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View some of the previous events hosted in the last year by the BRC.

BRS: Peter Chesson "Aedt: the new equilibrium for the nonequilibrium world of an ever-changing climate"

March 11, 2020
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Elizabeth Wolkovich, cookies Ellen N and Carla DF Abstract: The concept of equilibrium has always been controversial but always central in ecological thought. The problem is that most natural populations fluctuate greatly, and may exhibit trends on observable time scales. In the past, there...

BLISS

March 6, 2020
2212 Main Mall
room 224
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. schedule...

BRS: Cathy Pfister "The dynamics of Kelp forests in the northeast Pacific and their diverse contributions to coastal productivity."

March 4, 2020
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Chris Harley, cookies provided by Alyssa G and Sandra E abstract: As foundational species, the underwater forests comprised of kelp species have known importance as habitat for fishes and invertebrates. I will show kelp forests also have significant effects on seawater chemistry, productivity...

BLISS

February 28, 2020
2212 Main Mall
room 224
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. schedule...

BRS: Evolution lecture Nancy Emery "The evolution of dispersal in heterogeneous environments"

February 26, 2020
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: graduate students, cookies Pirmin N and Tom B Abstract: Dispersal plays a central role in adaptive evolution by determining the range of environments that are colonized and the extent of gene flow that occurs among populations. At the same time, an individual’s dispersal strategy is...

BLISS (cancelled)

February 21, 2020
2212 Main Mall
room 224
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. schedule...

BRS: no seminar READING WEEK

February 19, 2020
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: none

BLISS

February 14, 2020
2212 Main Mall
room 224
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. schedule...

BRS: Lauren Shoemaker "The role of environmental variability and food web structure for species coexistence"

February 12, 2020
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Rachel Germain, cookies Angie N and Mia W Abstract: Environmental variability and interspecific interactions are two cornerstones of the longstanding effort to understand how species coexist and the mechanisms that maintain biodiversity. Recently it has become evident that these two factors...

BLISS

February 7, 2020
2212 Main Mall
room 224
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. schedule...