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SUMMARY:Rafael D'Andrea (Stony Brook University): Counting niches: Can spatial patterns reveal niche partitioning in tropical forests?
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nWe investigate the idea that tropical biodiversity is maintained by a combination of niche segregation and niche sharing among species by asking whether tree species in Barro Colorado Island\, Panama\, fall into groups differing by the local conditions where they typically occur. We first group together species often found near each other\, then show that the resulting three groups are statistically associated with distinct local nutrient levels. Finally\, we find clear distinctions among those groups in traits associated with life history strategies. \nZoom link: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 \nPast lectures are on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoreticalEcologySeminarSeries \neventbrite link (for reminders): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theoretical-ecology-seminar-series-tickets-119884512805
URL:https://iite.info/event/rafael-dandrea-stony-brook-university/
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SUMMARY:Jacob D. O’Sullivan (Queen Mary): The emergent macroecology of Lotka-Volterra metacommunities
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nFor decades Lotka-Volterra community models have been used to try to understand how ecological interactions may drive community-scale properties such as species richness\, network structure\, and species abundance distributions; in short the various dimensions of biodiversity. Here I show how extending the basic community models into spatially and environmentally heterogeneous landscapes can help us understand how local scale ecological processes – abiotic and biotic filtering\, and dispersal – can propagate up the organisational hierarchy to determine regional scale patterns in biodiversity. \nZoom link: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 \nPast lectures are on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoreticalEcologySeminarSeries
URL:https://iite.info/event/jacob-d-osullivan-queen-mary-the-emergent-macroecology-of-lotka-volterra-metacommunities/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T090000
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SUMMARY:Mathew Leibold (University of Florida): Linking process to pattern in community assembly in diverse metacommunities
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nI’m interested in exploring the degree to which theory on ‘disordered systems’ to community assembly can be linked to statistical methods of pattern analysis. Here\, I hope to describe the problem and outline some possible approaches and answers. By doing so\, I hope to generate interest and discussion on possible solutions. \nZoom link: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 \nPast lectures are on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoreticalEcologySeminarSeries
URL:https://iite.info/event/mathew-leibold-university-of-florida-linking-process-to-pattern-in-community-assembly-in-diverse-metacommunities/
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SUMMARY:Laura Dee (Colorado Boulder): Putting ecological theory to work for conservation
DESCRIPTION:Abstract. Two grand challenges of our time are climate change and biodiversity loss. This talk focuses on the fundamental question of: to what extent can ecological theory help us understand the consequences of these global changes to inform conservation?  I will present two examples investigating this larger question: 1) the consequences of extreme events in boreal forests for ecological stability versus ecosystem services outcomes’ and the 2) vulnerability of food webs versus ecosystem services to species losses in coastal food webs.  In the first case\, commonly used ecological measures also fall short of predicting disturbance impacts on forest ecosystem services–  exhibiting low correlations or systematic biases. In the other case\, food web robustness is strongly related to ecosystem service robustness in aggregate\, but different types of ecosystem services vary dramatically in their robustness to species’ losses. Together\, this work highlights that the complex nature of socioeconomic and ecological systems create challenges for extrapolating ecological theory to understand threats from global change for conservation goals .  Thus\, I will highlight exciting research avenues for discussion on how ecological theory to contribute to conservation and interdisciplinary research in our inherently socio-environmental systems. 
URL:https://iite.info/event/laura-dee-colorado-boulder-tba/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211026T090000
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SUMMARY:Rachel Germain (UBC): Theory in service of empirical research: examples from experiments on the ecology and evolution of species coexistence
DESCRIPTION:Science operates through a healthy feedback between theory and experiments. As an empiricist who uses theory for different purposes\, I will begin by describing some barriers to more fully integrating theory into empirical research in ecology and evolution (and how to overcome those barriers). I will then describe two applications of theory in my own work: 1. how empirical findings have inspired new questions to be addressed theoretically\, and\, 2. how ecological theories guide the questions I ask and the experiments I design (and some challenges to doing so). Within this overarching framework\, I will focus on several projects\, including: how spatial scale has counter intuitive effects on the evolution of life history strategies\, how species coexistence evolves on microevolutionary and macroevolutionary timescales\, and how coexistence theory can provide insights for speciation.
URL:https://iite.info/event/rachel-germain-ubc/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T090000
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SUMMARY:Robert D. Holt (University of Florida): COVID-19 meets the Hutchinsonian niche
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URL:https://iite.info/event/robert-d-holt-university-of-florida-tba/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211123T090000
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SUMMARY:Jeremy W. Fox (University of Calgary): TBA
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URL:https://iite.info/event/jeremy-w-fox-university-of-calgary-tba/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211207T090000
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SUMMARY:Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion): TBA
DESCRIPTION:Zoom link: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 \nPast lectures are on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoreticalEcologySeminarSeries
URL:https://iite.info/event/ehud-meron-ben-gurion-tba/
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