Welcome to Prof. Juha Tuomi seminar

on Flora's day, Fri 13.5.  in YB210 Kuusamo-sali (at 10-12) and Botanical Gardens (at 13-19) !

 

Programme

 

Seminar starts at YB210 Kuusamo-Sali

 

10.00 Opening words by prof. Jari Oksanen

 

10.05 Doc. Timo Vuorisalo, Univ Turku, Mammals and urban ecology

10.40 Dr. Karita Saravesi Univ Oulu, Trees, herbivores and mycorrhizas

11.00 Prof. Anna-Liisa Laine, Univ Helsinki, Variation in within-host pathogen communities: causes and consequences, see http://allaine.it.helsinki.fi/

 

12.00 Lunch at Julinia

 

NOTE! Afternoon programme at Botanical Gardens

 

13.00 Coffee and cake at Botanical Gardens

 

14.00 Prof Veijo Jormalainen,Univ Turku, Current threats to Baltic Sea bladder wrack habitats - climate change and invasive species

 

14.30 Dr. Sari Stark, Univ Lapland, How many study sites is needed for investigating the effects of herbivores on ecosystems?

 

15.00 Dr. Piippa Wäli Univ Oulu, Plant-fungal interactions in subarctic TUNDRA

 

15.30 Doc. Anne Jäkäläniemi, Univ Oulu, Life cycles of plant populations (plus greetings from prof. Elizabeth Crone, Tufts Univ)

 

16.15 -17 presentations by PhD students:

 

Hilde Hens: Population viability analysis of an endangered orchid species: demography and genetics combined,

 

Kirsi Alahuhta & Sonja Hurskainen: Flowers, bees and birds

 

Juho Lämsä: Roboflowers and bees

 

17-19 Wine and snacks at Botanical Gardens