2005 Southeastern Louisiana Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Group Lecture

Annual SLEEB Lectures

 Founded in 1989 by faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, The Southeastern Louisiana Ecology and Evolutionary Biology group is a regional professional organization of researchers and educators dedicated to studying and teaching ecology and evolution.   The group includes over 40 faculty members from six regional institutions, Loyola, Tulane, Xavier, University of New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University, LSU, Nicholls State University and research centers of the U.S. Forest Service.   For more information on SLEEB, click here.


About our Speaker

Dr. Paine is a member of National Academy of Sciences and is an internationally renowned scholar in the ecological sciences.   His research interests broadly span the fields of ecology and conservation biology.   His studies have focused on understanding community ecology of Pacific Coast rocky intertidal organisms, especially how they interact with one another and respond to environmental challenges.   His research papers in the early 1960s, including especially the development of the concept of keystone species, helped to establish the field of ecology as a science.  His work is described and serves as a centerpiece in many ecology, conservation biology, and general biology textbooks.    More recently, Dr. Paine has become a player in a conservation controversy involving the salmon fisheries of the Pacific Northwest