International Symposia on Landscape Ecology have been organised by the Slovak Academy of Sciences since 1967. This year topics are: Theoretical issues of landscape ecology: current concepts and trends, Methods in landscape research, Landscape and ecosystem services: concepts and applications, Landscape governance and management,Environmental awareness and education in landscape ecology. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
Das Motto unserer Tagung lautet: "Ökologie für eine nachhaltige Zukunft". Damit möchten wir unter anderem zu Diskussionen anregen welchen Beitrag ökologische Forschung zu einem umfassend nachhaltigen Umgang mit den natürlichen Ressourcen leisten kann. Wie hängen z. B. Landnutzung, Biodiversität und Ökosystemfunktionen zusammen? Was lernen wir aus ökologischer Grundlagenforschung für einen zeitgemäßen Naturschutz? Wie werden sich Klimawandel und Stickstoffdeposition auf terrestrische und aquatische Ökosysteme und deren Funktionalität auswirken? Die Diskussion dieser und ähnlicher Fragen soll die Tagung zu einem Ort des lebendigen wissenschaftlichen Austauschs machen, aber auch zu Debatten über adäquate Handlungsalternativen für einen nachhaltigeren Umgang mit Ökosystemen anregen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Major topics will be: Phylogeography, species distribution under global change, community phylogenetics and a symposium for early-stage researchers. [Editorial staff vifabio]
In the year 1866 Ernst Haeckel introduced the term “Ecology”. The guiding theme of the 46th Annual Meeting is therefore "150 years of ecology – lessons for the future". The overarching aim of the conference is to stimulate a critical assessment of the status quo of the different disciplines of ecology. At the same time and taking into account the latest developments in ecological research we will address the following questions: Where are we? What have we learned? What are the gaps? What are the challenges for the future? We aim to present an outstanding and interesting program covering the diversity of ecological research. ... [Information of the supplier]
We are pleased to announce that the "European Conference of Tropical Ecology" and the Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, gtö) in 2016 will be hosted by the University of Göttingen and the German Primate Center (www.gtoe-2016.de). Located near the geographical center of Europe, Göttingen is the right place for a European conference. The overarching topic will be "Tropical diversity, ecology and land use", reflecting the broad spectrum of tropical research in Göttingen on one hand and the need for integrating research and land use practices in the tropics. The conference will take place from Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 February 2016, at the Faculty of Geoscience and Geography of the University of Göttingen. It will provide a forum for the scientific exchange between tropical ecologists at all levels of their career, for the personal interaction in a friendly and international atmosphere and for establishing new contacts and cooperation. We particularly encourage students and young scientists to participate in this event. Contributions from all fields within tropical ecology are welcome. ... [Information of the supplier]
Ökologie und Evolution versuchen, die Diversität des Lebendigen zu verstehen, einschließlich der Diversität von Arten, ihres genetischen Inventars, der Diversität von Funktionen, Interaktionen und Artengemeinschaften, wie Arten und Artengemeinschaften evolvieren, sich ausbreiten und vergehen. Viele neue Ideen und methodische Ansätze werden gegenwärtig in dem Feld entwickelt, wo sich diese beiden Disziplinen begegnen. Das betrifft sowohl die Ebene der Mikro- als auch der Makroevolution, beispielsweise die Untersuchung der Entstehung von Biodiversitätshotspots, die Auswirkungen von Klimawandel auf die Verbreitung und evolutive Adaptation von Arten und Artengemeinschaften oder genomweite Analysen adaptiver Merkmale in Populationen. Präsentiert werden jüngste Fortschritte in der Evolutionsökologie, ihre Bedeutung für die Phylogenetik und Biodiversitätsforschung, und umgekehrt. Als Rednerinnen und Redner zugesagt haben: Alexandre Antonelli (Göteborg), Christoph Bleidorn (Madrid), Erika Edwards (Providence, Rhode Island), Susanne Fritz (Frankfurt), Catherine Graham (New York), Christian Lexer (Wien), Susanne Renner (München), Marten Winter (Leipzig). Poster-Präsentationen von Studierenden und Postdocs sind willkommen! Die Deadline für die Einreichung von Abstracts ist der 15. September 2016. Bitte senden Sie Ihre Abstracts an Martin Schlegel. Bitte registrieren Sie sich online. Für das Symposium werden keine Teilnahmegebühren erhoben! Wir freuen uns, Sie bald in Leipzig willkommen zu heißen! ... [Information des Anbieters]
Biodiversity is the foundation for almost all ecosystem services. The known relationships, though, between biodiversity and material cycling may or may not inform the translation into ecosystem services. As the concept of the ecosystem service is of interest not only to scientists but also to policy makers and stakeholders, understanding the relationship between these three components is essential. The 102nd annual meeting will support sessions that focus on and explore, in general, how biodiversity is the foundation for many ecosystem services, how ecosystem functioning can translate into ecosystem services, and the role different dimensions of biodiversity play in developing such understanding. ... [Information of the supplier]
In this symposium international speakers will review how organisms not only respond to the Earth’s surface, but also directly modify and control it to promote their own persistence. Plants and animals can directly control the fluxes of energy and matter that underlie biogeochemical cycles, gas fluxes, sediment transport and form new habitats. Recent recognition of biotic interactions with Earth surface processes has led to a new Geoscience paradigm: The Earth’s surface is not only the product of tectonic forces (mountain building) and climate (destroying relief by weathering and erosion), but also through biotic processes that are active over micro- to macroscopic scales. Biota moderates tectonic and climate controls on surface processes and is an equally important player in shaping the Earth. This symposium will review the findings that triggered this paradigm shift, for example that the activity of biota extends to great depth (the “deep biosphere”),,soil development is related to plant diversity and burrowing animals,,plants diverge the flow and evaporation of water, higher plants can induce the uptake of mineral nutrients that vastly exceeds the rock weathering of these elements, vegetation moderates soil erosion, large river floodplains are stabilized by plants. The symposium will combine geoscience, soil, ecology, hydrology, and geobiology research to discuss how new developments in each of these fields should be employed to quantify the entire chain of Earth surface processes influenced by biotic activities, and how these developments can be used to form predictions of global change. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Latin America and Caribbean Section (LACA) of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is proud to join the University of the West Indies to host the inaugural Latin America and Caribbean Congress for Conservation Biology (LACCCB 2018) in Trinidad and Tobago. SCB is the world's largest community of conservation professionals dedicated to the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity. The meeting will bring together communities of conservation professionals to address conservation challenges and present new findings, initiatives, methods, tools and opportunities for collaboration in conservation science and practice. Scientists, students, managers, decision-makers, writers, and other conservation professionals are invited to participate in this event. ... [Information of the supplier]
