What Lies Beneath? The Art and Science of Soil Arthropods On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

• 

  Monica Farfan

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  School of Global Environmental Sustainability
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado
• 

  Carlos Barreto

  PhD
  Department of Biology
  University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario, Canada

Soil biodiversity is on the forefront of climate change science and policy in many parts of world where soil degradation and loss of arthropod biodiversity are occurring. Scientists, artists, and outreach specialists present works intended to educate and draw awareness to soil arthropods and their diversity to inspire their protection.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  Network configuration predicts the spread and size of populations of the soil microarthropod, Folsomia candida
  

  Presenting Author: Celina Baines (she/her/hers) – McGill University

  Co-author: Bronwyn Rayfield – Apex Resource Management Solutions Ltd.

  Co-author: Luis Gilarranz – Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

  Co-author: Andrew Gonzalez – McGill University
• On Demand

  Short-term intensive warming shifts predator communities (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) in boreal forest soils
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Meehan (he/him/his) – University of Manchester

  Co-author: Tancredi Caruso – University College Dublin

  Co-author: Zoë Lindo – University of Western Ontario