报告题目：Adaptation and adaptedness of organisms: expanding fundamental knowledge by studying urban landscapes
报告人：Dr. McDonnell Mark Jeffery
单位：Melbourne University
时间：2017年6月21日（星期三）14:30开始
地点：生态科研楼601会议室
For the last 18 years Mark served as the founding Director of the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology. He has also held honorary positions at the Global Institute for Urban and Regional Sustainability (GIURS) at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China and the School of Design and Environment at the National University of SingaporeHis research involves bringing high-quality ecological data and the understanding of basic ecological processes to bear on problems of conservation and management of urban ecosystems. He has conducted pioneering research on the study of urban-rural gradients and the comparative ecology of cities and towns around the globe. He has authored or co-authored over 150 scientific papers, reviews, book chapters, reports and articles, and has published two edited books on urban ecology. In 2015, he was appointed the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Urban Ecology which is an Open Access journal published by Oxford University Press. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the journal Urban Ecosystems, the Advisory Board of the journal CityGreen published by the National Parks Board, Singapore and on the editorial board of Urban Naturalist. He previously served on the editorial boards of Landscape and Urban Planning as well as Ecological Management and Restoration.
举办单位：城市与区域生态国家重点实验室