Thursday, February 16 at 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Galleria
1680 E 15th Avenue, Eugene, OR
Species diversity is greater in regions that are more geographically complex—but why? A panel of biologists, geomorphologists, and paleontologists discuss how mountain-building and climatic history has influenced the evolution and diversity of rodents in western North America over the last 30 million years.
Moderator: Edward Davis
Panelists: geomorphologist Rebecca Dorsey, geomorphology, biologist Greer Dolby, paleontologist Samantha Hopkins, geomorphologist Brian Yanites