Is biodiversity important? Considering other drivers of global change (Part…
[Continued from Part 2] Two weeks ago, I reviewed some of the experimental evidence for the importance of diversity. In . . . (No Comments)
Category: ecosystem services & dimensions of biodiversity
Diverse Introspectives: A Conversation with Peter Kareiva
On May 7th, fellow UW grad student Halley Froelich and I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Peter Kareiva, . . . (15 Comments)
Is biodiversity important? What theory tells us (Part 2)
[Continued from Part 1] On Wednesday, I reviewed some of the synthetic work by Brad Cardinale and others showing the . . . (7 Comments)
Is biodiversity important? What experiments tell us (Part 1)
If anything, we can be absolutely certain about one thing regarding biodiversity: we are losing it. In 2005, the Millennium . . . (7 Comments)
Virtual Biodiversity
Was anyone else first introduced to the idea of biodiversity by a man-made collection? The notion of the diversity of . . . (1 Comment)
Tradeoffs, correlated traits, and functional diversity
Tradeoffs are everywhere, and never has this been more apparent to me, than in graduate school. With only so many . . . (1 Comment)
Modeling diversity using remote sensing data
Understanding the distribution and composition of vegetation communities is critical for effective management and conservation priorities. However, traditional studies of . . . (No Comments)
Partitioning Species Diversity: History and Implications
Whittaker’s work on diversity partitioning is doubtless one of the most influential in ecology. As a community/quantitative ecologist, my opinion . . . (3 Comments)
An intuitive approach to describing diversity
“Diversity [has] been confounded with the indices used to measure it; a diversity index is not necessarily itself a ‘diversity.’ . . . (No Comments)
Bees in the ‘hood: the scale of services by native…
In the context of declining diversity, scientists are attempting to quantify the consequences in terms that have a direct impact . . . (No Comments)