The Botany Department of the University of Tartu has a weekly seminar with many interesting talks, ranging from pine needle metabolites to social sciences and economics. This week, the seminar was held by our workgroup researcher Aurele Toussaint. He gave a presentation on the topic "Functional biogeography of vertebrates in a context of global changes". Aurele talked about the research he has done in Tartu in the last seven years, because he is soon starting a new position in France.