Monthly Archives: November 2011

Next up for the theoretical cafe: Justin Marleau, PhD student in the Loreau Lab, discusses space. Space in ecology: methods and models. A survey in the methods and models used in spatial ecology, with a focus on which model frameworks … Continue reading →

Next up, on November 14, 2011, 11am, in W3/18, Stewart: Mehdi Cherif (Fussman Post-doc) will present: Ecological stoichiometry: a stereoscopic vision of trophic interactions and food webs! Ecological stoichiometry is a recent approach in ecology that considers jointly the multiple … Continue reading →

The Eco-Theoretic Cafe has just received a $785 grant from the Post-Graduate Student Society! Although there are restrictions on what we can buy, we will discuss ideas next meeting. Hurrah!

Ben Haller recently suggested that the Eco-theoretic Cafe should step-up and protect the theoretical aspect of McGill’s Biology Department.  The worry is, with Claire de Mazancourt and Michel Loreau leaving soon, a large part of theoretical ecology and evolution will … Continue reading →

First meeting a success. 11 students from 8 different labs discussed many things, such as: 1. Purpose of the cafe: to create cross-talk between labs (both theoretical and not) 2. Comparison of the mathematical method and the  scientific method: one … Continue reading →