living data project working groups
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Life on the Edge
Working Group Leaders: Karen Harper (St. Mary’s University/Dalhousie University), Anna Dabros (Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Forest Service), and Phil Burton (University of Northern BC) Date of Working Group: November 10th-14th, 2025 (full time) In person location: Loon Lake Lodge, Maple Ridge, BC Project description |
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Blitz the Gap
Working Group Leaders: Laura Pollock (McGill), Katherine Hébert (McGill), David Hunt (McGill), Diane Srivastava (UBC) Date of Working Group: Apr 7-11th, 2025 (full time) In person location: University of BC in Vancouver and McGill University in Montréal Project description |
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Is functional trait diversity declining in the tropics?
Working Group Leaders: Diane Srivastava (UBC), Sarah Ravoth (UBC), and Catherine McClure (Colorado State) Date of Working Group: Nov 11-15th, 2024 (full time) In person location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Project description |
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Assessing sensitivity and robustness of the Living Planet Index
Working Group Leaders: Valentina Marconi (Zoological Society of London) & Jessica Currie (WWF-Canada) Date of Working Group: June 3-7, 2024 In person location: Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto Project description |
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Legacy effects of past pesticide application on benthic invertebrate communities
Group Leaders: Christopher Edge (Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service), Josh Kurek (Mount Allison University), Jennifer Lento (University of New Brunswick – Canadian Rivers Institute), and Karen Kidd (McMaster University) Working group dates: November 6-10, 2023 Project description |
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Predicting Species Abundance Responses with Intertrophic Interactions
Group Leaders: Courtney Collins, (Biodiversity Research Centre, UBC), Nathalie Isabelle Chardon, (Biodiversity Research Centre, UBC), Haley Branch (Department of Botany, UBC), Ryan Langendorf (University of Colorado Boulder) Working group dates: April 23 to 28, 2023 Project description |
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Linking species distributions and traits to understand ecosystem functioning
Group Leaders: Andreas Novotny (Institute of the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC & Hakai Institute), Patrick Pata (Institute of the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC), and Brian Hunt Institute of the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC, and Hakai Institute Working group dates: February 20 to 24, 2023 Project description |
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The Living Data Tutorials: Data Packages for Teaching in Ecology and Evolution
Group Leaders: Jennifer Sunday (McGill University) and Joey Bernhardt (McGill University) Working group dates: April 4 to 8, 2022 Project description |
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Finding indicator species by assessing the utility of sampled abundance indices
Group leaders: Robin Freeman (Zoological Society of London), Jessica Currie (WWF-Canada), and Valentina Marconi (Zoological Society of London) Working group dates: August 30 to September 3, 2021 Project description |
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Detecting and attributing synchrony in cross-ecosystem community dynamics using long-term observational data in coastal oceans
Group leaders: Jarrett Byrnes (University of Massachusetts Boston) and Kylla Benes (University of Montana) Working group dates: March 1 to 5, 2021 Project description |