INHS Seminar - Biodiversity Research from Africa to North America
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Illinois Natural History Survey Seminar Committee
- Virtual
- Date
- Feb 2, 2021 4:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dr. Daniel F. Hughes, Department of Biology, Coe College
- Contact
- Andy Kuhns
- arkuhns@illinois.edu
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- 306
- Originating Calendar
- INHS Events
Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85675100006?pwd=c0ZnbDNuYXZtYmJQODNNRWxwZzFvdz09
Meeting ID: 856 7510 0006
Password: 029232In the current era of extinctions, scientists recognize the need to work rapidly, but this can produce spatial biases in biodiversity research such that key topics get overlooked. I will detail case studies of biodiversity research in understudied systems across two continents: chameleon evolution in a Central African biodiversity hotspot and treefrog biology in the agriculture fields of Coastal California. I will discuss how results from integrative taxonomy, field-based neuroanatomy, and amphibian-inspired fences may help curb the loss of species and their associated traits. These studies provide a third to first world perspective on the range of threats facing biodiversity and on the continuum of conservation goals.