FLORUM:
A meeting of plant ecologists at UBC
Florum is a weekly meeting of people from several UBC departments for discussing topics in Plant Ecology. The format is very flexible. One person each week is responsible for sparking the discussion in whatever way they chose. This may involve presenting tentative research ideas, a set of data in need of analysis, a new or old paper to decipher and discuss, a finished research product, or anything they see fit to open for discussion. The main goals are to allow people to get feedback on their research at any and every stage, to explore ideas/papers/methods that people want to better understand, and to connect the rather dispersed group of plant ecologists on the UBC campus. In order to maintain a casual atmosphere, Powerpoint presentations are generally not allowed (though exceptions can be made). Please e-mail Mark Vellend (mvellend@interchange.ubc.ca) if you want to get on the e-mail list. For the fall semester 2010 we are meeting at 1:00pm on Mondays in Biodiversity Room 224.
2010 Fall Shedule
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Mon. 27 Sept. |
Mark & Jenny - Temporal change in spatial patterns of biodiversity |
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Mon. 4 Oct. |
Heather Kharouba - Butterflies and climate change |
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Mon. 11 Oct. |
THANKSGIVING |
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Mon. 18 Oct. |
Janet Maclean |
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Mon. 25 Oct. |
no Florum |
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Mon. 1 Nov. |
Sarah Elmendorf - Vegetation response to climate change in the arctic |
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Mon. 15 Nov. |
Anna-Maria Csergõ |
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Mon. 22 Nov. |
Jamie Leathem - The traits of exotic plant species |
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Mon. 29 Nov. |
Joe Bennett - Phylogenetic correction of comparative ecological analyses |
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Mon. 6 Dec. |
Liz Kleynhans |
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