Addressing Wallacean shortfalls for understudied taxa with species distribution models There is now a wealth of open data on species distributions, but taxonomic biases in favor of charismatic species persist, leaving big gaps for distributional information in the tree of life. Known as Wallacean shortfalls, these gaps make it difficult [...]
Megafaunal diets reveal top-down mechanisms of ecological resilience on the Pleistocene mammoth steppe While there is a growing appreciation of the role that large herbivores play in structuring plant communities and confering ecological resilience at broad spatial scales, empirical tests of these ideas remain rare, especially in deep time. In this [...]
Anthropogenic disassembly of mammal communities past and present Understanding the relative importance of the processes driving the assembly and disassembly of ecological communities is important for basic and applied ecology. In this talk, I will focus on the role of humans in community disassembly. Specifically, I will address historical human impacts on mammal [...]
Join us on Wednesday, January 29 at 10:00 pm UTC, for a talk by Dr. Jamie Wood. A core focus of biogeographical research is how climatic, geological and environmental factors influence the distribution of species on Earth. Yet interactions with other species, through processes such as competition, predation and parasitism, may also strongly influence [...]
A PEEER (Publishing for an Ethical and Equitable Environment in Research) initiative has just relaunched the Biogeography.News website as a venue for highlighting research by early career and under-represented researchers in biogeography. Check out this exciting new website and blog. More to come.
Join us on Wednesday, November 20, at 4:00 pm UTC for the Funk Biogeography Seminar given by Dr. Robin Chazdon. Talk Title: "Leveraging Natural Regeneration of Tropical Forests to Achieve Large-scale Forest Restoration" Forest restoration is a global priority, but we lack a practical framework for matching restoration opportunities with the most appropriate [...]
Join us on Wednesday, October 30, at 4:00 pm UTC for the Funk Biogeography Seminar given by Dr. Amanda Bates. Talk Title: "Evidence for Direct Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity in North America" Understanding the link between biodiversity and climate change is essential for developing effective, long-term climate solutions that promote healthy [...]
Species distribution modeling (SDM) enables conservation scientists to make range estimates for species of concern, as well as predictions of potential range in unsampled areas and for different time periods. With colleagues, we recently (Kass et al., Ecography 2023) developed the application Wallace EcoMod (https://wallaceecomod.github.io/), which offers access to the latest SDM tools through [...]
Join us on Wednesday, September 25, at 4 pm UTC for the Funk Biogeography Seminar given by Sally Keith. Talk Title: "Macrobehaviour: Behavioural Variation Across Space, Time and Taxa " Integrating behavioural ecology and macroecology can provide fundamental new insight into both fields, with particular relevance for understanding ecological responses to rapid environmental change. [...]
Associate or Full Professor – Ohio Eminent Scholar of Ecology with a strong track record of research in ecosystem ecology or related fields. Study areas may include, but are not limited to, the effects and consequences of global change on ecological systems (e.g., effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, or habitat degradation); ecosystem processes (e.g., [...]
