The Biodiversity Research Centre
of The University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia |
Biodiversity Discussion Group
| Fall 2010
For the Spring 2011 schedule please click here. Welcome to the Biodiversity Discussion Group (BDG) at the Biodiversity Research Centre of the University of British Columbia. We meet to discuss recent research papers and topics in biodiversity from both ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Any interested undergraduates, graduates, postdocs, and faculty are welcome to suggest papers and join the discussion. Location: We meet at 2 PM on Thursdays in room 225 in the Beatty Biodiversity building. Information on the BDG mailing list is below. |
| Date | Topic/Title | PDF(s) | Discussion Leader |
| Thu Sept 9 | Organizational Meeting | Optional discussion: Clavero, TREE, in press | |
| Thu Sept 16 | Relatives are trouble: soil microbes, density dependence, and patterns of commonness and rarity in tropical forests | Comita et al. Science 2010 pdf; Mangan et al. Nature 2010 pdf; Commentary on both: pdf | Nathan Kraft |
| Thu Sept 23 | Organismal traits are more important than environment for species interactions in the intertidal zone | Wood et al. Ecology Letters 2010 pdf | Jill Jankowski |
| Thu Sept 30 | Stochastic community assembly causes higher biodiversity in more productive environments | Chase Science 2010 pdf | Vera Tai |
| Thu Oct 7 | Positive diversity-stability relationships in forest herb populations during four decades of community assembly | Dovciak and Halpern 2010 Ecology Letters pdf | Laura Southcott |
| Thu Oct 14 | Local adaptation and the evolution of species' ranges under climate change | Atkins and Travis, J. Theor. Bio. 2010 pdf, F1000 evaluations link | Mike Barker |
| Thu Oct 21 | Regional species pools control community saturation in lake phytoplankton | Ptacnik et al. 2010 Proc. Royal Society B pdf, F1000 eval | Andrew MacDonald |
| Thu Oct 28 | Did genetic drift drive increases in genome complexity? | Whitney and Garland 2010 PLoS Genetics pdf, background: Lynch & Conery Science 2003 pdf | Jackie Dee |
| Thu Nov 4 | Consequences of realistic patterns of biodiversity loss: an experimental test from the intertidal zone | Walker and Thompson 2010 pdf | Martha Essak |
| Thu Nov 11 | No meeting: Rememberance Day | ||
| Thu Nov 18 | Bird population trends are linearly affected by climate change along species thermal ranges | Jiguet et al. 2010 ProcB pdf | Heather Kharouba |
| Thu Nov 25 | Beyond the Fragmentation Threshold Hypothesis: Regime Shifts in Biodiversity Across Fragmented Landscapes | Pardini et al 2010 PLoS One pdf | Gennifer Meldrum |
| Thu Dec 2 | Evolutionary history and distance dependence control survival of dipterocarp seedlings | Bagchi et al 2010 Ecology Letters pdf, related background paper by Webb et al. link | Ian MacLachlan |
| Thu Dec 9 | Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities | Mayfield and Levine 2010 Ecology Letters pdf, F1000 eval | Rebecca Rundell |
Spring 2010 schedule
Mailing List: Email may be sent to the list at bdg@zoology.ubc.ca.
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Please e-mail Nathan Kraft or Mike Barker if you have questions.