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SUMMARY:Big Botanical Data Requires Big Botanical Theory (and vice versa) :
  Assessing global patterns of plant diversity\, rarity\, and the traits th
 at drive them via Open Science
DESCRIPTION:Brian J. Enquist is a plant ecologist and botanist whose resear
 ch examines the origin\, organization\, and maintenance of plant diversity
  and the functioning of the biosphere. His work integrates plant functiona
 l traits\, macroecology\, and ecological theory to develop predictive fram
 eworks that link plant form\, function\, and environment across scales. He
  is a leading contributor to trait-based ecology and the development of Me
 tabolic Scaling Theory\, a quantitative framework that explains how biolog
 ical rates and fluxes scale from organisms to ecosystems. This work provid
 es a mechanistic basis for understanding how plant size\, architecture\, a
 nd resource-use traits shape growth\, carbon cycling\, and ecosystem funct
 ion. Dr. Enquist combines theory\, computation\, and large-scale data with
  extensive fieldwork across major biomes. He has established and works at 
 sites ranging from tropical forests in Costa Rica and Peru\, to alpine sys
 tems at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory\, to Arctic regions in Sv
 albard and Greenland\, examining how plant diversity and vegetation dynami
 cs respond to environmental gradients and global change. He is co-PI of th
 e Plant Functional Traits Course\, an international effort to train resear
 chers in standardized methods for measuring plant functional traits\, dive
 risty\, and assessing ecological function. He leads the Botanical Informat
 ion and Ecology Network (BIEN)\, an international collaboration that integ
 rates global plant trait and distribution data to enable large-scale biodi
 versity analyses and forecasting.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/208983/seminar-given-by-prof-brian-en
 quist/
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LOCATION:Oak/Birch lecture theatre\, Hamilton Building\, Silwood Park Campu
 s\, Imperial College London\, Berkshire\, SL5 7PY\, United Kingdom
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