The first international "Fascination of Plants Day" (May 18th 2012) will be launched under the umbrella of the European Plant Science Organisation. The goal of this activity is to get as many people as possible around the world fascinated by plants and enthused about the importance of plant science. vifabio is supporting this campaign by collecting the most important internet sources together for you.
You will find more biological web resources in our Internet Guide - a catalogue of annotated and evaluated internet sites.
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]
Welcome to ECSA’s next major symposium, ECSA 56 Coastal systems in transition: From a 'natural' to an 'anthropogenically-modified' state, which will take place from the 4-7 September 2016 in Bremen, Germany.Humans are drivers of and affected by global change. Human-induced global climate and regional environmental change dramatically modify the structures and functions of coastal systems driving them into a new system state. The altered resource potentials and ecosystem services then, in turn, significantly affect the livelihoods of the population.Distinguishing between natural and anthropogenic control factors and quantifying their impacts is a major challenge in the investigation of hydrodynamic, sedimentological, biogeochemical, ecological and socioeconomic processes in the coastal zone.Inter- and transdisciplinary efforts are required to gain a profound understanding of these "novel" systems, which provides the basis for a sustainable management.ECSA 56 brings together a global multi-disciplinary community of researchers and professionals to discuss and address issues of outstanding scientific importance in the science and management of estuaries and coastal seas in this rapidly changing world. ... [Information of the supplier]
We are excited to announce that the ECSA 58 - EMECS 13: Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene – Structure, functions, services and management conference will be held online from 6-10 September 2021 and will be available afterwards on-demand. This stimulating online event will bring together a specially selected line-up of expert speakers, contributed talks and ePosters outlining the latest innovative research and clinical practices and addressing key topics from our cancelled in-person meeting. ... [Information of the supplier]
At present, we intend to host the ECSA 59 conference onsite in San Sebastian, Spain, 5-8 September 2022, to best facilitate in-person networking and learning. However, as the future situation regarding international travel remains uncertain, rest assured that should this conference be unable to take place in person, it will be changed to an online event. To protect the health and safety of all our conference attendees, Elsevier requires proof of Covid-19 vaccinations or a negative lateral flow test (taken under the supervision of authorized health professionals, within 48 hours) to be eligible to attend. This will be coupled with mask wearing throughout the conference. ... [Information of the supplier]
Die Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft hat als ersten Schritt zu einer vom Netzwerk der biologischen Stationen Deutschlands geplanten Homepage eine Liste der Stationen ins Netz gestellt. Diese soll eine Übersicht über die in Deutschland vorhandenen Stationen, ihr Angebot, ihre Kapazität und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten für Exkursionen und Kurse geben. Unter biologischen Stationen werden hier Feldstationen verstanden, die von Universitäten oder anderen öffentlichen Trägern mit wissenschaftlichem und technischem Personal betrieben werden und für die Durchführung von Exkursionen und Praktika von Studierenden verschiedener Universitäten sowie für biologische Kurse genutzt werden können. ... [Redaktion vifabio]
DNL-online is a bibliographical database on nature conservation compiled by the German National Agency for Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN). Currently, about 100.000 citations are available, with publication years starting 1980. The data is based on holdings of the BfN's library as well as its documentation center, and contains all forms of publications; the geographical scope of most titles is Germany / Central Europe. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
The Bavarian Academy for Nature Protection and Rural Conservation (ANL) is a state supported teaching and research institute for nature protection and rural conservation. It was instituted by a decision of the Bavarian State Government in 1976 and belongs to the portfolio of the Bavarian State Ministry for Environment, Health, and Consumer Protection. It is situated in Laufen an der Salzach. The Bavarian Academy for Nature Protection and Rural Conservation primarily provides new results from the areas of nature protection, rural conservation, and ecology, through more than 100 events. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
The IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 is a landmark global forum on protected areas. The Congress will share knowledge and innovation, setting the agenda for protected areas conservation for the decade to come. Building on the theme "Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions", it will present, discuss and create original approaches for conservation and development, helping to address the gap in the conservation and sustainable development agenda. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is proud to team up for the first time with Agropolis international and the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB) to host the 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) and the 4th European Congress for Conservation Biology (ECCB) to be held on August 2-6, 2015 in Montpellier, France. SCB’s International and European Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB & ECCB) are the most important international meeting for conservation professionals and students. They are a forum for addressing conservation challenges and for presenting new research and developments in conservation science and practice. Most importantly, ICCBs and ECCBs connect our global community of conservation professionals and are the major networking outlet for anyone interested in conservation. The meeting theme is 'Mission biodiversity: choosing new paths for conservation', and as such we intend that ICCB-ECCB 2015 is a transdisciplinary meeting and delegates attend from a range of professions and sectors. Conservation biology has always had socioeconomic relevance but it is clear that biologists need to undertake interdisciplinary collaborations from the first inception of projects, through to implementation and dissemination of outputs. The programme will emphasise science-policy and science-society dialogues using interactive sessions and symposia. ... [Information of the supplier]
The guiding theme of the 45th Annual Meeting is "Ecology for a Sustainable Future". Along the lines of this guiding theme, we will stimulate scientific discussions on basic and applied ecological topics as well as on nature conservation and management. Special focus will be given to: Species, populations and ecosystems (e.g. interactions, competition, adaption, survival, community assembly, past and current pattern, all types of ecosystems); ecosystem functioning (e.g. ecosystem services, processes and functions, ecological dynamics); global change effects (e.g. climate change, land use change, nutrient deposition, invasive species, mitigation, effects on biodiversity); impact of land use (biodiversity, ecosystem functions, restoration ecology, sustainable land management); conservation approaches (e.g. linking ecological knowledge to nature conservation, environmental education, sustainability, community conservation, socio-ecological approaches, policy advice). ... [Information of the supplier]