讲座题目：Do we really use our science for conservation practices? The case of Species-Area Relationship
主 讲 人：Prof. Yaron Ziv
主 持 人：陈小勇 教授
开始时间： 6月21日 10:00
讲座地址：闵行校区 资环楼352室
主办单位：beat365、科技处
报告人简介：
Yaron Ziv, a Professor of the Department of Life Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, Israel, is currently head of School of Sustainability and Climate Change. He is also head of the Spatial Ecology Lab which attempts to advance the study of Landscape Ecology and Macroecology by striving to understand how scale-dependent evolutionary and ecological processes interact to reveal the observed species diversity and community structure at different spatiotemporal scales. Ziv is a member of the Israel Society of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), and the Man and Biosphere Committee of the Israeli UNESCO committee. He is also the Delegate of European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS).
报告内容简介:
Biodiversity conservation must rely on solid scientific knowledge. Do we indeed use our knowledge to properly promote and apply the right conservation practices? The Species-Area Relationship is one of the old patterns known to ecologists with thorough information about its nature, ecological context, underlying processes and mathematical formulation. Indeed, many ecologists and environmental biologists use its interpretations to conclude on evolutionary and ecological means, both theoretically and practically. I will describe some information about SAR and demonstrate that such information is frequently ignored when conservation is applied, with emphasis on hotspots, null models, population occupancy, habitat fragmentation and evolutionary perspective. For example, I will show that its non-linear form requires clear analysis to infer on diversity and density and that ignoring evolutionary prespectives and biogeography may lead to wrong conclusions. I will also introduce new hypotheses regarding SAR-related fragmentation.
