The New York Entomological Society, Inc.

Incorporating the Brooklyn Entomological Society

American Museum of Natural History

Central Park West at 79^th Street

New York, New York 10024

Phone: 212.769.5613 Fax: 212.769.5277

Email: nyes@amnh.org Web: www.nyentsoc.org

Speaker: Jason Munshi-South, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Graduate Deputy Chair of Biology

Baruch College & The Graduate Center, City University of New York

http://faculty.baruch.cuny.edu/jmunshi-south/

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/envbio/

Presentation:

"Landscape Genetics of White-footed Mice in New York City"

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Following the theme from last month’s lecture on Lyme Disease, we are presenting a little more about one of the hosts. Dr. Munshi-South’s main research interests are the biological responses of wildlife to human-driven environmental change. Previously, he worked exclusively in the Old World tropics, examining the behavioral impacts of logging on small mammal behavior in Borneo and the physiological impacts of oil fields on forest elephants in central Africa. For the past two years, Jason has been using population genetic approaches to examine the evolutionary implications of urbanization for native small mammals in NYC. He teaches courses in ecology, genetics, and conservation biology at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Where: People Center (enter 77^th Street)

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Dinner: 9:00PM - Calle Ocho - 446 Columbus Avenue

Society meetings are always open to the public with no admission charge