Events related to Climate and Global Change
07.07.2009 - 09.07.2009 | Geosciences | Environment | Biology | WorkshopsGlobal Change and Plant Microevolution
A IIIe Cycle symposium and post-graduate workshop supported by CUSO and the Oeschger Centre, University of Bern
Global environmental change does not only affect the ecology but also the evolution of plants. Climate change, land use and biological invasions affect the direction and strength of natural selection, as well as the amount and distribution of plant genetic diversity. The resulting microevolution could buffer or accelerate environmental change. Understanding this anthropogenic evolution might be important for our ability to predict global change impacts. However, evolutionary processes are still a very understudied aspect of global change biology. While there has been quite some recent research on evolutionary consequences of biological invasions, much less is known about evolution in response to climate change, and even less about evolutionary consequences of land use. The purpose of our workshop is to bring these questions together under a common conceptual framework, discuss the current research in this field, and develop an agenda for future research. The workshop will be divided into two parts: a symposium part where the invited speakers and some of the participants will give lectures, and a workshop part where participants, assisted by the invited experts, will form small discussion groups and jointly develop ideas for future research.
Organized by:
Plant Ecology group, Institute of Plant Sciences and Oeschger Centre, University of Bern
Location:
Hotel Regina
City:
Mürren
Country: Switzerland
Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Markus Fischer, University of Bern, Plant Sciences , Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013 Bern
E-Mail: bossdorf@ips.unibe.ch
URI: http://www.staff.unibe.ch/bossdorf/workshop.html
Deadline(s):
The total number of participants is limited to 40. If more people register, preference will be given to CUSO students. Non-CUSO participants will be selected accoding to their thematic fit and early registration. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please send an email to Oliver Bossdorf (bossdorf@ips.unibe.ch).
Registration deadline: 31 May 2009
