Nutritional Ecology Webinar Series

TWS Nutritional Ecology Webinar Series

The Wildlife Society’s Nutritional Ecology Working Group has facilitated a webinar series showcasing the diversity of nutritional ecology research. All webinars can be watched live, and they all are recorded and can be watched by clicking on the webinar title below:

2022/2023 winter webinars TBD

Recorded Nutritional Ecology Webinars

March 9^th, 2022 – Sue Ishaq – University of Maine. “Moose rumen microbes and you”

February 9^th, 2022 – Candace Williams – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. “Gut microbiota and their role in rhinoceros infertility”

January 12^th, 2022 – Denise Dearing University of Utah “Metabolic enabling and detoxification by gut microbes”

December 8^th, 2021 – Kevin Kohl – University of Pittsburgh. “Who’s in charge here?: Microbial contributions to animal physiology, ecology, and evolution” (Presentation not recorded)

November 10^th, 2021 – Jennifer Forbey – Boise State University. “Manipulating metabolites & microbes to manage wild herbivores”

March 3^rd, 2021 — Katie Christie, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “Winter diet and food selection by collared pikas in changing alpine ecosystems of Alaska”.

February 3^rd, 2021 — Morag Dick – Western University. “Sugar metabolism in hummingbirds and bats”.

January 6^th, 2021 — Jessica Rothman – Hunter College of the City University of New York. “Nutrient balancing in African monkeys and apes”.

December 2^nd, 2020 — David Press, Dane Horowski – National Park Service; Kristin Denryter, Brandon Munk – California Department of Fish and Game. “The Interface of Nutrition and Disease in a Coastal Ungulate – Tule Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, California”.

November 4^th, 2020 — Scott McWilliams, University of Rhode Island. “The nutritional and physiological ecology of migratory birds”.