How do we know whether populations of wild species will go extinct? Dr Karl Duffy Plant Conservation and Population Biology Kasteelpark, Arenberg 31
Brief biography PhD – Population Ecology Conservation, pollination, and genetics of endangered orchids Professor Jane Stout
Reintegration Fellowship: MYCRONICHE Professor Hans Jacquemyn
Pietermaritzburg Professor Steve Johnson Chair in Evolutionary Biology
Current rates of extinction? International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ~800 extinctions have been documented in the past 400 years Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ~8,700 extinctions per year or 24 per day United Nations Passenger pigeon Up to 150 extinctions per day
Species evolve through natural selection over long time periods Charles Darwin
The niche environmental conditions and resources, that define the requirements of species to practice "its" way of life i.e. for its population to persist G. Evelyn Hutchinson
Why is this important?
Soil conditions Seedling and fungi Seed Mature plant Flower Pollinators
Spiranthes spiralis
MYCRONICHE Q UANTIFYING THE EXTENT FUNGAL MYCORRHIZAL COMMUNITIES AFFECT ORCHID NICHE BREADTH AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION A multi-faceted approach: Field sampling Biodiversity informatics Soil chemical analysis GIS Next Generation Sequencing – Illumina Spatial statistics: R Climate change models
Recommend
More recommend
