The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is hosting a virtual event: Climate Change and the Future of Montane Birds in the Northeast on October 15, 2020 from 7:00PM-8:00PM.
Explore how climate change is forcing northeastern flora and fauna to rapidly adapt, with a focus on the future of montane birds.
Strap that roller coaster seatbelt across your lap – our montane forests are in for a ride over the next century. On October 15 at 7PM EDT, Dr. Jason Hill, an ecologist at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, will discuss how climate change is forcing our northeastern flora and fauna to rapidly adapt, with a special focus on the responses of montane bird populations.
Hill is currently a quantitative ecologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, where he helps oversee the citizen science project Mountain Birdwatch, and researches montane ecology. He received his PhD from the Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Penn State University, where he studied the population ecology of grassland sparrows following experimental landscape manipulation.
His postdoc with the Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center explored how landscape changes from Marcellus natural gas development impacted interior forest and grassland bird species.
This event will include time for audience Q&A. Free and open to all, registration is required to access the Zoom link.