Workshop on Mathematics for an Evolving BiodiversitySeptember 16-20, 2013Program |
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Monday, September 16, 2013 |
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09:00 - 09:45
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Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:45 - 10:30
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James L. Rosindell
(Imperial College) Nearly neutral theory of macroevolution | Abstract |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:00 - 11:30
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Daniele Silvestro
(Gothenburg University) Bayesian inference of speciation and extinction rates using the fossil record | Abstract |
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11:30 - 12:15
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Rampal S. Etienne
(University of Groningen) Explaining 4 macro-evolutionary phenomena all at once | Diapos / Slides |
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12:15 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Room(s) 6245
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14:00 - 14:45
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John Wiens
(University of Arizona) Understanding biodiversity patterns by integrating phylogenetic and ecological information | Abstract |
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14:45 - 15:15
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Guillaume Achaz
(Maison de la pédagogie) Extinction grossly underestimated in poorly known taxa |
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15:15 - 15:45
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Santiago Sanchez-Ramirez
(Royal Ontario Museum) Latitude ranges and rates of diversification in a clade of symbiotic mushrooms | Abstract |
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15:45 - 16:15
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:15 - 17:00
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Richard Ree
(Field Museum - Botany) Taxonomy and the synthesis of phylogenetic knowledge | Abstract |
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:45
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Jonathan Davies
(McGill University) Identifying the evolutionary transitions linking phylogenetic diversity and ecosystem function | Abstract
Diapos / Slides |
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09:45 - 10:30
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Todd Parsons
(Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)) An invariance principle for the neutral theory of biodiversity and its applications to the human gut microbiome | Abstract
Diapos / Slides |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:00 - 11:30
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Severine Vuilleumier
(University of Lausanne) Peak and persistent excess of genetic diversity following an abrupt migration increase | Abstract |
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11:30 - 12:15
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Steven Kembel
(UQAM) Scaling plant-associated microbial biodiversity from trees to biomes | Abstract |
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12:15 - 13:30
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Lunch
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Room(s) 6245
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13:30 - 14:15
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Liam J. Revell
(University of Massachusetts Boston) Ancestral character estimation under the threshold model from quantitative genetics | Abstract |
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14:15 - 14:45
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Michael Landis
(UC Berkeley) Lévy processes as models of continuous trait evolution | Abstract |
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14:45 - 15:15
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Anna Kostikova
(University of Lausanne) Bridging inter- and intraspecific trait evolution with hierarchical Bayesian approach | Abstract |
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15:15 - 15:45
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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15:45 - 16:30
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Pedro Peres-Neto
(UQAM) Improving analytical frameworks for ecological phylogenetics |
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16:30 - 17:15
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Luke Harmon
(University of Idaho) The phylogenetic signature of species interactions |
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:45
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Simon Joly
(Jardin Botanique de Montréal) A phylogenetic approach for detecting adaptive radiations | Abstract |
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09:45 - 10:30
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Fredrik Ronquist
(Swedish Museum of Natural History) Dating phylogenies with fossils | Abstract
Diapos / Slides |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:00 - 11:30
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Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer
(Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)) Disentangling evolutionary cause-effect relationships with phylogenetic path analysis | Abstract |
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11:30 - 12:15
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Troy Day
(Queen's University) Computability, Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, and an inherent limit on the predicability of evolution | Abstract |
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12:15 - 14:30
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Lunch break
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14:30 - 15:15
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Amaury Lambert
(College de France-CNRS UMR 7241) Coalescent point processes and phylogenies | Abstract |
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15:15 - 16:00
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Arne Mooers
(Simon Fraser University) The tree of all birds and the idea that 1/(diversification rate) ~ evolutionary isolation | Abstract |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:30 - 17:15
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Mike Steel
(University of Canterbury) Predicting the loss of phylogenetic diversity under simple and more complex extinction models | Abstract
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17:15
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Cocktail hour with posters
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Room(s) 6245
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:45
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Graham Bell
(McGill University) Phylogenetic analysis of ecological data |
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09:45 - 10:30
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Sergey Gavrilets
(University of Tennessee) Evolution of mate choice: The trick behind the magic trait | Abstract |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:00 - 11:30
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Florence Débarre
(University of British Columbia) Social evolution in structured populations | Abstract |
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11:30 - 12:15
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Viet Chi Tran
(Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille) Stochastic dynamics of adaptative trait and neutral marker driven by eco-evolutionary feedbacks | Abstract
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12:15 - 13:30
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Lunch
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Room(s) 6245
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13:30 - 14:15
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Pierre Legendre
(Université de Montréal) Partitioning beta diversity in landscape ecology and genetics | Abstract
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14:15 - 14:45
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Cesc Múrria
(Université de Sherbrooke) The macroinvertebrate river of life: understanding species richness and trait variability through evolutionary history | Abstract |
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14:45 - 15:15
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Timothee Poisot
(UQAR - QCBS) Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of species interaction networks | Abstract
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15:15 - 15:45
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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15:45 - 16:15
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Dominique Gravel
(UQAR) A network theory for biogeography | Abstract |
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16:15 - 17:00
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Rinaldo Schinazi
(University of Colorado) A branching process for virus survival | Abstract |
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