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Brownbag Lectures: Ecology Meets Paleoecology in Idaho

Brownbag Lectures: Ecology Meets Paleoecology in Idaho

• Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
• Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Presented by Dr. Dennis Ruez, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Illinois, Springfield

Hagerman Fossil Beds (southern Idaho) contain a relatively continuous series of fossil mammals spanning from 4 to 3 million years ago.  This geologic interval is of particular interest because the warmer climates were similar to those hypothesized to result from continued modern temperature rises.  Additionally, most of the species are similar to modern mammals, and stratigraphic relationships are fairly well-resolved.  Therefore we should be able to use modern ecological relationships to estimate past environmental trends.  Similarly, using patterns in the fossil record during times of known climatic change, may be useful in predicting future impacts of warming on mammals.

One of our Brownbag Lectures

Weekly lectures held at the Museum's Research and Collections Center. Lectures are usually held during lunchtime on Wednesday. The RCC is located at 1011 E. Ash Street in Springfield. Access to the building is from 10 ½ Street (between Ash and Laurel Streets), where there is ample visitor parking in the west parking lot. For more information, please call 217-785-0037. Brown Bag Lectures are free and open to the public.

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