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WK-35:
Integrating diverse data to understand species range dynamics
Endorsed by the ESA Paleoecology Section
Thursday, August 11, 11:30 AM
- 1:15 PM, Meeting Rooms 512d and 512h, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Fee:
$15 US Dollars per person – includes
Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
Minimum:
15
Maximum: 50
Organizers:
Jason McLachlan
(jason.mclachlan@duke.edu), John
Williams
Description:
Understanding
the dynamics of species ranges is a longstanding problem in ecology that has
gained urgency as human influences on biotic and abiotic environments grow in
importance. Macroecologists, paleoecologists, and phylogeographers have
independently evaluated the biogeographic responses of species to environmental
change. The symposium “Species range dynamics: Past,
present, and future” will review recent advances in these fields, focusing on
interdisciplinary study. This complementary facilitated discussion session will
give symposium speakers and other meeting participants an opportunity to network
and to talk in greater detail about within-discipline methodological challenges
and opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. This session will focus
on two topics: (1) a review of the
methodological approaches, assumptions, and limitations in paleoecology,
macroecology, and phylogeography; and (2) identification of specific research
areas for further investigation. We will challenge groups of participants from
each subdiscipline to create a list of key questions they believe could benefit
from interdisciplinary work. These lists will generate further discussion about
priorities for ecological research on range dynamics and the best methods for
addressing them. The findings of this group will be made available to the
ecological community through a short report written to Frontiers in Ecology
and the Environment or the ESA Bulletin.
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