Biodiversity research aims to document the enormous diversity of life on earth and to identify the factors that generate and maintain this diversity.

Scientists at UBC's Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC) investigate the ecology, evolution, and conservation of biological diversity through research at all levels, from genes to ecosystems through to interactions with society. As the scope of global climate change, human-caused habitat alterations, and associated extinction rates rise, the need to understand and conserve biodiversity and the ecosystem functions that it sustains has never been more pressing.

Seagrass and seaweed covered rocks amongst tidepools. There is a pink starfish on the rock closest to the camera.

Research

Our research aims to document the enormous diversity of life on earth and to identify the factors that generate and maintain this diversity

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A close up photo of dewdrops on a leaf

Training

Our training and postdoctoral opportunities include our Biodiversity Research: Integrative Training and Education (BRITE) program

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