Biosciences Research Seminar - Investigating ecological and evolutionary responses to global environmental change
Part of the Biosciences lunchtime research seminar series
Speaker: Dr Orly Razgour, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, NERC Independent Research Fellow, University of Exeter. Host: Dr Steffen Scholpp. Seminar held via Teams
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Date | 14 May 2020 |
Time | 12:30 to 13:30 |
Place | Via TEAMS https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MWY0Zjk4MjgtZTY0NC00Yjg2LThhZTAtYjljZjI4MWNlMzVk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22912a5d77-fb98-4eee-af32-1334d8f04a53%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%222beeb40c-a019-48ad-b683-65ce2e24e7ba%22%7d |
Event details
Abstract
Climate change will produce a range of new selection pressures forcing many species to move in search of suitable conditions or adapt. Whether organisms can respond to these threats depends on their adaptive capacity or phenotypic plasticity, their dispersal ability, and the rate and magnitude of change. Research carried out in my group combines genomic tools with ecological research, geographic data and modelling approaches to assess and predict how climate and land-use changes affect biodiversity. We focus on bats as important ecosystem components and potential indicators of the state of the environment and other biodiversity. In my talk I will highlight the importance of incorporating adaptive variation, movement processes and biotic interactions when assessing biodiversity vulnerability to global environmental changes.
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Seminar_Series_poster_14052020.pdf | (269K) |
Location:
Via TEAMS