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Lab Seminar - Spatial Management of Disease in Aquaculture

Thomas (TJ) updated his research on disease control in aquaculture. Disease plays a critical role in the productivity of agricultural systems. In a spatially connected environment, failure to prevent disease transmission between production sites or firms can lead to costly production externalities. In Chile's aquaculture industry, salmon farmers must contend with pathogens that are transmissible over long distances via current and tidal flow.

Lab Seminar - Modeling ecosystem service conflicts in China's Lake Poyang

Xiurou Wu updated her research on addressing ecosystem service trade-offs in China's Lake Poyang. This research proposes a model of ecosystem service management that takes into account the conflict between fisheries operations and conservation of endangered and threatened waterfowl, specifically Siberian Cranes. The model is calibrated to fit the example of China’s largest freshwater lake, Lake Poyang, the wintering ground for the last surviving population of Siberian Cranes.

Lab Seminar - Ecological interventions to fight diseases: when objectives are misaligned

François Castonguay presented his research on ecological interventions on environmentally transmitted diseases (ETD). This is joint work with Jim Sanchirico and Chris Hoover (UCSF). Ecological interventions are nonpharmaceutical actions that individuals and communities can take to reduce disease transmission by considering the interactions among the different disease-carrying organisms and their environment.

Lab Seminar - Encouraging the defragmentation of habitat on private lands

Pierce Donovan presented his research on habitat defragmentation on private lands. Endangered species conservation is a public issue that often resides on private lands. As land is developed, habitat fragmentation weakens natural ecosystem function and decreases the probability of long-run species viability. Common solutions to this fragmentation problem involve conservation banking, trade-able development rights, or safe harbor agreements.

Lab Seminar - Hazard modelling of insect invasion risk globally—identifying the relative role of international trade and other drivers

Paul Mwebaze shared his research on invasive species coauthored with Michael Springborn. The socioeconomic and biological drivers of historical global ant invasions were investigated by fitting a Cox proportional hazards model. Invasion is a function of historical trade-flows and biogeographic factors, such as climatic similarity (CS) to the native range, and individual species life history traits...