[Bcma-l] (Fwd) Public Lecture: Bruce Archibald, Ph.D. "Biodiversity in the Eocene Period"

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent:	Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:04:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Kelowna Museums 
<events@kelownamuseums.ca>
Send reply to:	events@kelownamuseums.ca
Subject:	Public Lecture: Bruce Archibald, Ph.D. 
"Biodiversity in the Eocene
	Period"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public Lecture
at the Okanagan Heritage Museum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Why is There Greater Biodiversity in the Tropics?
-Insect Diversity in the Eocene Epoch.  Bruce Archibald, Ph.D.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thursday, October 2, 2008
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
at the Okanagan Heritage Museum
470 Queensway Ave (corner of Ellis and Queensway)
The Kelowna Museums' Collections and Conservation Department proudly 
presents "Why
is There Greater Biodiversity in the Tropics?" with Bruce Archibald, Ph.D.
During this public talk, Archibald will present his theory to the question of 
why
we find greater diversity, that is, many more species of plants and animals, 
in 
the tropics than in more temperate climates. This question was first posed 
by an
 18th century explorer on his journey through the Amazon jungle, a question 
which
biologists are still working to resolve.
Archibald's talk will focus on the Eocene epoch in British Columbia, some 51 
million
years ago, and will compare insect specie diversity during this time period, 
between
those of Costa Rica and the temperate forests of Massachusetts.
Fossil artefacts will be on display from the Special Collections of the 
Kelowna 
Museums, such as a rare specimen insect fossil of Microberotha 
maccullough. There
will also be other examples of fossilized specimens from different time 
periods.
 Collections and Conservation staff will be on-hand with a specimen 
microscope, 
allowing you to get a close-up view of these specimens.
Bruce Archibald completed his Ph.D.. through the Department of Organismic 
and Evolutionary
Biology at Harvard University and is currently a Post-Doctorate Fellow at 
Simon 
Fraser University.
Please RSVP by September 30 to (250) 763-2417
Admission is by donation.
For more information visit the Kelowna Museums' web site here 
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d738BGfjRdQbG4twDRYRWqidzHtppxQ9klUCZ5
W0O_6xnwsek8STmW7GRM1ejXjJ3JO21V4dw15bAw60DCSIwsHSzowg3
qWy9F3qicI6kkfIhCLpUD2AlV6bA53nkgncq9q0nQKAOZUGIwuak7YpI5mX
QEfRe4utD9YcfEqDRyDbewzX67YljSK_breQssjFtnX6EYfcB2E=].
   Kelowna Museums- Alive With Our History 
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d738BGfjRdSxJVlXEus2VfZ4bKsYwK61Cahf4h_
MzqsVoktWYnmjgqf7FU_-EnCjnUhI7f2g7i97iiDLtUyhT4axjxZVDbUctZ3Jy-
dyM_a2LoYtUrqoSw==]

Join our Facebook group! 
http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=38688771326 
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d738BGfjRdROn3ArH77fbg6b7vpaf5EX5Q11Ou
A1_WR3kzIJera_5I-
jNGQXjnrvr1zyqcfV7vlkfvnWhpWxRjp1XBlef5oAKqK6IZoL4IwfGUn1tiuhoxV
ME63mZ9384fEmH8XG7J3NAx9KcxdHv472iruZ2ZJj]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okanagan Heritage Museum
470 Queensway Ave
Kelowna BC, V1Y 6S7
(250) 763-2417
www.KelownaMuseums.ca 
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d738BGfjRdSxJVlXEus2VfZ4bKsYwK61Cahf4h_
MzqsVoktWYnmjgqf7FU_-EnCjnUhI7f2g7i97iiDLtUyhT4axjxZVDbUctZ3Jy-
dyM_a2LoYtUrqoSw==]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forward email
http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101530053116&ea=jharding@
museumsassn.bc.ca&a=1102227697336


This email was sent to jharding@museumsassn.bc.ca by 
events@kelownamuseums.ca.

Update Profile/Email Address
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=0018qhVFXyt4Big4AEv2ft_9HP50
ElXX1_clG0WkzcKpA95YKf4PlXW4cqZe7xGidnE&p=oo

Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM)
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=0018qhVFXyt4Big4AEv2ft_9HP50
ElXX1_clG0WkzcKpA95YKf4PlXW4cqZe7xGidnE&p=un

Privacy Policy:
http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp


Email Marketing by
Constant Contact(R)
www.constantcontact.com


Kelowna Museums Society | 470 Queensway Ave | Kelowna BC | V1Y 6S7 | 
Canada
------- End of forwarded message -------