Understanding evolution & ecology when climates warm and cities grow

A Smart Green Cities Research Centre and the School of Natural Sciences Macquarie University Seminar Series Presentation

Animal populations have evolved within an inconstant world and often demonstrate adaptations for dealing with variable environments. However, the environment is currently changing at a rapid rate and to novel forms that may cause many animal populations to decline.

This seminar will explore two research programs aimed at understanding the evolution and ecology of animals in our changing world:

1. Exploring the sensitivity of embryonic sexual development to temperature, and what it means for the evolution and persistence of populations, including sea turtles, faced with warming air temperatures.
2. Presenting new research on urban tree hollows and how their loss impacts hollow-dependent taxa sharing our cities.

Guest Presenter: A/Prof. Lisa Schwanz, UNSW

Attend in person or via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 884 8191 0997 Password: 1235813

When

Location

There is disabled parking, a lift and accessible rest rooms.

Macquarie University, 14EAR tearoom (Building 14EAR (E8A), Level 2, Room 280), Macquarie University, 2109, View Map