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Join us Monday, March 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM for our annual joint meeting with the Native Plant Society. Our speaker will be Jedediah Brodie presenting his talk entitled: Plant-animal Interactions in Tropical Rainforests. Tropical rainforests are wild riots of life, known not just for their incredible diversity of animals and plants, but for the strong interactions among these organisms. In his talk, Jedediah Brodie will explore how birds, mammals, and insects both help and hinder plants through pollination, seed dispersal, and herbivory – interactions that have led to some surprising evolutionary patterns. He will also look at how plant-animal relationships in the forests of tropical Southeast Asia are changing and what we can do to help conserve them.
Jedediah Brodie is a conservation ecologist and the Craighead Chair of Conservation at the University of Montana. He studies vertebrates, seed plants, and their interactions. He specializes in getting dirty, sweaty, and parasite-ridden through field work across the tropics and in Alaska. Jedediah’s current work focuses on landscape connectivity, climate change, and species interactions. He works closely with government agencies, NGOs, and other partners in Malaysia and elsewhere to help establish habitat corridors and other conservation areas.
The meeting will be held in Room 110 in the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB) on the University of Montana campus. The building lies on the south end of campus on Beckwith Avenue between Maurice and Mansfield avenues. Due to our membership being composed of many older adults, masks are encouraged, but not required by the university. You also have the option of watching the meeting over Zoom by following the link:
https://umontana.zoom.us/j/94696638657
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University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr,Missoula,MT,United States