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SUMMARY:Information gaps in ecology and conservation - Tatsuya Amano (Cent
 re for the Study of Existential Risk / Department of Zoology University of
  Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Dieter Lukas
DESCRIPTION:Ecology is now in the age of syntheses. Every week we see a nu
 mber of studies covering “the entire globe” and/or hundreds of species
 . In those studies there is almost always one common issue that is either 
 mentioned briefly or not discussed at all intentionally - gaps in the avai
 lability of data. The message from this talk is simple: this issue warrant
 s more focus. Information gaps are a problem found in multiple dimensions 
 of ecological studies\, over space\, time\, taxa and data types\, and thus
  potentially have serious consequences for inferences derived. In this tal
 k I will first show how we can tackle information gaps\, by providing a fr
 amework consisting of four components\; understanding gaps\, increasing av
 ailable information\, making the best use of existing information and unco
 vering hidden information. For each of the four components\, I will then i
 ntroduce some of my recent works using global ecological data as examples.
  The talk is essentially the same as the one I gave at the Cambridge Conse
 rvation Seminar Series last November\, and bears the application of ecolog
 ical studies to conservation in mind. But I believe most of the topics to 
 be covered are applicable to ecology in general\, particularly to broad-sc
 ale studies.\n\nIf you want to meet with Tatsuya Amano\, please contact hi
 m directly.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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