Quantitative Bioscience at the University of Tennessee

Biogeography/Physiology

Biogeography is the study of the changing distributions of species and groups of species in space and time, and the physical, biological, and cultural factors that influence distribution patterns. Increasingly quantitative, statistical and inferential, biogeography uses phylogenetic and geological information to infer long-term and large-distance patterns in distribution of clades, including extinct species. Ecological approaches consider distribution of extant species as a function of modern conditions, such as climate and latitude. These approaches help scientists to understand species distributions and predict future changes.

	Department	Research Interests
Paul Armsworth Email	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Applications of mathematical modeling, statistics and optimization to inform conservation of biodiversity and the management of ecosystem services
Orou Gaoue Email	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Conservation biology, demography, plant-human interactions
Xingli Giam Email	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Conservation ecology, global environmental change
Brian O'Meara Email	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Phylogenetics, macroevolution
Kimberly Sheldon Email	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Biogeography, physiological ecology, tropical ecology
Daniel Simberloff Email	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Biological invasions, ecology, conservation biology, biogeography

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From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.