BRS: Cameron Ghalambor "Plasticity and the time course of rapid evolution in patterns of gene expression"January 20, 20212212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadahost: Jill JankowskiLearn more
BRS: Will Cornwell "An unresolved problem in ecology: a bottom-up predictive model of body size"January 13, 20212212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadahost: Matt Pennell Abstract: Despite the importance of the processes of respiration and decomposition and the impact of heterotrophic organisms on the cycling of terrestrial carbon, we currently have no theory to predict the body size of a consumer of a piece of organic matter, from an ecosystem...Learn more
BLISSDecember 11, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadaSchedule can be found here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bliss/Learn more
BRS: Holly Moeller "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How acquired metabolism creates ecological opportunity and fuels evolutionary innovation"December 9, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadahost: Jason Pither Abstract: While biologists typically think of an organism's metabolism as hard-wired in its DNA, in reality a vast array of species gain access to additional forms of metabolism through interactions with other species. This acquired metabolism can be obtained through interactions...Learn more
BLISSDecember 4, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadaSchedule can be found here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bliss/Learn more
BRS: Loralee Larios “Disentangling the effects of small mammals on plant community structure”December 2, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadahost: Jennifer Williams Title: “Disentangling the effects of small mammals on plant community structure” Abstract: Determining the factors that regulate plant abundance and composition has been a long-standing endeavor for ecologists. Traditionally, this issue has been addressed with a “bottom-up”...Learn more
BLISSNovember 27, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadaSchedule can be found here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bliss/Learn more
BRS: Belinda Medlyn "Predicting climate change impacts on forests and woodlands"November 25, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadahost: Sean Michaletz Abstract: Climate change, driven by rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations, is well under way. Rising temperatures, increased heat extremes, and hotter (and therefore more severe) droughts are already having major impacts on native vegetation. Predicting the likely impacts of...Learn more
BLISSNovember 20, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadaSchedule can be found here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bliss/Learn more
BRS: Xiangtao Xu "More than deciduous and evergreen: unraveling tropical leaf phenological diversity with observations and models across scales"November 18, 20202212 Main MallVancouver, BCCanadahost: Naomi Schwartz Title: More than deciduous and evergreen: unraveling tropical leaf phenological diversity with observations and models across scales Abstract: Despite being largely depicted as a dichotomy of evergreen and deciduous, tropical forests harbor a wide range of leaf phenological...Learn more