Scientist Lecture Series
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Eliot Paine. |
Holden's Scientist Lecture Series is dedicated to exploring topics that support Holden's strategic goals of conserving forests and growing trees and communities.
How Forest Loss and Fragmentation Impact Biotic Diversity in the Great Lakes Region |
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The United States loses roughly one million acres of forested land to development every year. This year, Holden's Scientist Lecture Series will discuss some of the impacts of forest loss and habitat fragmentation on biodiversity, including amphibian, bird, and pollinator populations, and how landscape ecology concepts can be applied to help conserve biotic diversity in the Great Lakes. |
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Effects of habitat fragmentation on amphibian population size and extinction risk |
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| Date | Wednesday, Nov. 10 | |
| Time | 7-9pm | |
| Location | Reinberger Classroom | |
| Instructor | Mike Benard, PhD | |
| Cost | Free | |
| Description | Amphibian populations worldwide are experiencing unprecedented rates of decline and extinction. In North America, many of these declines are due to human alteration of the environment. Benard will discuss how habitat fragmentation affects amphibians, and will include a discussion of his research on amphibians in The Holden Arboretum and Cleveland Metroparks. An evolutionary ecologist who uses amphibians to understand how species and populations adapt to and persist in the face of environmental variation, Benard is an assistant professor in the biology department at Case Western Reserve University. Prior to joining the Case Western Reserve faculty in 2008, he was a University of Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellow for three years. He has a bachelor's degree in biology from Cornell University and doctorate in population biology from the University of California, Davis | |
| Code | SLS150 | |
