Ribble Endowment Seminar
'Ecological Responses Aren’t Instantaneous, and That’s Important: Rate-dependent Tipping and Transients'
Dr. Karen Abbott | Abbott Lab
Bio:
Dr. Karen Abbott is a theoretical ecologist in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research spans a range of topics with an emphasis on general principles that underly many ecological mechanisms and systems. She received her B.S. in biology and mathematics at Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution from the University of Chicago.
Abstract:
Rate dependent tipping occurs when external conditions change too quickly for the ecological dynamics to track. Long transients occur when ecological dynamics are slow to equilibrate. In both cases, the root cause is that ecological systems don’t respond instantaneously to changes. To what extent are transients and rate dependence different sides of the same coin? And, can classical theoretical ecology, with its strong focus on equilibria, be at all helpful for understanding these phenomena? In this talk, I will discuss how our understanding of equilibria helps us understand transients and how I think our understanding of transients may be a fruitful approach to understanding rate-dependent tipping.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series:
'Ecological Responses Aren’t Instantaneous, and That’s Important: Rate-dependent Tipping and Transients'
Dr. Karen Abbott | Abbott Lab
Bio:
Dr. Karen Abbott is a theoretical ecologist in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research spans a range of topics with an emphasis on general principles that underly many ecological mechanisms and systems. She received her B.S. in biology and mathematics at Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution from the University of Chicago.
Abstract:
Rate dependent tipping occurs when external conditions change too quickly for the ecological dynamics to track. Long transients occur when ecological dynamics are slow to equilibrate. In both cases, the root cause is that ecological systems don’t respond instantaneously to changes. To what extent are transients and rate dependence different sides of the same coin? And, can classical theoretical ecology, with its strong focus on equilibria, be at all helpful for understanding these phenomena? In this talk, I will discuss how our understanding of equilibria helps us understand transients and how I think our understanding of transients may be a fruitful approach to understanding rate-dependent tipping.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series:
'Ecological Responses Aren’t Instantaneous, and That’s Important: Rate-dependent Tipping and Transients'
Dr. Karen Abbott | Abbott Lab
Bio:
Dr. Karen Abbott is a theoretical ecologist in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research spans a range of topics with an emphasis on general principles that underly many ecological mechanisms and systems. She received her B.S. in biology and mathematics at Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution from the University of Chicago.
Abstract:
Rate dependent tipping occurs when external conditions change too quickly for the ecological dynamics to track. Long transients occur when ecological dynamics are slow to equilibrate. In both cases, the root cause is that ecological systems don’t respond instantaneously to changes. To what extent are transients and rate dependence different sides of the same coin? And, can classical theoretical ecology, with its strong focus on equilibria, be at all helpful for understanding these phenomena? In this talk, I will discuss how our understanding of equilibria helps us understand transients and how I think our understanding of transients may be a fruitful approach to understanding rate-dependent tipping.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series:
'Ecological Responses Aren’t Instantaneous, and That’s Important: Rate-dependent Tipping and Transients'
Dr. Karen Abbott | Abbott Lab
Bio:
Dr. Karen Abbott is a theoretical ecologist in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research spans a range of topics with an emphasis on general principles that underly many ecological mechanisms and systems. She received her B.S. in biology and mathematics at Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution from the University of Chicago.
Abstract:
Rate dependent tipping occurs when external conditions change too quickly for the ecological dynamics to track. Long transients occur when ecological dynamics are slow to equilibrate. In both cases, the root cause is that ecological systems don’t respond instantaneously to changes. To what extent are transients and rate dependence different sides of the same coin? And, can classical theoretical ecology, with its strong focus on equilibria, be at all helpful for understanding these phenomena? In this talk, I will discuss how our understanding of equilibria helps us understand transients and how I think our understanding of transients may be a fruitful approach to understanding rate-dependent tipping.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series:
'Ecological Responses Aren’t Instantaneous, and That’s Important: Rate-dependent Tipping and Transients'
Dr. Karen Abbott | Abbott Lab
Bio:
Dr. Karen Abbott is a theoretical ecologist in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research spans a range of topics with an emphasis on general principles that underly many ecological mechanisms and systems. She received her B.S. in biology and mathematics at Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution from the University of Chicago.
Abstract:
Rate dependent tipping occurs when external conditions change too quickly for the ecological dynamics to track. Long transients occur when ecological dynamics are slow to equilibrate. In both cases, the root cause is that ecological systems don’t respond instantaneously to changes. To what extent are transients and rate dependence different sides of the same coin? And, can classical theoretical ecology, with its strong focus on equilibria, be at all helpful for understanding these phenomena? In this talk, I will discuss how our understanding of equilibria helps us understand transients and how I think our understanding of transients may be a fruitful approach to understanding rate-dependent tipping.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series:
'Ecological Responses Aren’t Instantaneous, and That’s Important: Rate-dependent Tipping and Transients'
Dr. Karen Abbott | Abbott Lab
Bio:
Dr. Karen Abbott is a theoretical ecologist in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research spans a range of topics with an emphasis on general principles that underly many ecological mechanisms and systems. She received her B.S. in biology and mathematics at Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution from the University of Chicago.
Abstract:
Rate dependent tipping occurs when external conditions change too quickly for the ecological dynamics to track. Long transients occur when ecological dynamics are slow to equilibrate. In both cases, the root cause is that ecological systems don’t respond instantaneously to changes. To what extent are transients and rate dependence different sides of the same coin? And, can classical theoretical ecology, with its strong focus on equilibria, be at all helpful for understanding these phenomena? In this talk, I will discuss how our understanding of equilibria helps us understand transients and how I think our understanding of transients may be a fruitful approach to understanding rate-dependent tipping.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series:
"Hybridization and Adaptation in Chickadees"
Dr. Scott Taylor | Taylor Lab
Bio:
Dr. Scott Taylor is the director of the CU Boulder Mountain Research Station. Research in his group focuses on using natural hybrid zones and recent radiations to understand the genetic bases of traits involved in reproductive isolation, population divergence and speciatio, and the impacts of anthropogenic change, including climate change, on species distributions, interactions and evolution. We're fascinated by natural history and the intersections between art and science, and we're committed to doing our part to support our community.
Abstract:
Chickadees are familiar and widespread nonmigratory birds that have amazing adaptations to survive cold winters, including the ability to remember hundreds of thousands of individual seed cache locations. Recovering these caches is critical for winter survival. Taylor will share recent results from two different studies, one focused on a chickadee hybrid zone and one focused on a single population of mountain chickadees, that both provide insights into the genetic basis of variation in spatial cognition in chickadees.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series:
"Hybridization and Adaptation in Chickadees"
Dr. Scott Taylor | Taylor Lab
Bio:
Dr. Scott Taylor is the director of the CU Boulder Mountain Research Station. Research in his group focuses on using natural hybrid zones and recent radiations to understand the genetic bases of traits involved in reproductive isolation, population divergence and speciatio, and the impacts of anthropogenic change, including climate change, on species distributions, interactions and evolution. We're fascinated by natural history and the intersections between art and science, and we're committed to doing our part to support our community.
Abstract:
Chickadees are familiar and widespread nonmigratory birds that have amazing adaptations to survive cold winters, including the ability to remember hundreds of thousands of individual seed cache locations. Recovering these caches is critical for winter survival. Taylor will share recent results from two different studies, one focused on a chickadee hybrid zone and one focused on a single population of mountain chickadees, that both provide insights into the genetic basis of variation in spatial cognition in chickadees.
Date:
Location:
THM 116
Event Series: