Ecological studies are the bridge that link biodiversity and global change issues. Please
join us at the Harvard University Center for the Environment and Bank of America series
on
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
“Catchers in the Rye: Ecology, Society, and Climate Change”
Josh Tewksbury, Walker Professor of Natural History, Department of Biology, University of
Washington
October 11, 2011
5:00 pm
Biolabs Lecture Hall
Harvard University
16 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA
With the human population now exceeding seven billion, links between ecosystem conditions
and human health, security, and well-being are increasingly clear. Human activities
continue to alter natural systems at local through global scales, and these actions
feedback to profoundly affect society. Ecology has an important role to play in managing
these links, as our capacity to reliably forecast the consequences of our actions will
depend on a detailed understanding of the specific properties of ecological systems (e.g.
ecology and natural history). And yet ecology, as a discipline, will need to more
expansive, collaborative, and responsive if it is to have a strong voice in directing our
response environmental issues. Here I describe attempts in my lab to address these issues.
I focus primarily on the impacts of climate change, at scales ranging from thermal
physiology of insects to global food security. The research I describe provides an
example of the importance of broad collaborative frameworks that are often needed for
ecology to influence policy. Throughout, I focus on the importance of integrating
specific knowledge (natural history) with portable knowledge (general mechanism and
theory) as a blueprint for an ecologist’s contribution to evidence based decision making.
The Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard
University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. The
lecture will be followed by a reception.
Contact:
Lisa Matthews
Assistant Director of Events and Communications
Harvard University Center for the Environment
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
p. 617-495-8883
f. 617-496-0425
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