TSU COLLOQUIUM

JNCASR

Speaker: Dr. Bidesh Kumar Bera

Affiliation: BIDR, Israel

 Title: Vegetation pattern formation in dryland ecosystems in response to climate change

 Date and Time: 30th January 2023 (Monday) at 02:30 pm  (Tea/Coffee: 02:15 pm) 

Venue: Nevill Mott Hall, JNCASR 

Title: Vegetation pattern formation in dryland ecosystems in response to climate change

Abstract: [pdf enclosed]

The vegetation pattern formation phenomenon occurs in resource-limited environments which are widespread around the globe. The response of environmental stress leads to the spatial self- organizing vegetation pattern formation in dryland ecosystems. I will discuss the complex relationship between the spatial self-organization patterns from the population level to the plant community level. We studied how spatial patterning effect the functional biodiversity of an ecosystem and we proposed some strategies for maintaining robust ecosystem management services in response to the climate extreme. Using the spatiotemporal mathematical model and empirical evidence, I will discuss the underlying driving mechanism of spatial patterns. Environmental change can trigger both ecological and evolutionary responses that could stabilise or destabilize the ecosystem dynamics. I will discuss the eco-evolutionary dynamics and the ecosystem's response to climate change which are act at different levels of ecosystem organisation. 

Host: Prof. Subir Das

All are cordially invited.

Nevill Mott Hall, JNCASR
Prof. Subir Das