keene\, Maj. Prof\, Dr. Will Gulsby \nTitle: Effects of Commercial Thinning on White-tailed Deer Forage Availability and Ecological Restoration Objectives in Loblolly Pine Stands \nLocation:  Conference Room\, 1101A \nDate: Friday\, April 5\, 2019 \nTime: 9 a.m. \nAbstract: \nPlanted pine (Pinus spp.) stands represent 19% of the forested land in the southeastern U.S. Though often managed for timber production\, many landowners have alternative objectives\, such as improving habitat quality for game species like white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Commercial thinning and prescribed fire at mid-rotation can enhance and maintain habitat quality for deer by increasing coverage of preferred forage plants. However\, the relationship between thinning intensity and deer forage availability has not been well documented. Therefore\, we conducted an operational-scale\, manipulative\, experiment in which we thinned five loblolly pine (P. taeda) stands to residual basal areas of 9\, 14\, and 18 m2/ha within the Piedmont physiographic region of Georgia. We evaluated the effects of these treatments\, with and without prescribed fire\, on deer forage\, and also measured the accuracy and precision of commercial logging crews at achieving target thinning prescriptions for ecological restoration efforts.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/m-s-seminar-kent-keene/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar,Master's Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Audrey Grindle%2C Graduate Student Coordinator":MAILTO:apg0008@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T143000
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SUMMARY:Golden Eagles Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Dean Janaki Alavalapati will host alumni who graduated over 50 years ago for a reunion at the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences with lunch in the Dixon Conference Room.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/golden-eagles-luncheon-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Heather Crozier%2C Director of Development":MAILTO:sfwsdevelopment@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190408T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190408T153000
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SUMMARY:M.S. Forestry Seminar: Marina Hornus
DESCRIPTION:M.S. Forestry Seminar: Marina Hornus\, Maj. Prof\, Dr. Brian Via \nTitle: Hemicelluloses extraction and nanocellulose addition as a partial replacement for non-renewable adhesives in oriented strand board \nLocation: Conference Hall\, Room 1101A \nDate: Monday\, April 8\, 2019 \nTime: 2:30 p.m. \nAbstract: \nWood composites are an alternative for satisfying the increased demand for building products and there are several advantages over solid wood. This research focused on oriented strand board (OSB)\, which has\, like other wood composites\, the disadvantage of moisture absorption in the environment. Therefore\, the application of wood-composite materials are mainly limited by their irreversible thickness swelling. In order to make wood-based panels usable for exterior applications\, it is necessary to improve their dimensional stability in high relative humidity conditions. Thus\, this work proposed a pre-treatment of wood strands to increase dimensional stability. The hypothesis was that the reduction of hemicelluloses in the wood strand\, by pressurized hot water extraction\, would increase the dimensional stability of the final OSB. Three different conditions were tested (120\, 140\, and 160 ºC at 45 min). After wood strand pre-treatment\, OSB panels were manufactured and static bending\, internal bond\, thickness swelling\, and water absorption properties were tested using the ASTM D1037 procedures. Results have shown that removal of hemicelluloses increases the dimensional stability of the final wood composite. This is attributed to less available hydroxyl groups associated with the presence of hemicelluloses. The pre-treatment at 160 °C resulted in the maximum amount of hemicelluloses extraction and\, OSB produced with this pre-treated material had the best dimensional stability. \nAs second way to improve dimensional stability of OSB\, this research investigated the use of cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) as a partial replacement for polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (pMDI)\, which is a non-renewable adhesive. CNF has a high modulus of elasticity; therefore\, it could be an opportunity not to only partially replace pMDI\, but also to reinforce it. Two experimental designs were conducted to find the optimal condition of partial replacement of pMDI with CNF. Static bending\, internal bond\, thickness swelling\, and water absorption properties were tested using the ASTM D1037 procedures. It was found that the addition of CNF may improve thickness swell while not negatively affecting most other properties.  However\, the addition of CNF did reduce internal bond and this may be acceptable for a manufacturer if the performance is still above specification. Future research is recommended to reverse the impact of water based CNF on internal bond.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/m-s-forestry-seminar-marina-hornus/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar,Master's Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Audrey Grindle%2C Graduate Student Coordinator":MAILTO:apg0008@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T100000
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CREATED:20190328T162935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190401T212826Z
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SUMMARY:M.S. Seminar - Evan Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:M.S. Seminar: Evan Wheeler\, Maj. Prof\, Dr. Will Gulsby \nTitle: Effects of Planting Density\, Prescribed Fire\, and Other Factors on Stand Structure and Wildlife Habitat in Longleaf Pine Stands in Alabama \nLocation: Dixon Conference Room 3315 \nDate: Tuesday\, April 9\, 2019 \nTime: 9 a.m. \nAbstract: \nThough the distribution of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests has decreased throughout the past century\, increasing awareness of the economic and ecological benefits of longleaf silviculture has stimulated restoration efforts via plantation forestry. However\, designing planting and management prescriptions that effectively balance wildlife habitat and timber production objectives in plantations can be difficult. While planting to greater densities may increase potential revenues\, some wildlife-focused restoration programs implement planting density restrictions due to the concern that densely planted stands will reduce the amount and duration of availability of herbaceous understory vegetation\, negatively impacting wildlife habitat quality. However\, the outcomes of these restrictions and the influence of prescribed fire in mitigating density concerns have not been thoroughly evaluated. Therefore\, we initiated a study to examine the contributions of planting density and management history on stand structure and understory vegetation in select pre-commercial thin longleaf stands in the Coastal Plain of Alabama.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/m-s-seminar-evan-wheeler/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar,Master's Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Audrey Grindle%2C Graduate Student Coordinator":MAILTO:apg0008@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T123239
CREATED:20190320T170114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T204743Z
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SUMMARY:“Can Art Save the Planet? A Symposium on Art and Planetary Health”
DESCRIPTION:Artist Matthew Willey stands beside his rooftop mural on a barn in Lyons\, Nebraska. \nOur world depends on a healthy planet—our economy\, our individual and societal health and ultimately the fate of our species. When one thinks of advancing planetary health\, some common roles come to mind: doctors\, biologists\, environmentalists\, sociologists and educators; however\, art is an often-overlooked discipline that can can also advance planetary health. \nIn this daylong symposium\, interdisciplinary partners from the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art\, College of Veterinary Medicine\, and the School of Wildlife Sciences aim to integrate the arts and health sciences in a way that will facilitate a global conversation among Auburn faculty. Through presentations and breakout sessions facilitated by distinguished guests and leading Auburn researchers\, participants will discover the myriad ways that the visual arts can be used to address public and planetary health issues. \nA working lunch will be provided to attendees. Please register by Monday\, April 8. Auditorium seating is open and available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/can-art-save-the-planet-a-symposium-on-art-and-planetary-health/
LOCATION:Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art\, 901 South College Street\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Sarah Zohdy":MAILTO:smz0003@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T120000
DTSTAMP:20260614T123239
CREATED:20190123T205958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T205958Z
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SUMMARY:SFWS Seminar Series - Gloria Oporto
DESCRIPTION:Gloria S. Oporto\, Associate Professor\, School of Natural Resources\, West Virginia University\n“Nanocellulose applications: Current research at West Virginia University” \nSeminar is held at 11 a.m. in Classroom 1221 in the SFWS Building\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \n\nFaculty\, students and the public are invited to attend this free program.\nComplimentary cookies and coffee will be served.\nCFEs are available by request.\nAdvanced registration is not required.\nParking is available on the 3rd and 4th floors of the South Quad parking deck on Duncan Drive\, directly across from the SFWS Building. See Parking Services on Level 2 to obtain a visitor pass.\n\nAbstract:  Currently in the Appalachian region there is a vast amount of low-value\, low quality hardwood that can be potentially used as feedstock for novel bio-products. Only West Virginia generates 2.41 million dry tones of underutilized wood per year that represents a great source for nanocellulose production. Today the technology to separate and obtain wood polymers at nanoscale exists and it has been demonstrated with success; however\, specific applications for these novel raw materials are still a challenge. At West Virginia University we have been developing the scientific and technological basis to utilize lignocellulosic sources as a novel templates for organic and inorganic chemical compounds and promote their utilization in applications related to the packaging\, catalyst and medical/pharmaceutical fields. \nBiography:  Dr. Gloria S. Oporto is a faculty member in the School of Natural Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She completed her B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Concepción\, Chile\, and continued working at the University of Concepcion as a Research Engineer in areas that included wood chemistry\, wood-based composites\, and energy from woody biomass. She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Forest Resources and her certificate in Advanced Engineered Wood Composites from the University of Maine in December\, 2009. Dr. Oporto has been working at WVU since June\, 2010 and she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2016 in the Wood Science and Technology Program. Her main interests are focused in nanomaterials and its application in advanced composites\, and biomaterials from lignocellulosic sources.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-seminar-series-gloria-oporto/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Lori Eckhardt":MAILTO:eckhalg@auburn.edu
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