SEPL participated in two conferences this summer: the International Union for Quaternary Research Congress in Rome and the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in Anchorage. Both conferences were a huge success, with a total of eight presentations and posters. Highlights included first-time meetups between longterm collaborators and a “family” mixer with...
After several years in the works, a new special issue featuring 12 foundational papers about Natural Trap Cave research has been published in Quaternary International. Julia Schap’s initial analysis of the community composition of the small mammals off NTC is included in the special issue, and PI McGuire co-authors five of these papers, including...
Jenny participated one of the Georgia Climate Project’s monthly webinars, entitled “What does changing climate mean for Georgia’s ecosystem.” She spoke about the implications of changing climates for the ranges and compositions of species and ecosystems as well as the implications and challenges for conservation in Georgia. Watch it here!...
Jenny mediated a discussion about ecosystems and climate for the Global Climate Action Symposium. The panel included global experts: * Jennifer Marlon, Yale University * Shyla Raghav, Conservation International * Joel Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology * Jérôme Gaillardet, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Watch it here!...
Georgia Public Broadcasting did an exclusive preview of a new documentary series, “The Age of Nature,” that explores humanity’s relationship with nature and wildlife as scientists from all over the world examine ways we can restore our planet. Guests were treated to excerpts from each of the three episodes, followed by an in-depth conversation...
Check out our new paper! I’m so excited to see this work out. Here is a summary of our findings: Resilient landscapes preserve terrestrial biodiversity despite environmental changes. Here, we analyze North American landscape resilience over 20,000 years by examining the residence and recovery times of plant biomes preserved in the fossil pollen record....
SEPL had 3 abstracts accepted to be presented at the International Biogeography Society Conference in Malaga, Spain in January. Yue will be presenting “Climate drives dynamic shifts in vegetation communities over the past 20,000”. Sílvia will be presenting “Changes in North American mammal niche preferences from the late Pleistocene to the present”. Jenny will...
SEPL was well represented at ESA this year! We gave three talks in three days. Jenny gave a five-minute Inspire talk about using paleontology to inform conservation models on Monday. On Tuesday, Jenny presented current and upcoming work looking at climate connectivity. And on Wednesday, Yue presented her latest research exploring the residence time...
Wyoming PBS has done an episode of it’s “Main Street, Wyoming” series about Natural Trap Cave. This episode explains all about where we get the material that we look through at Fossil Wednesdays and really puts it into the broader context of the research being done at the site. Check it out above!...
Campus was closed on Monday, the first day of classes, due to “weather.” So tomorrow, Wednesday, January 9th, I will teach my very first class as an Assistant Professor. I’ve created my own course that explores the latest questions and methods in landscape ecology and biogeography. In this lecture + lab course students will...
