Leveraging Isotopic Tools to Understand Insect Ecology On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

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  Megan Reich

  PhD candidate
  Biology
  University of Ottawa
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  Felipe Dargent (he/him/his)

  Researcher
  Great Lakes Research Centre
  Canadian Forest Service - NRCan
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Isotopes can be used to answer a plethora of ecological questions (e.g. trophic dynamics, physiology, dispersal patterns), but many entomologists remain unfamiliar with the methodologies used by isotope ecologists. We will showcase a diversity of isotopic systems and demonstrate the variety of questions that isotopes can help answer.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  A butterfly wing δ2H isoscape for the Afro-Palearctic range
  

  Presenting Author: Sana Ghouri (she/her/hers) – University of Ottawa

  Co-author: Gerard Talavera – Institut Botanic de Barcelona

  Co-author: Clement P. Bataille – University of Ottawa
• On Demand

  Stable isotopes of carbon and hydrogen in amber fossils shed light on insect ecology and habitats in deep time
  

  Presenting Author: Ryan C. McKellar – Royal Saskatchewan Museum

  Co-author: James McWilliams – University of Regina

  Co-author: Ralf Tappert – Lakehead University

  Co-author: Karlis Muehlenbachs – University of Alberta