Seminar details coming soon! Details on September's Funk Biogeography Seminar are coming soon!Check out our Facebook or BlueSky accounts to get the latest updates. Register here! In the meantime, learn more about the speaker and their work at... University of Alberta directory [...]
The Landscape Ecology Group at the University of Potsdam invites applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position (100%, TV-L 13), starting as soon as possible. We work at the interface of biodiversity science, trait-based and functional ecology, spatial/community ecology, and quantitative modelling, aiming to understand and predict biodiversity patterns across spatial scales. The position offers [...]
The origin and fate of megadiversity: A look from the northern Andes Northern South America harbors an extraordinary share of the world's biological diversity, and explaining how that diversity came to be has long occupied biogeographers. This talk brings together two lines of work in my lab on how tropical [...]
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Revisiting generality in the global latitudinal gradient in species richness across ocean and land (and the 20°C effect) Recent discoveries show that the global latitudinal gradient in marine species richness is bimodal, peaking in mid-latitudes (not at the equator as commonly believed). The dip at the equator has been getting [...]
Applications sought to join the editorial board of Frontiers of Biogeography Call to TIBS members: Would you like to become an editor for Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society? The journal is seeking new editors to join the existing international team of editors and, [...]
Climate, disturbances, and human activities as drivers of tropical forest and savanna dynamics across temporal scales Tropical forests and savannas are often described as alternative stable states maintained by feedbacks between disturbances (especially fire) and vegetation structure, although the strength and generality of these feedbacks remain debated. Their limited representation [...]
Phylogenetic models of historical biogeography Fully understanding how any species evolved involves knowing where it lived. As the complete biogeographic history for most lineages cannot be directly observed, biologists often use phylogenetic models to reconstruct ancestral species ranges and to infer regional rates of dispersal, speciation, and extinction. This talk will [...]
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Forecasting like a climate scientist - predicting biodiversity change in the Anthropocene Biodiversity and ecosystems are degrading worldwide in response to multiple anthropogenic pressures. Yet, our ability to anticipate these changes remains limited. Current approaches are largely retrospective, making it difficult to evaluate future risks or the consequences of different [...]
