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SUMMARY:Guest Talk by Dr. Sandeep Pulla | How scientists model natural phenomena? | Insights from long-term research on the structure of some plant communities
LOCATION:ARB 203\, FLAME University
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nAn important question in contemporary plant ecology is how na
 turally occurring plant communities are structured. Interactions between pl
 ants and their environment, as well as those between individual plants, are
  often intricate and unfold over extended periods, making them challenging 
 to detect without long-term monitoring. In this presentation, I will share 
 findings on the local-scale (< 1 km2) structure of some tropical dry for
 est and savanna plant communities. Climate and fire seem especially importa
 nt, with topography and soil also playing a role. Recent work suggests a pl
 ant’s performance is additionally influenced by how phylogenetically-relate
 d and functionally-similar a plant is to its neighbours.\n
\nSpeaker Bio:\n
 
Dr. Sandeep Pulla is the Science Manager for the Long-Term Ecological Obse
 rvatories (LTEO) program of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
  Change (MoEFCC). He completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science
 , Bengaluru, India and his postdoctorate from the National Centre for Biolo
 gical Sciences, Bengaluru, India. He is a plant ecologist as well as a comp
 uter scientist, and combines methods from the field and statistical analysi
 s in his work.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Description:</strong><br />An important question in contemporary
  plant ecology is how naturally occurring plant communities are structured.
  Interactions between plants and their environment, as well as those betwee
 n individual plants, are often intricate and unfold over extended periods, 
 making them challenging to detect without long-term monitoring. In this pre
 sentation, I will share findings on the local-scale (&lt; 1 km2) structure 
 of some tropical dry forest and savanna plant communities. Climate and fire
  seem especially important, with topography and soil also playing a role. R
 ecent work suggests a plant’s performance is additionally influenced by how
  phylogenetically-related and functionally-similar a plant is to its neighb
 ours.</p><p><br /><strong>Speaker Bio:</strong></p><p>Dr. Sandeep Pulla is 
 the Science Manager for the Long-Term Ecological Observatories (LTEO) progr
 am of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). He c
 ompleted his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India and
  his postdoctorate from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengal
 uru, India. He is a plant ecologist as well as a computer scientist, and co
 mbines methods from the field and statistical analysis in his work.</p>
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