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SUMMARY:Adaptive radiations and species(?) diversity - Per Lundberg (Lund 
 University)
DTSTART:20171024T120000Z
DTEND:20171024T130000Z
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CONTACT:Oskar Brattstrom
DESCRIPTION:Why are some clades more speciose than others\, everything els
 e being almost equal? Why does species diversity vary across all sorts of 
 dimensions? To what extent can the mechanics of adaptive radiations explai
 n different patterns of clade diversification? Evolutionary game theory (a
 daptive dynamics) provide tools for the analysis and contemplation of biod
 iversity. We use a set of models based on those theoretical constructs in 
 an attempt to understand the fundamental forces behind diversification. Th
 ey also lead us to challenge the usefulness of the prevailing biological s
 pecies concept. For example\, what do we make of all the hybridization goi
 ng on? There will also be some reflections on ontological problems in ecol
 ogy and evolutionary biology.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology \, Downing Street
 \, CB2 3EJ
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