Spatial ecology meets climate ecology, and one of them wins

Spatial ecological theory suggests that natural communities may have emergent properties of stability and diversity maintenance when they are distributed across habitat patches and interconnected by dispersal. Can this principle help us understand resilience in ecological systems faced by rapid contemporary changes? A case study from a Californian grassland is among the first to examine this question in a large-scale, unmanipulated setting. 

Susan Harrison, Ph.D.
Professor, University of California, Davis
Department of Environmental Studies and Policy

Refreshments served at 4:30 pm

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