The Biodiversity Research Centre

of The University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada

Biodiversity Discussion Group

Winter-Spring 2008
In this group, we read papers that relate to biodiversity from both ecological and evolutionary perspectives.


Date       Discussion leader    Topic Key Paper Background
Thurs Jan. 31 Will Cornwell Adaptive evolution in an ecological context
 Ackerly, D. 2003.
Thurs Feb. 7 Dilara Ally Evolution and climate change Gienapp et al 2008
Thurs Feb. 14 Jake Goheen Cheetahs in Kansas? Really? Donlan et al Nature Caro in TREE
Donlan et al 2006 Am Nat
Janzen and Martin 1982 Science
Thurs. Feb. 21 Travis Ingram Evolution and Trophic Interactions Yoshida et al 2007
Thurs. Feb 28 Jon Shurin The Biodiversity Paradox Clark et al 2007 Chesson and Rees's response
Clark's rejoinder
Clark 2004 (original model)
Thurs. March 6 Katrina Dlugosch Genetic diversity and invasions Crutsinger et al 2008
Thurs. March 13 Mark Vellend A general theory of ecology Scheiner and Willig 2008
Thurs. March 20 Jordan Rosenfeld How do different sized animals use space? Haskell et al. 2002 Jetz et al
Pazzua et al
Sherwood et al
Thurs. March 27 Brent Gurd Maximizing biodiversity per dollar Underwood et al. 2008
Thurs. April 3 Anne Bjorkman Future battlegrounds for conservation Lee and Jetz 2008
Thurs. April 10 Andrea Stephens Biodiverisity inhibits evolution in a changing environment de Mazancourt et al. 2008
Thurs. April 17 Hannes Dempewolf Conservation and evolution Mace and Purvis 2008
Thurs. April 24 Will and Andrea Adaptive evolution in experiments Strauss et al 2008
Thurs. May 1 Special session: Isabelle Cote (SFU) in Biosci 5458 100 questions of greatest importance to conservation Sutherland et al 2006

We meet in the Cowan room (Biosci 2318) from 10 to 11 on thursday mornings (unless otherwise noted).

please e-mail will cornwell if you have questions.