After a long hiatus, we’re resurrecting Florum, a discussion group for plant ecologists from all over UBC. Join our listserv (zoology-florum@lists.ubc.ca) by mailing listserv@lists.ubc.ca with subscribe zoology-florum (and nothing else — delete your signature!) in the body for updates
Florum meets every other Monday at 2pm, in BRC 224 and via Zoom
If you’d like to join via Zoom, use this link:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69429592859?pwd=ZGFjM25FYWtBZzM5QmV4dHBSejJJZz09
Meeting ID: 694 2959 2859
Passcode: 806631
Florum is a biweekly meeting of people from departments across UBC for discussing topics in Plant Ecology. The format is very flexible. One person each meeting is responsible for sparking the discussion in whatever way they chose. This may involve presenting tentative research ideas, a set of data in need of analysis, a new or old paper to decipher and discuss, a finished research product, or anything they see fit to open for discussion. The main goals are to allow people to get feedback on their research at any and every stage, to explore ideas/papers/methods that people want to better understand, and to connect the rather dispersed group of plant ecologists on the UBC campus.
Schedule Winter 2024Schedule Winter 2024
Date | Name | Topic |
5 Feb. | Carla Urquhart | Experimental range expansions — structure for talk on linking theory with experiments |
19 Feb | Family day (no Florum) | |
4 March | Emma Menchions | Plasticity and selection in morphological traits in novel competitive environments in duckweed |
18 March | Laura Super | TBD – but likely plant trait ecology |
25 March | Jenna Loesberg | Interactions between density and reproductive modes under climate change in a long lived wildflower |
1 April | Easter (No Florum) | |
8 April | Nicole Bison | Effects of nutrient status on acclimation of photosynthetic heat tolerance |
15 April | Katie Goodwin | Demography (details TBD) |
Schedule Fall 2023Schedule Fall 2023
Date Name Topic 21 Sep everyone Introductions / What are you working on? 5 Oct Nicole Knight eelgrass stress experiment proposal 19 Oct Scott Nordstrom TBD 2 Nov Laura Super phytobiomes 16 Nov Gracy Buckholtz reproductive interactions 30 Nov Emma Menchions duckweed invasion experiment 14 Dec
Schedule Winter 2023Schedule Winter 2023
Date | Presenter | Topic |
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24 Jan | Courtney Collins | Arctic plant demography |
7 Feb | Katie Goodwin | Herbivory gradients |
21 Feb | CANCELLED | |
7 Mar | Jenny Gremer | IPMs or germination timing and fitness |
21 Mar | Deirdre Loughnan | Budburst phenology and functional traits |
4 Apr | Nicola Rammell | Arctic plant phenology and productivity |
18 Apr |
Schedule Fall 2022Schedule Fall 2022
Date Who’s leading Topic / Links 20 Sept. @ 11:30am
Biodiversity 224 & ZoomCarla / Jenna / Jenn Introductions, what do we want from Florum in 2022? 4 October 18 October @ 3pm
Biodiversity 224 & ZoomJenna native and invasive annuals — some preliminary results and challenges 1 November Jenn & Jeanette demography of sexual and asexual populations 15 November Carla duckweed experimental design 29 November Amy long term data proposal 13 December Jess seedbanks / IPMs