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Greece

Greece. What is Operation Wallacea? Scientific expeditions in 15 countries 200+ academics running more than 120 projects Results published in peer-reviewed journals. What is Operation Wallacea? 30 new vertebrate species to science discovered

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Greece

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  1. Greece

  2. What is Operation Wallacea? Scientific expeditions in 15 countries 200+ academics running more than 120 projects Results published in peer-reviewed journals

  3. What is Operation Wallacea? 30 new vertebrate species to science discovered Large temporal and spatial data sets obtained from tuition fee funded model Data used to assess the performance of conservation management programmes

  4. Cuba Opportunity for worldwide comparative studies

  5. Global Research and Conservation Strategy Stage 1 - Assessing ecosystem diversity and function Stage 2 - Monitoring ecosystem change Stage 3 - Monitoring socio-economic change Stage 4 - Establishing & monitoring the effectiveness of conservation management programmes

  6. Team Members Principal Researchers Assistant Researchers General Surveyors Operations Staff Medical Staff

  7. Getting there

  8. Lake Malawi cichlids

  9. Independent radiations in each crater Affinity to A. calliptera.

  10. Crater Lakes

  11. Crater Lakes

  12. Crater Lakes

  13. Crater Lakes

  14. Crater Lakes – bathymetric and water quality team

  15. Crater Lakes – fishery survey team

  16. Crater Lakes – fishery survey team

  17. Crater Lakes – aquatic survey team

  18. Crater Lakes – ecotourism survey team

  19. Crater Lakes – ecotourism survey team

  20. Crater Lakes – ecotourism survey team

  21. Evolution of species course

  22. Speciation 18th Century: Species don’t change or go extinct Early 19th C: Species extinct in catastrophes, replaced in separate creations (Cuvier) Late 19th C: Natural selection drives divergence with or without geographic isolation (Darwin) Early 20th C: Geographic isolation must precede divergence (gene flow stronger than selection) Late 20th C: Small isolated populations needed to shake up genetic inertia to allow divergence (founder effect)

  23. Speciation Late 20th C: Small isolated populations needed to shake up genetic inertia to allow divergence (founder effect) Has not been borne out by evidence Bottlenecked populations in lab don’t turn into new species New species generally don’t have drastically reduced diversity Lots of natural variation in adaptive traits: genome doesn’t seem to have strong inertia

  24. Speciation 18th Century: Species don’t change or go extinct Early 19th C: Species extinct in catastrophes, replaced in separate creations (Cuvier) Late 19th C: Natural selection drives divergence with or without geographic isolation (Darwin) Early 20th C: Geographic isolation must precede divergence (gene flow stronger than selection) Late 20th C: Small isolated populations needed to shake up genetic inertia to allow divergence (founder effect) ?

  25. Speciation Early 20th C: Geographic isolation must precede divergence (gene flow stronger than selection) DNA sequence studies: tiny islands or lakes can contain several species all more closely related to each other than other species elsewhere Clear divergence in adaptive traits despite continuing gene exchange: intermediate forms less fit Selection can drive speciation without geographic isolation

  26. Speciation 18th Century: Species don’t change or go extinct Early 19th C: Species extinct in catastrophes, replaced in separate creations (Cuvier) Late 19th C: Natural selection drives divergence with or without geographic isolation (Darwin) Early 20th C: Geographic isolation must precede divergence (gene flow stronger than selection) Late 20th C: Small isolated populations needed to shake up genetic inertia to allow divergence (founder effect) ?

  27. Evolution of species course

  28. Astatotilapia spp. 4 lakes: 3-4 pale/dark pairs- maybe more Evolution of species course

  29. RAD Tag sequencing Independent radiations in each crater Affinity to A. calliptera.

  30. Pawaga-Idodi Wildlife Management Area

  31. Pawaga-Idodi Wildlife Management Area

  32. Pawaga-Idodi Wildlife Management Area

  33. Pawaga-Idodi Wildlife Management Area

  34. Bush training skills

  35. Bush training skills

  36. Biodiversity comparison between different management zones

  37. Biodiversity comparison between different management zones

  38. Biodiversity comparison between different management zones

  39. Biodiversity comparison between different management zones

  40. Biodiversity comparison between different management zones

  41. Biodiversity comparison between different management zones

  42. African Wildlife Conservation Management course

  43. African Wildlife Conservation Management course

  44. African Wildlife Conservation Management course

  45. African Wildlife Conservation Management course

  46. African Wildlife Conservation Management course

  47. Ruaha National Park

  48. Health & Safety • Training of students in safety procedures • Risk assessments • Medical cover • Communications • Emergency evacuation plans • BS8848 compliant and LOtC badged • Medical statistics published each year

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