PALESTRA
The Research Station “Chiquitos“ in Bolivia
Introduction and running projects
Local: Auditório do Centro de Biodiversidade da UFMT
Data: 03/11/16 -14:00h
A palestra será ministrada em inglês
Aim of this talk is a formal introduction and advertisement of the station
which offers unique research opportunities. The station was inaugurated in
2009 and until then hosted already over 70 scientists of more than 13 countries
for research stays. Former and recent projects of the Senckenberg Research
Institute, one of the operators of the station, are presented.
Palestrante:
MARTIN
JANSEN
Dr. phil. nat.
Department of Herpetology
Senckenberg Research Institute
and Nature Museum
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Web site:
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/
index.php?page_id=16247
E-mail:
[email protected]
PALESTRA
How to broadcast continuously: the communication
strategies of solitary frogs (genus Leptodactylus)
Local: Auditório do Centro de Biodiversidade da UFMT
Data: 04/11/16 -14:00h
A palestra será ministrada em inglês
Palestrante:
Calling is the most energetically expensive activity performed by the male
frog, but at the same time, calling performance is critical for mating success.
Energetic constraints therefore force a trade-off between sexual advertisement
and other activities critical for survival, and this trade-off most probably led to
the evolution of strategies that maintain calling performance. This is especially
true for those frogs that continuously and sustainably call for hours, such as
territorial frog species of the genus Leptodactylus. The talk introduces
techniques of automated bioacoustic monitoring and IR videotaping to throw
light upon nocturnal frog communication, and presents preliminary results
regarding the impressive performances of male frogs.
MARTIN
JANSEN
Dr. phil. nat.
Department of Herpetology
Senckenberg Research Institute
and Nature Museum
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Web site:
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/
index.php?page_id=16247
E-mail:
[email protected]
PALESTRA
An introduction to integrative taxonomy:
theory, methods and case studies
Local: Auditório do Centro de Biodiversidade da UFMT
Data: 07/11/16 - 14:00h
A palestra será ministrada em inglês
Today, approximately 1.2 million species are described, but recent
estimates suggest that there are maybe 1 trillion species on earth. Regarding
this incredible number, it becomes apparent that taxonomy has a huge task to
shoulder, namely to accelerate species descriptions to serve science and
society. The talk will give an introduction to recent approaches in modern
taxonomy. The “father of modern taxonomy”, Carl Linnaeus, but as well the
“species problem” (What is a species?) will of course be touched in the talk.
Besides, taxonomist today realize that taxonomy will no longer be tightly linked
with description of patterns and species, but instead should go hand in hand
with studies on species delimitation and processes of generating biodiversity.
Palestrante:
MARTIN
JANSEN
Dr. phil. nat.
Department of Herpetology
Senckenberg Research Institute
and Nature Museum
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Web site:
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/
index.php?page_id=16247
E-mail:
[email protected]