HMEI Faculty Seminar: “Understanding Species Responses to Climate Change: The Role of Population and Community Ecology”

 

Jonathan Levine, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, illustrated the importance of basic population and community ecology in understanding — and predicting — how changing species interactions influence the way ecosystems respond to climate change. Levine drew from field experiments that expose plants to novel competitors under warmer climate conditions — as well as laboratory experiments on how evolutionary processes influence plant migration — to argue for the interconnected nature of basic ecological research and research motivated by the need to solve pressing environmental challenges.

Corina Tarnita, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of the Program in Environmental Studies, led a discussion and Q&A after the main presentation.

HMEI Faculty Seminar: “Understanding Species Responses to Climate Change: The Role of Population and Community Ecology”

Publish Date

December 1, 2020

Presenter(s)

Jonathan Levine

Link to Video

https://youtu.be/h0AV3M0c4u0

Video Length

01:03:13

 

Jonathan Levine, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, illustrated the importance of basic population and community ecology in understanding — and predicting — how changing species interactions influence the way ecosystems respond to climate change. Levine drew from field experiments that expose plants to novel competitors under warmer climate conditions — as well as laboratory experiments on how evolutionary processes influence plant migration — to argue for the interconnected nature of basic ecological research and research motivated by the need to solve pressing environmental challenges.

Corina Tarnita, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of the Program in Environmental Studies, led a discussion and Q&A after the main presentation.