Date |
Discussion leader |
Topic |
Key Paper |
Background |
Thurs Sept 18 |
Will + Hannes |
Climate change background
|
Climate Models
Rosenzweig 2008
|
Thurs Sept 25 |
Mark Vellend |
Assisted migration
|
McLachlan et al 2008
|
Nature Policy Forum
Nature "Report"
|
Thurs Oct 2 |
Heather Kharouba |
Discovering the mechanisms behind biodiversity loss |
van der Wal et al 2008 |
Thurs Oct 9 |
Jean-Sebastien Moore |
Climate change and selection |
Reale et al. 2003; Berteaux et al. 2004 |
Thurs Oct 16 |
Jess Purcell |
Climate change, ethics, and polar bears |
Dyck et al. 2007; Stirling et al. 2008; Chan 2008 |
Derocher et al; Dyck's responce; "seven rules" for researchers on influencing policy |
Thurs Oct 23 |
Andrea Stephens |
Climate envelope modeling (pros and cons) |
Beaumont et al. 2008 |
Arajo and Guisan 2006 Broennimann and Guisan 2008 |
Thurs Oct 30 |
Megan Mach |
Climate effects on coastal marine systems |
Harley et al. 2006 |
Invasions: Stachowicz et al 2002 |
Thurs. Nov 6 |
John Kominoski |
Homoginization of river dynamics and biodiversity implications |
Poff et al. PNAS |
Johnson et al ; Palmer et al. |
Thurs. Nov 13 |
Rachael Dudaniec |
Amphibian decline |
Pounds et al. 2006 |
Thurs. Nov 20 |
Mirjam Barrueto |
Adaptation to the timing of temperature changes |
Review: B and H 2008 Data paper: Bradshaw et al. 2004 |