Individual Variation and Its Effect on the Risk to Wildlife Populations Webinar
| Title: | Individual Variation and Its Effect on the Risk to Wildlife Populations |
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| Date: | Oct. 21, 2014 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Online Webinar |
| Purpose: | Featured Speakers:
Gordon Fox’s is at the University of Florida’s Department of Integrative Biology. His current research interests include: [1] the consequences of within-population heterogeneity for population dynamics, especially with regard to conservation; [2] the population dynamics of plants in a stochastic world, involving studies of fire-prone pines in Florida and on Long Island, and of a number of species of desert perennials in southern California; and [3] the ecology and evolution of reproductive timing in plants, and some related statistical problems. Some of this work is field-oriented, some is genetical, and some is theoretical.
Bruce Kendall is a quantitative ecologist whose research in population dynamics involves modeling and analysis of abundance (the number of individuals in a plant or animal population) and demographic (birth and death rate) data. He applies the science of population ecology both to the conservation of rare species and the management of harvested populations. His specific research interests include: processes that cause population abundances to fluctuate over time; predicting the extinction risk of rare species; patterns of individual growth in fluctuating environments and how they affect population growth rates; and the effects of current-driven dispersal on marine fish species. His funded research has included investigations into fish growth in estuaries and rivers, marine fisheries management, invasion biology, and the population consequences of among-individual heterogeneity in birth and death rates. |
| Contact: |
Anne Sergeant (sergeant.anne@epa.gov); 703-347-8105 |
