WelcomeOur research is broadly focused on the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss. As a corollary we expect to gain a better understanding of what it will take to slow extinction and mitigate its effects.
Visit our webpage about restoring habitat connectivity around Montreal to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services under climate change. Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science
Visit also the QCBS, a research network we launched in 2009.
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Lab NewsTwo papers to appear in Nature in the coming weeks:
Just out in Nature: Hooper, D.U., Adair, E. C., Cardinale, B.J., Byrnes, J.E.K., Hungate, B.A., Matulich, K. L., Gonzalez, A., Duffy, E..J., Gamfeldt, L., and O’Connor, M.I. (2012) A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change. Listen to the podcast. In press in Nature: Cardinale, B.J., Duffy, E.J., Gonzalez, A., Hooper, D.U., Perrings, C., Venail, P., Narwani, A., Mace, G.M., Tilman, D., Wardle, D.A., Kinzig, A.P., Daily, G.C., Loreau, M., Grace, J.B., Larigauderie, A., Srivastava, D. and Naeem, S. (2012) Biodiversity loss and its impact on Humanity. Just out in PNAS: Pillai, P., Gonzalez, A. and Loreau, M. (2011) Metacommunity theory explains the emergence of food web complexity. Read the press release. Bell, G. and Gonzalez, A. (2011) Adaptation and evolutionary rescue in metapopulations experiencing environmental deterioration. was published recently in Science. Listen to a podcast about this research. |
Biodiversity loss will be a major driver of ecosystem change. See the Nature paper.
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The Gonzalez Lab @ McGill
