Biodiversity Along Elevation and Productivity Gradients Working Group and mini symposium

Biodiversity along elevation and productivity gradients

GCRC working group and mini-symposium, 22-24 Feb 2023

Co-organizers: Leticia Aviles (Zoology), Jill Jankowki (Zoology), and Naomi Schwartz (Geography)

https://blogs.ubc.ca/leticiaaviles/biodiversity-gradients/

Day 1, Wed, Feb 22

9:30 am coffee and pastries BRC 224

Mini-symposium, Beaty Auditorium, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

10:05    Introduction, Leticia Avilés & Jill Jankowski, UBC, Zoology

10:15   Vegetation structural complexity and biodiversity, Leticia Avilés & Luis Camacho, UBC, Zoology

10:25   Understanding vegetation structure with remote sensing at different scales, Naomi Schwartz, UBC, Geography

10:35   So near and yet so far, beta diversity of frogs in Llanganates National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador, Santiago Ron, PUCE, Quito.

10:50   Bird diversity and habitat structure along elevation gradients, Jill Jankowski, UBC, Zoology

11:00   The importance of connectivity for carnivore richness and occupancy in fragmented biodiversity hotspots, Cindy Hurtado & Cole Burton, UBC, Forestry

11:10 - 11:30 short break

11:30   The geography of ant morphology among colonies, populations and communities, Jean-Phillipe Lessard, Concordia U

11:45   Insect diversity on the tropical Andes, Cesar Cabra-Arias, UBC Zoology

11:55   Changes in the composition of web-building spider communities from the rainforest to the paramo, Andrea Haberkern, UBC Zoology

12:05   Rain intensity and spider web architecture, Yu-Heng Lin, UBC Zoology

12:15   Leaf miners and their parasitoids along the Andes elevational gradient, Karina Torres, UBC Zoology

12: 25 - 13:25 lunch BRC 224

13:25   Collector behaviour affects the assumptions we can make about biodiversity data, Melissa Guzman, U Southern California

13:40   Using the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) database for macroecological studies of Ecuador's biodiversity, Luis Camacho, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

13:50   Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: a simplified overview, Francisco Henao, U Chicago

Day 1, afternoon:

14:30 - 16:30 group discussions with papers from the literature (BioSci 4223 & 4227)

Day 2, Thu, Feb 23 (coffee 9:30 BRC 224 / lunch noon BRC 303)

9:30 - 13:30    work in groups (2-3 topics based on plans for papers): look into preliminary data and analyses (BRC 224 & 303)

14:30 - 16:30  short meeting to report on outcome of group meetings: outlines and data analysis plans (BRC 224)

Day 3, Fri, Feb 24 (coffee 9:30 BRC 224 / lunch noon BRC 303)

9:30 - 13:00    work in groups (2-3 topics based on plans for papers) (BRC 224 & 225)

14:00 - 16:30  report on outcome of subgroups: Next steps and presentations to the rest of the groups (BRC 224)