Biosciences Seminar Series - Autumn 2018
01 November 2018 - 1pm - Zoology Museum
Climate change is leading to shifts in the geographic locations over which species can persist. Projections of climate change can be characterised in terms of the rate of this shift - the velocity of climate change. Mathematical models (Integrodifference equations) combine knowledge of demography and dispersal to project a species' rate of population spread - the wavespeed – which can be compared against the velocity of climate change. We are interested in calculating wavespeed for a wide variety of species, but there are demography and dispersal data for very few. We have therefore used data synthesis, mechanistic models and "virtual species" to provide a more complete picture of variation in spread rates and risks from climate change.
Hope to see many of you - everyone most welcome to attend!
For the list of forthcoming seminars see here
For the list of forthcoming seminars see here
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