QLS Seminar Series - Laura Pollock
Promise and pitfalls in predicting biodiversity
Laura Pollock, 91社区
Tuesday March 29, 12-1pm
Zoom Link:聽
础产蝉迟谤补肠迟:听We are increasingly recognizing the importance of being able to understand the current distribution of biodiversity, and anticipate how that biodiversity will change into the future. However, the standard methods of predicting biodiversity and biodiversity change still suffer from some fundamental flaws regarding their consideration of relevant biological processes. I will give an overview of the statistical approaches used to predict species distributions, outline the advances over the past decade, and discuss whether or not these advances are likely to address these fundamental concerns. These concerns are particularly relevant for Canada, and I will discuss some recent research demonstrating the challenges with predicting the present and future of Canadian biodiversity.