Changing Seasons: how will plants respond to new autumn and winter conditions?
Online/Virtual
Public Welcome Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Description: Beyond a doubt, our world is changing quickly as climate change and invasive species rewire native ecosystems. However, most research on these threats to biodiversity occurs in spring and summer. In this presentation, we will explore how climate change and invasive species are changing fall and winter, why this matters, and discuss how plants might adapt to new fall and winter habitats.
Presenter: We are delighted to have Pete Guiden, a professor of Biology at Hamilton College, discuss some of his research on this topic. Pete is a community ecologist, studying the interaction of living things. An important component of this research is understanding how humans alter these interactions through climate change, habitat loss, and introducing invasive species. A large part of Guiden’s research focuses on the ecology of seeds—where they go, who eats them, and how many survive to adulthood.
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