Biodiversity along elevation and productivity gradients
A working group and mini symposium at the University of British Columbia sponsored by the Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC-GCRC funding)
22-24 Feb 2023
Co-organizers: Leticia Avilés (Zoology), Jill Jankowski (Zoology), and Naomi Schwartz (Geography)
Day 1, Wed, Feb 22
- 9:30 am coffee and pastries BRC 224
Mini-symposium, Beaty Auditorium, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
- 10:05 Introduction, Leticia Avilés & Jill Jankowski, UBC, Zoology
- 10:15 Vegetation structural complexity and biodiversity, Leticia Avilés & Luis Camacho, UBC, Zoology
- 10:25 Understanding vegetation structure with remote sensing at different scales, Naomi Schwartz, UBC, Geography
- 10:35 So near and yet so far, beta diversity of frogs in Llanganates National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador, Santiago Ron, PUCE – Quito (visa pending).
- 10:50 Bird diversity and habitat structure along elevation gradients, Jill Jankowski, UBC, Zoology
- 11:00 The importance of connectivity for carnivore richness and occupancy in fragmented biodiversity hotspots, Cindy Hurtado & Cole Burton, UBC, Forestry
11:10 – 11:30 short break
- 11:30 The geography of ant morphology among colonies, populations and communities, Jean-Phillipe Lessard, Concordia U
- 11:45 Insect diversity on the tropical Andes, Cesar Cabra-Arias, UBC Zoology
- 11:55 Changes in the composition of web-building spider communities from the rainforest to the paramo, Andrea Haberkern, UBC Zoology
- 12:05 Rain intensity and spider web architecture, Yu-Heng Lin, UBC Zoology
- 12:15 Leaf miners and their parasitoids along the Andes elevational gradient, Karina Torres, UBC Zoology
12: 25 – 13:25 lunch BRC 224
- 13:25 Collector behaviour affects the assumptions we can make about biodiversity data, Melissa Guzmán, U Southern California
- 13:40 Using the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) database for macroecological studies of Ecuador’s biodiversity, Luis Camacho, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- 13:50 Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: a simplified overview, Francisco Henao, U Chicago
Day 1, afternoon:
- 14:30 – 16:30 group discussions with papers from the literature (BioSci 4223 & 4227)
Day 2, Thu, Feb 23
- 9:30 – 13:30 work in groups (2-3 topics based on plans for papers): look into preliminary data and analyses (BRC 224 & 303)
- 14:30 – 16:30 short meeting to report on outcome of group meetings: outlines and data analysis plans (BRC 224)
Day 3, Fri, Feb 24
- 9:30 – 13:00 work in groups (2-3 topics based on plans for papers) (BRC 224 & 225)
- 14:00 – 16:30 report on outcome of subgroups: Next steps and presentations to the rest of the groups (BRC 224)
