Biogeography is the part of geography that studies how living things on the planet are distributed and developed. The event organised by the IBS is inspired by the global impact achieved by the commemorations of Darwin’s Day. The society urges, on the occasion of the celebration of the 250^th anniversary of Humboldt’s birth, to recover his legacy and highlight various current biogeographic research projects.

Tropical and Mediterranean temporary pond metacommunities is the title that groups the five interventions of Xavier Armengol, Francesc Mesquita-Joanes, Ángel Gálvez, Maria Bisquert and Andreu Castillo-Escrivà, researchers of the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the University of Valencia. They belong to the Cavanilles Aquatic Systems Ecology and Biogeography team.

The planned lectures are: “Tropical and Mediterranean ponds: the environment” (X. Armengol); “Diversity in tropical and Mediterranean ponds” (F. Mesquita-Joanes); “Environmental and spatial effects on species distribution” (A. Gálvez); “Colonization of the ponds: experimental hatching of resting eggs” (M. Bisquert); and “Simulated and natural metacommunities: effects of time extent” (A. Castillo-Escrivà).

Platform link (it will be open on Monday at 10.45 a.m.):

https://eu.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/guest/c37a7e0948cc46ae94928662a20c8587 

More information:

-           International Biogeography Society: https://www.biogeography.org/ 

-           Humboldt Day: https://www.humboldtday.org/events/

-           Events of the Aquatic Systems Ecology and Biogeography team: https://ir.uv.es/ewFneV4