1 + 1[1] 2BioTRaCE
Simons Collaboration on Biodiversity Trajectories and Causal understanding of Ecoevolutionary dynamics
We will provide the tools to build predictive theory and make accurate forecasts of biodiversity and Nature’s Contributions to People.
Three Core Challenges
Diversity
Observation
Inference
Three Solutions
Diversity
Trait-Based Ecology
Provides mechanistic links between scales from organism to ecosystem
Three Solutions
Observation
Satellite Remote Sensing
Provides repeated observations at scales from metres to the globe
Three Solutions
Inference
Modern Causal Statistics
Allows us to test causation at the scale of observations
Combining the solutions
Trait maps from airborne imaging spectroscopy
Combining the solutions
Trait time-series from multispectral satellites
Combining the solutions
Modelling and forecasting trait time-series
Combining the solutions
Using causal statistics to text drivers and theory at scale
A moonshot solution !
Describing eco-evolutionary dynamics by integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories
Synthesizing theory across physiology, population biology, evolutionary biology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and global ecology.
Our Team
Jasper Slingsby
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Ryan Blanchard
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Res Altwegg
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Samukelisiwe Msweli
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Patrick O’Farrell
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Andrew Skowno
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Erin Hestir
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Cory Merow
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Efthymios Nikolopoulos
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Maria Santos
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Philip Townsend
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Adam Wilson
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What success looks like…
BioTraCE
Providing the tools to build predictive theory and make accurate forecasts of biodiversity and Nature’s Contributions to People.
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