[PCA] PCA Meeting Wed. November 8

Mon Nov 6 07:31:47 CST 2017

The Plant Conservation Alliance bi-monthly meeting is this Wednesday,
November 8th

from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET! Join us for a talk on *"Using community
phylogenetics to understand species distributions and responses to climate
change: an example with Florida ferns” *by Dr. Emily Sessa, assistant
professor of biology at the University of Florida,  <
https://sessalab.biology.ufl.edu/> See the previous email for further
details.

***Attached please find the agenda for the November 8th PCA meeting.***

*Join the live WEBINAR:*

http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=blm&i=742990168&p=meeting&t=c

Number:   742990168                              Passcode:
meeting                   Host:   PEGGY  OLWELL

Call-in Number:     1-877-414-1336           Call-in Passcode:   6177335#

** Be sure to enter the meeting number and passcode for this conference.
There may be previously stored information in your computer that
automatically populates the fields and can direct you to an alternate
meeting.*

Please let me know if you have any questions!

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Prescott, Leah <lprescott at blm.gov> wrote:

> *The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, November
> 8th
>
> from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.*
>
>
>
> *"Using community phylogenetics to understand species distributions and
> responses to climate change: an example with Florida ferns”*
>
>
> The PCA is excited to welcome Dr. Emily Sessa to speak with us about her
> research at The University of Florida (UFL) from 2:00-3:00 pm ET, on
> November 8th. Research in the Sessa lab focuses broadly on plant
> systematics and understanding the evolutionary and ecological processes
> that shape plant diversity. Lab members work on a number of projects around
> this central theme, with a strong emphasis on the seed-free vascular
> plants: ferns and lycophytes. The primary question motivating much of our
> research is: What ecological and evolutionary processes have generated, and
> maintain, fern and lycophyte diversity on earth? Emily will discuss
> community phylogenetic analyses, which are a set of methods that can be
> used to understand how plants assemble into communities by taking into
> account their evolutionary history. She will use the ferns found in the
> state of Florida as an example, and discuss how her lab is using
> phylogenetic trees and climate modeling to understand where ferns are found
> now and how their distributions may change in the future.
>
>
>
> ***If you are in the Washington, DC area and would like to attend this
> meeting in person, please email Leah Prescott (lprescott at blm.gov
> <http://blm.gov>) by COB Friday, November 3rd***
>
>
>
> *Join the live WEBINAR:*
>
> http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=blm&i=742990168&p=meeting&t=c
>
> Number:   742990168                              Passcode:
> meeting                   Host:   PEGGY  OLWELL
>
> Call-in Number:     1-877-414-1336           Call-in Passcode:   6177335#
>
>
>
> ** Be sure to enter the meeting number and passcode for this conference.
> There may be previously stored information in your computer that
> automatically populates the fields and can direct you to an alternate
> meeting.*
>
>
>
> *UPCOMING PCA MEETINGS*
>
> January 10, 2018: Jeannette Whitton, Director University of British
> Columbia Herbarium, Canada's SARA & COSEWIC
>
> March 14, 2018: Margaret O'Gorman - President of the Wildlife Habitat
> Council
>
>
>
> *More about Dr. Emily Sessa*
>
> Emily is an assistant professor in the Biology Department at the
> University of Florida, and her work focuses on basic science and
> understanding global plant biodiversity. She earned her bachelor’s degree
> magna cum laude from Cornell University in 2005 and her PhD in Botany from
> Cornell University in 2012. She completed her postdoctoral training at the
> University of Arizona before joining the University of Florida faculty in
> 2013. Her research interests include plant systematics and evolution,
> phylogenetics, historical biogeography, diversification processes,
> physiological ecology, functional traits, community assembly, and
> reticulate evolution, and most of her work centers on ferns and lycophytes.
>
> --
> Leah Prescott
> Bureau of Land Management
> Plant Conservation Program Assistant
> 202-912-7232
>
> National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
> <https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
> Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
> Seeds of Success
> <https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
>

-- 
Leah Prescott
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation Program Assistant
202-912-7232

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
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