March 20, 2013
His seminar, the first of the department's spring seminars, is from 12:05 to 1 p.m. It will be recorded and available later on UCTV.
"Despite aggressive and costly efforts by government agencies to prevent their introduction, establishment and spread, California has experienced an inexorable march of tropical fruit flies (Tephritidae) into the state with three-fold more species detected and thousands more flies captured than in all other mainland U.S. states combined," Carey says.
"Since 1954 when the first fly was detected a total of 17 species in 4 genera and 11,386 individuals (adults/larvae) have been detected at over 3,348 locations in 330 cities. My colleagues and I conclude from spatial mapping analyses of historical capture patterns and modeling that, despite the approximately 250 emergency eradication projects that have been directed against these pests by state and federal agencies, a minimum of 5 and as many as 9 or more tephritids are established and widespread. This list includes three of the most economically-important species in the world—the Mediterranean, Mexican and oriental fruit flies."
Carey, professor and the former vice chair of the Department of Entomology, focuses his research on insect demography, mortality dynamics, and insect invasion biology. He received his bachelor and master of science degrees from Iowa State University (1973; 1975) and his doctorate in entomology from UC Berkeley (1980).
He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Gerontological Society of America, the California Academy of Science, and the Entomological Society of America. Carey served on the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Medfly Scientific Advisory Panel from 1987-1994, testified to the California Legislature "Committee of the Whole" in 1990 on the Medfly Crisis in California, and authored the paper "Establishment of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly in California" (1992, Science 258, 457).
Coordinating the spring quarter-seminars are assistant professors Joanna Chiu and Brian Johnson. All seminars will take place on Wednesday from 12:05 to 1 p.m. in Room 1022 of Life Sciences Addition except for the Storer Lecture (see below)
The list of speakers:
April 3
James R. Carey
Professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology
Title: "From Trickle to Flood: The Large-scale, Cryptic Invasion of California by Tropical Fruit Flies"
April 10
Claudio Gratton
Associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Title: "Sustainable Bioenergy Landscapes: Can We Balance Our Need for Production and Diodiversity?"
Host: Katharina Ullman of Neal Williams lab
April 17
Bradley White
Assistant professor, UC Riverside
Title: "Ecological Genomics of Malaria Mosquitoes"
Host: Greg Lanzaro
April 24
David Goulson
Professor, University of Stirling, U.K.
Title: "The Ecology and Conservation of Bumble Bees"
Host: Neal Williams
May 1
Jeffrey Aldrich
Associate Entomologist, UC Davis
Title: The North American Invasion of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha hales(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) and Its Semiochemistry"
Host: Kelly Hamby
May 8
Brittany Nelms (Exit seminar)
Doctoral candidate, UC Davis
Title: "Overwintering Biology of Culex Mosquitoes in California and Their Potential Role as Overwintering Reservoirs of West Nile Virus"
Host: William Reisen
May 22
Sanford Eigenbrode
Professor, University of Idaho
Title: Variable Climates and Insects Affecting PNW Cereal Cropping Systems
Host: Michael Parrella
May 29
Fran Keller (exit seminar)
Doctoral candidate, UC Davis
Title: "Taxonomy of Stenomorpha Solier, 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Asidini"
Host: Lynn Kimsey
STORER ENDOWMENT IN LIFE SCIENCES
June 5
Nancy Moran
Professor, Yale University
Title: TBA
Time: 4:10 p.m.
Site: Genome Center Lecture Hall
Host: Leslie Saul-Gershanz
Reception to follow in Gunrock
--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
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