BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 RDATE:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 RDATE:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170517T193000 RDATE:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 RDATE:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2a4c6592ed575a2c8d75a998555d890b CATEGORIES:Meetings CREATED:20180420T131855 SUMMARY:Biogeography and Ecology of California Bryophytes LOCATION:Los Altos Library Program Room 13 S. San Antonio Road\, Los Altos DESCRIPTION:Ben will begin with a discussion of the important differences among the fou r major groups of land plants: mosses, liverworts, hornworts and vascular p lants. He will then dive into California bryology from an ecological and bi ogeographical perspective. Bryophytes have a unique suite of adaptations th at allow them to live in many environments that vascular plants cannot. Bec ause they're spore dispersed, they also exhibit biogeographic patterns that are quite different from those commonly seen in the seed plants. He will d iscuss basic principles of bryophyte ecology and biogeography in the contex t of the California flora, and also explore ongoing research into ecology a nd biogeography of California bryophytes. \nBen Carter is Assistant Profess or and director of the Sharsmith Herbarium at San Jose State University. He did his undergraduate work at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and earned a PhD fr om Berkeley studying bryophyte systematics. After graduating, he spent a ye ar living on Santa Catalina Island and studying the Channel Island flora. H e then spent several years on the east coast as a postdoctoral scholar at D uke University. His current interests include understanding the influence o f microclimates on moss distributions and working with herbarium specimen d ata to understand broad biogeographic patterns across North America. \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ben will be gin with a discussion of the important differences among the four major gro ups of land plants: mosses, liverworts, hornworts and vascular plants. He w ill then dive into California bryology from an ecological and biogeographic al perspective. Bryophytes have a unique suite of adaptations that allow th em to live in many environments that vascular plants cannot. Because they'r e spore dispersed, they also exhibit biogeographic patterns that are quite different from those commonly seen in the seed plants. He will discuss basi c principles of bryophyte ecology and biogeography in the context of the Ca lifornia flora, and also explore ongoing research into ecology and biogeogr aphy of California bryophytes.

Ben Carter is Assistant Professor and director o f the Sharsmith Herbarium at San Jose State University. He did his undergra duate work at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and earned a PhD from Berkeley study ing bryophyte systematics. After graduating, he spent a year living on Sant a Catalina Island and studying the Channel Island flora. He then spent seve ral years on the east coast as a postdoctoral scholar at Duke University. H is current interests include understanding the influence of microclimates o n moss distributions and working with herbarium specimen data to understand broad biogeographic patterns across North America.

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