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)
Category: phylogenetic & functional
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)
Long-term Monitoring of Tree Growth in Relation to Climatic Variability
It is uncertain how global climate change will affect tropical forests, and models vary on how precipitation and temperature regimes will . . . (No Comments)
A Diversity of Traits Helps Species Slip Through The Cracks
Sometimes, scientists have the opportunity to get in on the “ground-level” of an emerging frontier. Such unexplored ideas are incredibly . . . (4 Comments)
Hemiparasitic plants and their effects on the community
Among the parasites of the world, parasitic angiosperms are relatively understudied. Past research tends to focus on the study of . . . (No Comments)
Diversification and extinction dynamics buried in the sea floor
Unraveling the relative roles of biotic interactions and abiotic fluctuations on diversification and extinction is a major tenant of evolutionary . . . (6 Comments)
Dimensions of diversity are better together
Pavoine and Bonsall’s paper about community assembly is a beast. It’s big (26 pages), it’s scary (only two of those . . . (2 Comments)
Antelopes in the Savanna
“The social organization of Antelope in relation to their ecology” by P.J. Jarman was very imperative in helping me understand . . . (1 Comment)
Is blogging effective at communicating biodiversity research?
My original intent in writing this post was to compare the 5 most-cited papers on biodiversity to the 5 most . . . (16 Comments)
Diagram Justification: The Biodiversity Concept Diagram
The Biodiversity Concept Diagram illustrates the interacting components of biodiversity research and provides a roadmap to our discussions of papers . . . (No Comments)