Congratulations!
Congratulations to the following who successfully defended their M.Sc. theses recently:
Mr. G. Brown - Spatial behaviour and habitat utilization of elk (Cervus elaphus) in the French River and Burwash Regions of Ontario. Supervisor: Dr. F.F. Mallory
Mr. S. McAughey - Spawning site selection by lake trout Salvelinus namaycush (Walbum) after loss of historic spawning sites. Supervisor: Dr. J. Gunn
Hearty congratulations to Ms. Tracy Oost (M.Sc. candidate) who was recently awarded a research grant from the Forensic Sciences Foundation's Lucas Research Grant Program for 1998-99. The award is for $500 (U.S.) and was based on her thesis research proposal Analysis of Bone Citrate as a Method of Determining Postmortem Interval in Adult Human Skeletal Remains. Tracy is the first Laurentian University student, and to our knowledge, the first in Canada, to receive a grant through this arm of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Presentations
On September 16 and 17, Dr. F.V. Clulow and Prof. Keith Winterhalder were invited participants in a Seminar on Environmental Baseline Studies in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the workshop, organized by CANMET and INTEMIN (Argentina's parallel agency), Dr. Clulow spoke on approaches to animal baseline studies, and Prof. Winterhalder on vegetation and soils. While in Argentina, they visited the Chubut region of Patagonia and examined an area that made a lasting impression on Charles Darwin. They visited the Magellanic or jackass penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) reserve at Punta Tumbo where half a million or so penguins breed, the Península Valdés fauna reserve, where they observed the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) at Puerto Pirámide in the Golfo Nuevo, and southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) and southern sea lions (Otaria flavescens) in the Punta Delgada area. Also seen in the wild in Patagonia were armadillos, ostrich-like rheas (Rhea americana), and guanacos (Lama guanicoes) from which the llama and alpaca are believed to have been domesticated.
Publications
Brooks, S.E. and J.D. Shorthouse. 1998. Developmental morphology of stem galls of Diplolepis nodulosa (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and those modified by the inquiline Periclistus pirata (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on Rosa blanda (Rosaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 76: 365-381.
Ratiarson, A. 1998. Le cancer du col: une maladie virale transmise sexuellement? Le Clinicien 13: 139-148.
Shorthouse, J.D. and S.E. Brooks. 1998. Biology of the galler Diplolepis rosaefolii (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), its associated component community, and host shift to the shrub rose Thérèse Bugnet. The Canadian Entomologist 130: 357-366.
Activities
LAURENTIAN HOSTS ENTOMOLOGY CONFERENCE
The 135th annual conference of the Entomological Society of Ontario was held at Laurentian University on October 16 and 17. Papers presented by graduate students on October 17 will be listed in a future edition. A special symposium entitled Insects in Human-Disturbed Ecosystems was held on the afternoon of October 17. Invited papers were presented on Insects in Agroecosystems, Insects in Forest Ecosystems, Insects in Aquatic Ecosystems, and Insects in Mining and Smelter-Altered Ecosystems. A banquet took place at Science North on the evening of October 17.
Alumni News
Congratulations to alumnus Dr. Bruce Wainman, now on faculty at McMaster University, on the publication of his book Lipids in Freshwater Ecosystems (Springer-Verlag, NY), co-authored with Dr. M.T. Arts.