Positive Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity

12:30 p.m. ET
Lenore Fahrig

Early work suggested positive effects of habitat 'subdivision' or 'patchiness' on persistence of species and communities. This work was subsequently eclipsed by four decades of study and application of patch size and isolation effects. Untenable extrapolation of these patch-scale effects to the

Seminar: The Biogeochemistry of Drought

04:30pm

Seminar abstract:

Soil microbiologists have long focused on carbon and nitrogen as the essential resources regulating microbial function in soil; ultimately, water is the critical resource. It is essential for cellular function, is the essential solvent, and is the primary transport medium for

Seminar: Kristina Hopkins & Matthew LaFevor

05:30pm

Exploring Controls on Stormwater Infrastructure Transitions From Gray to Green Approaches

Kristina Hopkins, SESYNC Postdoctoral Fellow

Kristina Hopkins’ research interests straddle the fields of hydrology, land use planning, and political science. She is broadly interested in coupled human-natural

Seminar: Jampel Dell’Angelo & Lauren Yeager

05:30pm

The Tragedy of the Grabbed Commons

Jampel Dell’Angelo, SESYNC Postdoctoral Fellow

At SESYNC, Jampel Dell’Angelo conducts research on the institutional drivers and governance conditions of virtual freshwater appropriation associated with global land grabbing and water grabbing. In collaboration

Human & Environmental Controls on Diversity

12:30 p.m. ET
Productivity Relationships for Coral Reef Fisheries

Lauren Yeager is an ecologist whose primary research interests lie in understanding how humans are impacting coastal and marine ecosystems, and subsequently how changes in these systems may affect the ecosystem services they provide—specifically

Coyotes in Chicago

12:30 p.m. ET
Stan Gehrt
A Case of a Misanthropic Synanthrope

Wildlife biologist Stan Gehrt studies various aspects of mammalian ecology, especially urban systems and the dynamics of wildlife disease. He is principal investigator of the largest urban coyote study conducted to date, in which he has tracked more than 800

Statistical Mechanics of Money, Income, Debt, & Energy Consumption

12:30 p.m. ET
Victor M. Yakovenko

Similarly to the probability distribution of energy in physics, the probability distribution of money among the agents in a closed economic system is also expected to follow the exponential Boltzmann-Gibbs law, as a consequence of entropy maximization. Analysis of empirical data shows that income

Restoration Ecology of Tropical Forests in Brazil

12:30 p.m. ET
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
 Theory, Practice, & Partnership Proposal

Deforestation of tropical forests is considered a global environmental problem as extensive areas of this natural landscape in tropical countries have been transformed into agriculture or urban development. In Brazil, deforestation has degraded, damaged, or