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SUMMARY:"The Economics of Carnivorous Plants"
DESCRIPTION:<p>Come join us as Jim Karagatzides<span style="font-size: x-small;" size="
 2">, </span>Professor in the School of Environmental Studies, Georgian Coll
 ege, tells us about the world of plants that "bite" back.</p><p>Carnivorous
  plants have “turned the tables” on animals through the evolution of elabor
 ate traps to catch and process prey. This presentation will describe the co
 sts to build snap-traps, sticky pads and pitfall traps. However, as Seinfel
 d’s father taught us about the business world, it’s about your margins – th
 e difference between your costs and benefits. We will therefore calculate t
 he benefit obtained by carnivorous plants through the consumption of prey a
 nd then determine the amortization time to pay back the investment in elabo
 rate traps – just as many of us have done for a mortgage.</p><p> <br />Jim 
 received a B.A. in Geography & Biology from York University and a M.Sc. in 
 Geography from Simon Fraser University. He then worked as a research techni
 cian for 4 years in the Botany department at the University of Toronto and 
 7 years in the Environmental Studies and Biology departments at Trent Unive
 rsity before returning to school to obtain a Ph.D. in Geography from Queen'
 s University. He received a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the federal govern
 ment which he used to learn about carnivorous plants at the Harvard Forest.
  Jim then returned to his home town of Toronto and landed at Georgian Colle
 ge in 2010 as a Professor in the School of Environmental Studies.Jim’s rese
 arch experience has been in a variety of environments ranging from the high
  Arctic to Belize and west to Clayoquot Sound. This research has focused la
 rgely on pollution concerns such as the effects of acid rain on sugar maple
  forests or on the growth of carnivorous plants. Recent research focuses on
  contaminants in First Nations communities - for example, the effects of sp
 ent lead shot-shell on the environment and human health in the Fort Albany 
 First Nation of James Bay. On the teaching side, Jim and his colleagues are
  keen to develop Georgian’s 40 acres adjacent to the Minesing Wetlands (nea
 r the Snow Valley Ski Resort) into an outdoor classroom and field station.<
 /p>
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