02. Understanding ecological and evolutionary mechanisms facilitating or hindering range shifts

Mr Tsun Fung Au1, Dr. Justin Maxwell1, Dr. Neil Pederson2, Dr. Grant Harley3, Dr. Matthew Therrell4, Mr. Scott Warner5, Dr. Frank Telewski5, Dr. Scott Robeson1, Dr. Richard Phillips1, Dr. Kimberly Novick1 1Indiana University, Bloomington, United States, 2Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, United States, 3University of Idaho, Moscow, United States, 4University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States,…

Dr. Allison Dedrick1, Prof Marissa Baskett2 1Rutgers University, Rutgers, United States, 2University Of California, Davis, Davis, United States Dispersal can have counteracting effects on population response to variable and changing environments.  On one hand, dispersal mobilizes individuals and diversity to increase local response to environmental change.  On the other hand, dispersal can synchronize populations and…

Dr Raquel A. Garcia1,2, Ms Ella E. Morran1,2, Professor Susana Clusella-Trullas1,2 1Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch, South Africa Temperature has long been thought to shape species’ geographical distributions. Thermal performance curves derived in the laboratory for ectothermic species are often used to explain the biogeography…

Dr Briana Abrahms1, Dr Jerod Merkle2, Dr Jonathan B Armstrong3, Dr Hall Sawyer4, Dr Daniel P Costa5, Dr Anna D Chalfoun2,6 1NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, United States, 2University of Wyoming, Department of Zoology and Physiology, Laramie, United States, 3Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Corvallis, United States, 4Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc,…