2nd Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology - Bonn, March 10-11, 2008
organized by the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants and the Vegetation Geography group at the Geographical Institute, University of Bonn.
The annual meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology aims to give the opportunity for fruitful discussions to everybody interested in macroecology. As decided at our last meeting at the GfÖ2007 in Marburg, the conference language will be English to allow participation of foreign scientists. Presentations not only by senior researchers but as well by young scientist are welcomed.
To stimulate the discussion we invited Prof. Carsten Rahbek (Copenhagen) as plenary speaker.
Registration
Please register via an e-mail to macroecology@biogeographie.org (Please state your First Name, Last Name, Title (e.g. Dr.), Institute/Company (e.g. University of XY), Unit (e.g. Botany Department), Street, Zip code + Town, Phone, Fax, e-mail, Homepage).
Conference fee
A conference fee of 10.00 EUR has to be paid directly at the registration desk.
Conference Programme
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Monday, March 10, 2008
- 11:30 am - Registration check-in
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Afternoon Session 1
1 Winter et al.
Are we facing a "North-Homocene"?
2 Kier et al.
Plant endemism and richness of islands and continental areas in a global comparison
3 Trautmann et al.
Current or paleoclimate: Which factors determine avian species richness patterns in Europe?
4 Knapp et al.
The urban hotspot is not that hot - patterns of plant biodiversity in urban areas
5 Straatsma & Egli
Biodiversity of a community of forest mushrooms - 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break
- 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Afternoon Session 2
6 Mahecha & Schmidtlein
Representing anisotropic spatial autocorrelation in macroecological analysis
7 Kissling et al.
Global determinants of avian frugivore distribution
8 Laube & Böhning-Gaese
Ranges, phylogeny and ecological niches of Sylvia warblers
9 Hof
The climatic niches of amphibians – a global analysis
10 Beck & Kitching
Ecology and biogeography of sphingid moths - 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session
- 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Keynote by Carsten Rahbek, Copenhagen
- 8:00 pm Dinner at a nearby restaurant (optional)
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
- 8:30 am - 10:00 am Morning Session 1
11 Rödder et al.
Neotropical frogs and global warming: climate envelope models
12 Sommer et al.
Climate change and protected areas in Africa
13 Schröder et al.
Assessing the effect of climate change on suitable habitats of an alpine bird species – model uncertainty and scale effects
14 Pompe et al.
Using niche-based modelling to assess impacts of climate change on plant distribution patterns in Germany - 10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
- 10:30 am - 11:30 pm Morning Session 2
15 Schweiger et al.
Future range distributions of trophically interacting species may increasingly mismatch under climate change
16 Reineking et al.
Dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions under climate change. A simulation perspective
17 Hanspach et al.
Validation of species distribution models depends on species traits - 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Closing Session
Download Abstract volume (pdf, 2,9 MB)
Conference venue
Geographical Institute, Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115 Bonn
Registration is open from Monday (March 10, 2008) 11:30 a.m. at the entrance hall.
- Jens Mutke
- Nees-Institute for Biodiversity of Plants
University of Bonn
- Sebastian Schmidtlein
- Vegetation Geography
Department of Geography
University of Bonn
