Dear Caf\u00e9\u00a0Scientifiquers,<\/p>\n
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Our next caf\u00e9 will happen next Tuesday March 27th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Bruce Archibald, a paleontologist from Simon Fraser University. His caf\u00e9 will be:<\/p>\n
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Understanding the way that large-scale patterns of biodiversity are affected by climate\u00a0has been among the greatest outstanding problems in ecology. Why are there more species in the tropics? The answer isn\u2019t as simple as it might seem at first, as some\u00a0possible controlling factors change together with latitude, and so their individual affects are difficult to evaluate. This Gordian knot might be cut, though, by looking in deep time, when global climates followed different patterns than today. So, comparing both\u00a0modern and fossil communities in their environmental contexts allows a novel view of this problem. Why do the species compositions of communities change differently across mountainous landscapes in the tropics than in the Temperate Zones? An intriguing hypothesis proposed by Dan Janzen in 1967 can be examined by this system. Fossil insect communities from our regions may provide answers to understanding some basic ways of how life in the modern world is organized.<\/p>\n
Also, check out Bruce’s bio here: http:\/\/www.brucearchibald.com\/.<\/p>\n
We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n
– Your Cafe Sci Vancouver Organizers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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