Prof. Marcel E. Visser, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Heteren.
Co-referee Dr. Liesbeth van der Waaij, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Wageningen University
Climate change has led to shifts in phenology in many species. Prof. Marcel Visser, head of the Department of Animal Population Biology at NIOO-KNAW, will focus on the food chain oak – winter moth – great tit / pied flycatcher and address three questions: why has climate change disrupted the synchrony in this food chain; will natural selection restore this disruption; and what are the population consequences if this restoration does not, or at a too slow rate, occur.
Zodiac academic lectures are an initiative of the Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University. On every first Tuesday of the month, an invited speaker will present a topic related to animal sciences. Speaker and topic will, and are meant to, provoke discussion among the audience of staff, postdocs, PhD and MSc students, and guests. Drinks after the presentation and discussion.
Calendar 2006: 5 Sep APS, 3 Oct QVE, 7 Nov AFI. Calendar 2007: 6 Feb ABG, 6 Mar EZO, 3 Apr HAP, 1 May CBI, 5 Jun ADP, 4 Sep ANU, 2 Oct APS