时间：2018年5月4日（星期五）9:30-10:30

报告题目一：Dietary Selection of Free-Ranging Sheep and Goats Raised by Bedouin in the Negev Desert

报告人：Allan Degen

时间：2018年5月4日（星期五）10:40-11:40

报告题目二：Allometry：inter/intea- specific comparisons, empirical views, base models, flaws and conventional modern appeoach

报告人：Michael Kam

地点：宁夏大学科技楼610会议室

邀请单位：宁夏大学农学院草业科学国家重点学科

Allan Degen：

Professor Emeritus, Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev（以色列班古里昂大学）.

RESEARCH INTERESTS：

Livestock production under desert conditions.

Energy and water balances in captive and in free-living desert birds and mammals. Use of isotopes and time energy budgets in field studies.

Reproduction in captive and free-living desert mammals and birds.

Secondary compounds as anti-nutritive agents against grazing herbivores.

Biotic and abiotic effects on behavioral and physiological responses of animals.

Host–parasite relationships and reciprocal physiological and immunological effects.

Michael Kam：

Prof. of Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,Ben- Gurion University of the Negev（以色列班古里昂大学）.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Physiological and behavioral adaptations of birds and mammals to extreme environments.

Energy and water budgets in captive and free-living animals.

Energy allocation during reproduction in captive and free-living animals.

Consequences of energy requirements in free-ranging animals.

Effects of parasites on energy expenditure and reproduction of their hosts.

Diet selection, fiber digestion and utilization of secondary compounds in mammals–basic and applied perspectives.

Efficiency of utilization of metabolizable energy for maintenance, growth and production.