Public lecture - Clint Penick: Under the pavement: How insects are adapting to urban life
| Day | Thursday, January 26 |
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| Time | 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM |
| Where | UU-111 |
Clint Penick, assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Kennesaw State University, will speak on "Under the pavement: How insects are adapting to urban life." Insects play a dominant role in urban ecosystems in terms of both their abundance and diversity. Even in a city the size of New York, ants outnumber humans by 2,000-to-one, and more than 40 ant species can be found within a 10-mile radius of the Empire State Building. But the role insects play in urban ecosystems remains poorly understood — we have barely characterized insect diversity in cities, let alone the impacts of insects on nutrient cycling, soil health, pollination, disease transmission and other ecosystem processes. In this presentation, I will discuss my ongoing work tracing human foods through urban food webs and how this scales to influence urban communities and ecosystem services.
Add to Calendar 01/26/2023 1:30 PM 01/26/2023 2:30 PM America/New_York Public lecture - Clint Penick: Under the pavement: How insects are adapting to urban life Clint Penick, assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Kennesaw State University, will speak on "Under the pavement: How insects are adapting to urban life." Insects play a dominant role in urban ecosystems in terms of both their abundance and diversity. Even in a city the size of New York, ants outnumber humans by 2,000-to-one, and more than 40 ant species can be found within a 10-mile radius of the Empire State Building. But the role insects play in urban ecosystems remains poorly understood — we have barely characterized insect diversity in cities, let alone the impacts of insects on nutrient cycling, soil health, pollination, disease transmission and other ecosystem processes. In this presentation, I will discuss my ongoing work tracing human foods through urban food webs and how this scales to influence urban communities and ecosystem services. UU-111
