On December 1 and 4, the Institute of zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Biodiversity Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Beijing Biodiversity Science Research Association jointly organized two biodiversity frontier reports and senior scientists' reports of the international talent program (pifi) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The conference invited internationally renowned ecologists, Professor Jorge soberon and Professor A. Townsend Peterson from the University of Kansas.
Jorge soberon gave reports entitled "Application of Grinnellian niche theory to understanding the specifications area relationship" and "BAM: an R package for dynamic distribution modeling". In his report, he mainly introduced a new theory of the relationship between species and regions based on Grinnellian niche, and introduced the R package based on BAM (biological, abiotic, movements) algorithm to study the dynamic distribution model of species.
A. Townsend Peterson gave reports entitled "phylogenetic reconstruction of ecological niche evolution" and "decadal scale biological change and environmental factors that drive it". He shared the phylogenetic reconstruction of niche evolution based on niche evolution rate and distribution change, and through sharing research cases in Mexico, he explained that local research based on distribution points can only show local scale effects, and through large-scale dynamic change analysis integrating more complete data sets, It can better clarify the changes of biodiversity and its driving factors.
