讲座题目：Responses in butterflies to habitat change in oil sands landscapes
主讲人: Federico Riva博士
主持人: 张健 教授
开始时间: 2019-11-10（周日）下午14:00
讲座地址: 闵行校区资环楼352
主办单位：beat365
报告人简介：
Federico Riva在2018年获得加拿大阿尔伯塔大学保护生物学博士学位，现在阿尔伯塔大学Scott Nielsen教授研究组从事博士后研究工作。他的主要研究方向是蝴蝶多样性保护与景观生态学，已以第一作者在Biological conservation、Biology Letters、Ecosystems等杂志发表论文7篇。更多信息见：https://www.riva-ecology.com/
报告摘要：Loss and fragmentation of habitat are often a threat to biodiversity, with multiple processes determining species responses to anthropogenic habitat change. In Alberta, Canada, the extraction of oil sands is causing one of the largest examples of habitat fragmentation worldwide. In this talk I will discuss how this extensive anthropogenic footprint elicits responses in behavior, abundance and diversity of butterflies, and how such changes can inform the management of these boreal forests. I will discuss (i) the interplay between local and landscape environmental characteristics in moderating local patterns in species diversity; (ii) how structural changes in habitat can affect animal behavior; (iii) responses to changes in habitat for a rare species and our ability to observe it in the field; and (iv) how complex, combined effects between wildfire and anthropogenic footprint can determine unexpected patterns of response. I will conclude by discussing two broader lessons learned during my doctoral studies: (v) landscape analyses should take into account theory, methods, and the characteristics of data to represent ecological processes; and (vi) our ability to detect species has a substantial impact on ecological inference.
