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--_000_3D3398EBD8944209B5F1E83444CBAA0Bdalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable May be of interest to some NatureNS birders, see below. Take the elevator to the 5th floor in the Biology Dept, LSC; 5th floor Loun= ge is at the end of the corridor. (This is in the Life Sciences Ctr, Dalhou= sie Univ: the LSC megastructure building sits off Oxford St, near the inter= section with South St). Seating is likely to be limited if the talk is popular, sometimes you have = to stand. Parking will also be difficult at 3:30PM =97 try Oxford St (2 ho= urs) or a parking meter, e.g. in new Steele Ocean Building lot. Subject: FW: BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Thursday, November 17 @ 3:30 pm, Dalhousie U= niv Date: November 14, 2016 at 9:15:31 AM AST Hi all, Please join us for this week=92s Biology Department Seminar, from = 3:30-4:40 in the 5thFloor Biology Lounge. We=92ll hear from Dr. Joe Nocera= , Assistant Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at = the University of New Brunswick. TITLE: =93Are declining aerial insectivore populations limited by food or = habitat?=94 ABSTRACT: Aerial insectivores, a guild including bird species that forage = on flying insects, have experienced marked population declines in North Ame= rica; however, the reasons for the declines are not well understood. Explan= ations have centered on species-specific habitat loss or the fact that all = aerial insectivores share a common diet. Management of aerial insectivore = populations seems to have been exclusively focused on habitat issues, despi= te the commonality among them all in terms of diet. I argue that this may = be a function of tractability: managing habitat is a much more tractable ex= ercise than trying to manage insect prey populations. Through intensive st= udies of Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) and Eastern Whip-poor-will (Ant= rostomus vociferus) I have investigated several hypotheses to explain the d= ecline aerial insectivore populations. In addition, I have taken broader vi= ews to investigate issues that may affect the entire guild. I will present= evidence that illustrates that for some species, such as Chimney Swifts, h= abitat is not a limiting factor but prey is. For other species, like the E= astern Whip-poor-will, the causes behind population decline are more comple= x and involve both habitat changes and prey populations. I will conclude w= ith a broad overview that assesses population limitations on the wintering = grounds as well. For meetings with Dr. Nocera, please contact Tara Imlay <tara.imlay@gmail.c= om<mailto:tara.imlay@gmail.com>> --_000_3D3398EBD8944209B5F1E83444CBAA0Bdalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <66877F9930C98640AD6F3F361EBC2046@namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space;"> <div> <div>May be of interest to some NatureNS birders, see below. </= div> <div>Take the elevator to the 5th floor in the Biology Dept, LSC; 5th floor= Lounge is at the end of the corridor. (This is in the Life Sciences Ctr, D= alhousie Univ: the LSC megastructure building sits off Oxford St, near the = intersection with South St). </div> <div>Seating is likely to be limited if the talk is popular, sometimes you = have to stand. Parking will also be difficult at 3:30PM =97 try Oxfor= d St (2 hours) or a parking meter, e.g. in new Steele Ocean Building lot.</= div> <div><br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi= n-left: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subje= ct: </b> </span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>FW: BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Th= ursday, November 17 @ 3:30 pm, Dalhousie Univ</b><br> </span></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi= n-left: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date:= </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">November 14, 2016 at 9= :15:31 AM AST<br> </span></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi= n-left: 0px;"> <br> </div> <div> <div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72" style=3D"font-family= : Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; fon= t-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: aut= o; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> <div class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1;"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-size: 11pt; font= -family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <span lang=3D"EN-US">Hi all, </span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;">= Please join us for this week=92s Biology Department Seminar, from 3:30-4:40= in the 5</span><sup>th</sup><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;">Floor Biology= Lounge. We=92ll hear from Dr. Joe Nocera, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the Univers= ity of New Brunswick.</span><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;"> </span><= /p> <div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calib= ri, sans-serif;"> <span lang=3D"EN-US">TITLE: <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbs= p;</span><b><i><span style=3D"">=93Are declining aerial insectivore populat= ions limited by food or habitat?=94</span></i></b></span><span style=3D"fon= t-size: 11pt;"> </span></div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-= family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"> <span lang=3D"EN-US">ABSTRACT: Aerial insectivores, a guild including= bird species that forage on flying insects, have experienced marked popula= tion declines in North America; however, the reasons for the declines are n= ot well understood. Explanations have centered on species-specific habitat loss or the fact that all aerial insectivores = share a common diet. Management of aerial insectivore populations see= ms to have been exclusively focused on habitat issues, despite the commonal= ity among them all in terms of diet. I argue that this may be a function of tractability: managing habitat is a= much more tractable exercise than trying to manage insect prey populations= . Through intensive studies of Chimney Swifts (<i>Chaetura pelagica</= i>) and Eastern Whip-poor-will (<i>Antrostomus vociferus</i>) I have investigated several hypotheses to explain the decli= ne aerial insectivore populations. In addition, I have taken broader views = to investigate issues that may affect the entire guild. I will presen= t evidence that illustrates that for some species, such as Chimney Swifts, habitat is not a limiting factor but= prey is. For other species, like the Eastern Whip-poor-will, the cau= ses behind population decline are more complex and involve both habitat cha= nges and prey populations. I will conclude with a broad overview that assesses population limitations on the winterin= g grounds as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calib= ri, sans-serif;"> <span lang=3D"EN-US">For meetings with Dr. Nocera, please contact Tara Imla= y <<a href=3D"mailto:tara.imlay@gmail.com" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, = 114); text-decoration: underline;">tara.imlay@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p><= /span></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calib= ri, sans-serif;"> <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </body> </html> --_000_3D3398EBD8944209B5F1E83444CBAA0Bdalca_--
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