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CATEGORIES:Zoology Departmental Seminar Series
SUMMARY:The functional (trait) dimension of biodiversity -
   Manuela González-Suárez\, University of Reading
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DESCRIPTION:When I started doing research on conservation biol
 ogy\, over 20 years ago\, the focus was primarily 
 on assessing and protecting habitats and species. 
 Taxonomy can be very useful – we all like to organ
 ise and label things after all. However\, we have 
 come to realise it may not suffice to protect the 
 diversity of forms and functions on Earth. To tack
 le the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climat
 e change\, conservation has expanded its focus to 
 the evolutionary and functional dimensions of biod
 iversity. In this talk I will discuss the benefits
  and challenges of considering functional diversit
 y for conservation assessment. How can we measure 
 it? How can we protect it? And why should you care
 ?
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
CONTACT:Henry North
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