Invitation to Seminar Talk Moth communities – ecology and evolution of species-rich insect assemblages Konrad Fiedler University of Vienna Host: Sylvia Cremer Communities of organisms are being structured by an interplay between evolutionary and ecological drivers. These driving factors typically act at different scales in space and time. I use examples from species rich moth communities, surveyed across ecological gradients, to address a variety of questions related to community assembly and drivers or biodiversity. Overall, despite their high mobility moth communties tend to neatly reflect gradients in local environmental factors. This hints to the prominent role the biotic interactions play between moth larvae (mostly herbivores) and the vegetation of their habitats. On the other hand, certain biodiversity patterns result from phylogenetic inertia, thus linking community structures to evolutionary history. Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 12:30pm Seminar Room Mondi 2, Central Building, 1st floor This invitation is valid as a ticket for the IST Shuttle from and to Heiligenstadt Station. Please find a schedule of the IST Shuttle on our webpage (note that the IST Shuttle times are highlighted in dark green): http://ist.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/IST_shuttle_bus.pdf The IST Shuttle bus is marked IST Shuttle and has the Institute Logo printed on the side. Institute of Science and Technology Austria | Am Campus 1 | 3400 Klosterneuburg www.ist.ac.at
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