Robert Junker Seminar
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Prof. Dr. Robert R. Junker will give an online presentation on Thursday 29th October at 12:15-13:15 CET. Robert is based in the Department of Biology at Marburg University, Germany. In his talk, he will discuss mechanisms underlying ecological stability.
Mechanisms underlying ecological stability
Global change drivers restructure communities, are major drivers of biodiversity decline, and thus destabilize ecosystems. Nonetheless, some individuals, species, and communities better tolerate environmental stresses than others suggesting specific mechanisms increasing their resilience and resistance. In my talk I will explore ecological processes underlying ecosystem stability and plant tolerance: 1) Response diversity, which is the ability of some species to compensate for the loss of others due to different responses to environmental changes, has been identified as an important but understudied component of biodiversity that facilitates ecosystem stability. 2) Universal trait spaces that may help to align responses to global change drivers across taxa. Understanding these mechanisms will help to inform conservation efforts protecting natural or restoring degraded ecosystems.
The details
🕒 When: Thursday 29th October at 12:15-13:15 CET (Zurich time; 11:15 UK, 20:15 Japan, 07:15 Eastern, 04:15 Pacific, 11:15 UTC).
📍 Where: The seminar will be held on Zoom click here. It will be recorded and made available afterwards on the RDN Youtube channel.
🤝 This seminar is in collaboration with the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich. Host: Owen Petchey. More information about the seminar series is available here.
🔗 Zoom link: https://uzh.zoom.us/j/64390599791?pwd=MoADAJz6dJRRmHEu1pRdnxpMQPozU9.1
By the way
We aim to have seminars on every last Wednesday of the month. If you have any suggestions for future speakers, please let us know. We will alternate the time of the seminars to accommodate different time zones.