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SUMMARY:Ecological networks and global change - Jose Montoya\, Marine Scie
 nces Institute (ICM-CSIC)\, Barcelona (Spain)
DTSTART:20081204T140000Z
DTEND:20081204T150000Z
UID:TALK13115@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Christian Franzke
DESCRIPTION:Worldwide\, ecosystems are affected by global change in the fo
 rm of\nhabitat loss\, climatic warming\, or species invasions. These effec
 ts\nare usually observed at the species/population level\, with little\nst
 udies focusing on effects at the community or ecosystem level. I\nwill dis
 cuss how we can use ecological networks to observe\,\nunderstand\, and pre
 dict the consequences of global change at these\nhigh-order organization l
 evels. First I will provide a general\nframework to explore the consequenc
 es of species loss within these\nnetworks. Second\, I will present more sp
 ecific examples of how to use\nfood web and metabolic theory to observe an
 d predict changes in\ncomplex ecosystems.
LOCATION:British Antarctic Survey\, Room 330B
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