Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. EEB Special Seminar: Causes and consequences of trait variation across biological scales (February 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60968 60968-14997742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

From minute differences in the structure of proteins to wholesale changes in ecosystems, variation in ’replicate’ biological units underpins the complexity of the natural world and defines our understanding of biodiversity. Interestingly, separate but related processes shape these trait differences across biological scales (e.g. microevolution in populations versus assembly of communities). These processes occur simultaneously in all natural systems, but are only rarely considered together, stunting a holistic understanding of multi-scale biological systems. Here, I use dragonfly larvae to investigate (1) how traits are linked to one another across biological scales, (2) the relative importance of trait change at different biological scales, and (3) the ecosystem consequences of multi-scale trait change.

Image credit: Tobias David Mankis

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:46:53 -0500 2019-02-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Eurosta galls on tall goldenrod. Image credit: Tobias David Mankis
EEB Friday Museums Seminar - Conservation Genetics of the Partulidae (February 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60844 60844-14972977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Research Museums Center
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Partulid tree snails are endemic to the Pacific high islands and represent one of the most infamous examples of oceanic island mass extinctions. Although they collectively range across ~10,000 km of Oceania, half of their species diversity is endemic to a single Eastern Pacific hot spot archipelago, the Society Islands. Using a combination of museum, captive, and remnant wild snails, we obtained the first high-resolution nuclear genomic perspective of the evolutionary relationships of all five genera comprising 43 of the 104 recognized species, including many extinct or extirpated taxa, from 14 archipelagoes. We present range wide phylogenomic relationships among the five genera and a more detailed perspective of the evolutionary relationships within the genus Partula, highlighting the survival and extinction of endemic Society Island Partula from the well-studies islands of Moorea and Tahiti.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:37:10 -0500 2019-02-22T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 Research Museums Center Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion snails and topographic map of Pacific islands
EEB Museums Friday Seminar - Fungal dinosaurs from the lost world (April 12, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62648 62648-15416714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Research Museums Center
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Tepui region of South America contains some of the most remote and pristine forests on the planet. Mycological expeditions over the last 15+ years have yielded a cornucopia of unusual fungi including hundreds of new species and genera of macrofungi. This talk will cover the basics of conducting fieldwork in remote areas, and the contributions that only long term studies combined with specimen vouchering and various molecular approaches can bring to understanding the ecology and diversity of any system.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:21:26 -0400 2019-04-12T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 Research Museums Center Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Image of Mushroom
EEB Museums Friday Seminar - Why there are so many kinds of tropical trees (October 18, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68190 68190-17026800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 11:00am
Location: Research Museums Center
Organized By: Herbarium

Dr. Leigh will summarize theories and recent experimental work aimed at explaining the latitudinal gradient in tree species diversity and the phenomenon of tropical tree species richness in local scales.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:07:10 -0400 2019-10-18T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 Research Museums Center Herbarium Workshop / Seminar Tropical Poster
EEB Museums Friday Seminar - Deer Impacts on Plant Communities in Ann Arbor Natural Areas (November 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69174 69174-17261052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Research Museums Center
Organized By: Herbarium

How are deer affecting plants and community processes in Ann Arbor? Jacqueline will present an overview of key findings from three different studies focused on oak seedlings, trilliums, and other wildflower species over the past three years. She will review findings from additional projects covering a range of other species, and will also present preliminary data on how deer may indirectly affect pollinators and other wildlife through reducing available resources (such as flowers and seeds).

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:14:52 -0500 2019-11-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 Research Museums Center Herbarium Workshop / Seminar Deer lurking near hydrastis