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URL:https://natureguelph.ca/events/global-change-biodiversity/
SUMMARY:Global Change\, Biodiversity and Food Webs
DESCRIPTION:Kevin S. McCann\, Professor\, University of Guelph and Director
  of the Centre for Ecosystem Management\n\n–\n\nGlobal change has been r
 educing biodiversity within Canada and globally driving the biodiversity c
 risis. Just as insidious\, but less understood\, global change is simultan
 eously altering the connections behind biodiversity (i.e\, the food web) t
 hat act as the backbone to the functioning of whole ecosystems. Kevin will
  first introduce some basics on food webs\, before walking through numerou
 s examples of how global change is altering the flow of energy through foo
 d webs. Along the way\, he will argue that the current homogenization of e
 cosystems is fundamentally “rewiring” food webs in a remarkably consis
 tent way that is likely to further threaten the resilience of ecosystems i
 n a world with increasing climate variation. Current ecosystem management 
 approaches that operate to add complexity at the landscape scale can mitig
 ate these effects if implemented.\n\nAfter completing a degree in mathemat
 ics at Dartmouth College\, Dr. McCann returned to school to pursue an inte
 rest in applying math to ecology. He did post-doctoral research at the Uni
 versity of California before taking a faculty position at McGill Universit
 y. In 2003\, he returned to Guelph to study the structure and function of 
 food webs. Although his focus is primarily on aquatic systems\, his lab ha
 s a broad approach and includes collaborative work with soil\, forest and 
 desert food web ecologists.
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LOCATION:The Arboretum Centre\, University of Guelph\, 200 Arboretum Rd.\, 
 Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 2W1\, Canada
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