Walter Jetz (Yale) will be giving this lecture.

Abstract

Much of the inference in broad-scale ecology, biogeography and macroevolution is constrained by the breadth, representativeness, and scale-appropriateness of available information. Recent growth in the phylogenetic and trait data for whole clades together with information on spatial and environmental associations of species now enable a more general, cross-scale, integrative perspective. I will illustrate, for terrestrial vertebrates worldwide, some of the new basic and applied research opportunities arising from an integration of these different dimensions of biodiversity at a global scale.

Note: This event is only open to University of Bristol staff and students.