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SUMMARY:Community assembly and phylogenies in tropical forest trees - Dr J
 érôme Chave\, Université Paul Sabatier\, Toulouse
DTSTART:20071018T150000Z
DTEND:20071018T160000Z
UID:TALK8076@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:3901
DESCRIPTION:I will provide a short and selective overview of models of spe
 cies coexistence. I will also present two new models\, a spatially structu
 red model of species abundances\, and a spatially implicit model predictin
 g both the abundances of species and their phylogenetic relatedness. I wil
 l show how the parameters of these models can be inferred based on field d
 ata. I will then present our first attempts to assemble a dataset designed
  to the validation of such models in species-rich tropical forest tree com
 munities of French Guiana. My emphasis will be on designing a proper field
  strategy in a tropical forest project\, and I will show some of our early
  and exciting results combining tools in plant physiology\, molecular biol
 ogy\, and modelling. Finally I will discuss how existing models of biodive
 rsity can benefit from such databases. \n\nhttp://www.edb.ups-tlse.fr/equi
 pe1/chave.htm
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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