Tag Archives: functional diversity
EcolChange Seminars on 23.03. and 24.03.2022 (in English)
For those who did not get any Email invitations, please note, there are two EcolChange affiliated seminars this week in Tartu, held in English. If you cannot join but would like to know more, feel free to contact the presenters … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar (25th November, Thursday): Enrico Tordoni about the threatened tetrapod diversity in the Anthropocene
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Dr. Enrico Tordoni (Department of Botany, University of Tartu) Title of the talk: Tetrapod diversity in jeopardy in the Anthropocene Time: Thursday, 25 November 2021 at 14.15 Place: Tartu, Lai 40-218 (mandatory for … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar (28th October, Thursday): Catrin Westphal about integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services into cropping systems and agricultural landscapes
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Prof. Catrin Westphal (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Title of the talk: Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services into cropping systems and agricultural landscapes Time: Thursday, 28 October 2021 at 14.15 Place: virtual seminar in Zoom … Continue reading
New publication: Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function
Text by: Carlos Carmona and Riin Tamme A study about how fine root traits fit in plant form and function led by EcolChange members is published in this week’s issue of Nature magazine. The study is also featured on the … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar (12th May, Wednesday): Zdeňka Lososová about the determinants of functional and phylogenetic diversity of plant communities
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Prof. Zdeňka Lososová is an Associate Professor at the Masaryk University in Czechia. She served as an oponent for the PhD defence of Jhonny Capichoni Massante on May 11. Title of … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar: Carlos Pérez Carmona about mapping and exploring the functional spectra across the tree of life
Seminar of the Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Dr. Carlos Pérez Carmona is an Associate Professor in the Macroecology workgroup at the University of Tartu. He is combining analytical tools with experimental approaches to study variation in … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar – Eveli Otsing about the richness patterns of trees and fungi
Seminars of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Eveli Otsing is a PhD student in our Department in the Ecology of Biological Interactions workgroup. Her research aims to shed more light onto the connections between trees (i.e. … Continue reading
New publication – Non-native species led to marked shifts in functional diversity of the world freshwater fish faunas
Text by Aurele Toussaint The biodiversity of freshwater fish fauna disturbed by invasive species Non-native species introductions are recognized as one of the major drivers responsible of the ongoing sixth biodiversity crisis, along with climate change, pollution and habitat loss. … Continue reading
New publication – Homogenization and impoverishment of taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Eucalyptus plantations
Text Carlos P. Carmona Eucalyptus species are among the most most controversial and frequently used species in forests plantations worldwide. These plantations occupy a huge surface in many countries, with almost 8 millions ha in Brazil alone, where they are … Continue reading
New publication – Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions
Text by Lauri Laanisto Seems like macroecology has finally arrived to a crossroads where it might split so fundamentally, that two or more new disciplines will emerge. Finding global patterns, that would explain the world in one graph, like JH … Continue reading
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