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CBER Seminar - Adrienne Etard, UCL

11 October 2021, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

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Title: 'Traits influence responses to land-use and climate change in terrestrial vertebrates'

Event Information

Open to

UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Amy Godfrey

Location

Zoom
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Abstract: Land-use and climate change are two of the most important drivers of current and projected biodiversity loss. Nevertheless, not all species respond similarly to these pressures. Species ability to cope with anthropogenic disturbances is dependent on their functional traits. By preferentially removing certain functional types, land-use and climate change are reshaping the functional composition of ecological communities. Understanding these impacts is key to assess the potential consequences for ecosystem functioning. Moreover, assessing whether and which traits influence species’ responses to these pressures can help put into place efficient conservation measures. In this talk, I investigate how traits influence species responses to land-use and climate change in terrestrial vertebrates.

About the Speaker

Adrienne Etard

PhD Student at UCL

Adrienne Etard graduated from AgroParisTech (French National Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences) in 2014. In 2017, she completed the Ecology, Evolution & Conservation MSc degree at Imperial College London, before joining UCL for a PhD with Tim Newbold. Her work focuses on the influence of traits on species responses to land-use change and climate change in terrestrial vertebrates, and she is more widely interested in large-scale patterns of biodiversity, conservation and global change ecology.

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