Research in Progress talk: The Greening of the Yukon

How shrubification is reshaping biodiversity in tundra and boreal forest ecosystems – Yukon Biodiversity Forum Keynote & Lori Schroeder Memorial lecture

 

 

Answering questions of when, where and why vegetation has changed is critical to predicting future change and informing wildlife management. For two decades, Isla Meyers-Smith has studied changing vegetation across the Yukon with the Team Shrub research group. Their research has found increasing shrub cover, altered timing of plant growth and accelerating permafrost 
thaw, with all of these changes altering the habitat for wildlife including caribou, migratory birds and insect pollinators.

 

This talk will share research findings and how working collaboratively with Indigenous communities and Northern partners is strengthening the understanding of how Yukon biodiversity is being impacted by accelerating climate change.

 

Isla Meyers-Smith is a global change ecologist and a Canada Excellence Research Chair from the University of British Columbia.

 

All talks are open and free to the public, students, staff and faculty.

 

Cookies, tea and coffee will be served.

 

Recordings will be available on https://www.yukonscienceinstitute.org

 

Co-hosted YukonU, Yukon Science Institute and the Yukon Biodiversity Forum.

 

Questions? Contact The Research Services Office
at rso@yukonu.ca