Current distribution of biodiversity in different ecosystems
- Local and global models. Biodiversity and ecosystem productivity. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stability. Biogeographic and ecological determinants of biodiversity patterns
- Biodiversity differences between land and ocean - different phenologies, importance of islands on land and ocean current interfaces in the ocean. Phytoplankton as primary producers versus land plants. Inverted trophic pyramids in the ocean compared with land
- Biodiversity refuges andhotspots
- The rare biosphere and why it matters
This lecture is followed by Fabien Lombard's seminar "Trophic structuring of planktonic ecosystems: predominance of predator-dominated systems on a global scale"
