Catalysis Meeting
Studies of the factors that generate and maintain biodiversity in a given area require phylogenetic data sets for multiple taxa, point localities for which high-resolution climate/environmental data are available, and the use of new conceptual and statistical tools. It is possible to integrate these data to test ecological – evolutionary hypotheses of the origins of biodiversity over varying spatial and temporal scales in some regions, and to make predictions about overall biodiversity patterns to serve regional biodiversity conservation planning. We therefore propose a Catalyst Group meeting to develop an integrated biodiversity research plan for the Patagonian region of South America. This meeting would capitalize on a more narrowly-defined, ongoing NSF supported PIRE - “Patagonia Biodiversity” project that includes collaborators from the US, Canada, Argentina, and Chile. A Catalyst Group meeting at this point would leverage greater gain from current work, and engage the Patagonia group in dialogue with specialists on geological/climate history of the region, new integrative research tools for comparative phylogeography, macroecology, climate change, biodiversity conservation policy, and the development of global biodiversity data-bases that serve multiple constituencies. These connections, including links to DIVERSITAS and GBIF will produce new initiatives and collaborations for grant proposals.
Perspectives on the origin and conservation of biodiversity in patagonia
| PI(s): | Jack Sites (Brigham Young University) Daniel Faith (The Australian Museum) |
| Start Date: | 1-Mar-2008 |
| End Date: | 8-Aug-2008 |
| Keywords: | biodiversity, biogeography, phylogenetics, climate change, conservation biology |
Studies of the factors that generate and maintain biodiversity in a given area require phylogenetic data sets for multiple taxa, point localities for which high-resolution climate/environmental data are available, and the use of new conceptual and statistical tools. It is possible to integrate these data to test ecological – evolutionary hypotheses of the origins of biodiversity over varying spatial and temporal scales in some regions, and to make predictions about overall biodiversity patterns to serve regional biodiversity conservation planning. We therefore propose a Catalyst Group meeting to develop an integrated biodiversity research plan for the Patagonian region of South America. This meeting would capitalize on a more narrowly-defined, ongoing NSF supported PIRE - “Patagonia Biodiversity” project that includes collaborators from the US, Canada, Argentina, and Chile. A Catalyst Group meeting at this point would leverage greater gain from current work, and engage the Patagonia group in dialogue with specialists on geological/climate history of the region, new integrative research tools for comparative phylogeography, macroecology, climate change, biodiversity conservation policy, and the development of global biodiversity data-bases that serve multiple constituencies. These connections, including links to DIVERSITAS and GBIF will produce new initiatives and collaborations for grant proposals.
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Publications- Palaeogeography and palaeoclimatology of Patagonia: effects on biodiversity DANIEL E. RUZZANTE and JORGE RABASSA 2011 Palaeogeography and palaeoclimatology of Patagonia: effects on biodiversity, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 103, issue 2, pp. 221-228
- Pleistocene Glaciation Leaves Deep Signature On The Freshwater Crab Aegla Alacalufi In Chilean Patagonia Xu, J.W., M. Perez-Losada, C.G. Jara, et al. (2009). Pleistocene Glaciation Leaves Deep Signature On The Freshwater Crab Aegla Alacalufi In Chilean Patagonia. Molecular Ecology 18(5): 904-918.
- The Cladistic Basis for the Phylogenetic Diversity (PD) Measure Links Evolutionary Features to Environmental Gradients and Supports Broad Applications of Microbial Ecology�s Phylogenetic Beta Diversity Framework Faith, D.P., C.A. Lozupone, D. Nipperess, and R. Knight (2009). The cladistic basis for the phylogenetic diversity (PD) measure links evolutionary features to environmental gradients and supports broad applications of microbial ecology�s phylogenetic beta diversity framework. Int. J. Mol. Sci 10(11): 4723-4741.
- Phylogeography�s past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2006 Hickerson, M.J., B.C. Carstens, J. Cavender-Bares, et al. (2010). Phylogeography�s past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 291�301.
- Statistical Phylogeography Course. AMNH Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Arizona. 6 - 10 April, 2009. NSF-sponsored intensive course taught by Bryan Carstens, Mike Hickerson, and Naoki Takebayashi. Two BYU PhD students, Arley Camargo and Rafael Leite, were chosen to participate, and received strong support letters from all BYU Co-PIs on the PIRE-Patagonia project. This was also a direct outgrowth of NESCent based discussions (and presentations by Carstens & Hickerson) on the need to incorporate advances in phylogeographic methods into the analyses of the Patagonian taxa.
- Paleogeografia y paleobiogeografia de la Patagonia: sus efectos sobre la biodiversidad. 26 - 28 May, 2009, sponsored by Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Msueo, Universidad Nacional de la Plata. This meeting of about 20 geologists, and many of the PIRE biologists from Argentina & Chile, was a direct outgrowth of the NESCent discussions about a synthesis of available geological information relevant to understanding and interpretation of phylogeographic data.
- Cordoba, Argentina, 18 - 22 August 2009; team-taught course entitled: Introduccion a la filogeografia: aspectos teoricos y practicos. Taught by NESCent participants Drs. Mariana Morando (organizer), Daniel Ruzzante, Guillermo Orti, and Jack W. Sites, Jr., and Sites' PhD student Arley Camargo. 40 hrs, divided into ~ 20 hrs lecture and ~ 20 hrs lab/computational exercises. The course was attended by 33 graduate students from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay.
