Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator.
He was one of the most outstanding evolutionary thinkers of his time and made several contributions to the development of the theory of evolution, in addition to having co-developed the concept of natural selection. He proposed a theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject motivated Charles Darwin to publish his own theory.
He is also considered the "father of biogeography", being the main expert of the 19th century in the geographical distribution of animal species.
Among his contributions to science are the concept of aposematism and the so-called Wallace effect, a hypothesis about how natural selection can contribute to the reproductive isolation of incipient species through the selection of mechanisms of reproductive isolation or barriers to hybridization.
Program:
10:00am Presentation. Miquel Arnedo, Director IRBio.
10:15am Alfred Russel Wallace, not just natural selection. Adrià Casinos Prof. Emeritus UB
11:00 a.m. Coffeebreak
11:30am Biogeography for conservation: understanding and predicting biological invasions. Laura Cardador Prof. UB Reader
12:15 pm Historical biogeography: the journey of species. Eduard Solà Prof. UB collaborator
Date: October 10, 2023
Place: Aula Magna, Faculty of Biology, UB
He was one of the most outstanding evolutionary thinkers of his time and made several contributions to the development of the theory of evolution, in addition to having co-developed the concept of natural selection. He proposed a theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject motivated Charles Darwin to publish his own theory.
He is also considered the "father of biogeography", being the main expert of the 19th century in the geographical distribution of animal species.
Among his contributions to science are the concept of aposematism and the so-called Wallace effect, a hypothesis about how natural selection can contribute to the reproductive isolation of incipient species through the selection of mechanisms of reproductive isolation or barriers to hybridization.
Program:
10:00am Presentation. Miquel Arnedo, Director IRBio.
10:15am Alfred Russel Wallace, not just natural selection. Adrià Casinos Prof. Emeritus UB
11:00 a.m. Coffeebreak
11:30am Biogeography for conservation: understanding and predicting biological invasions. Laura Cardador Prof. UB Reader
12:15 pm Historical biogeography: the journey of species. Eduard Solà Prof. UB collaborator
Date: October 10, 2023
Place: Aula Magna, Faculty of Biology, UB