6th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society
North Miami, Florida, USA - January 9-13th
North Miami, Florida, USA - January 9-13th
The
meeting is built around four successive SYMPOSIA (10th & 11th
January) each with a suite of
leading international scientists and *openings for contributed papers*:
1. Island Biogeography: new syntheses
(Organizers: Rob Whittaker & Kostas Triantis).
2. Beyond Bergmann: new persectives on the biogeography of traits
1. Island Biogeography: new syntheses
(Organizers: Rob Whittaker & Kostas Triantis).
2. Beyond Bergmann: new persectives on the biogeography of traits
(Organizers: Adam C. Algar and Nathan G. Swenson).
3. The convergence of conservation paleontology and biogeography
3. The convergence of conservation paleontology and biogeography
(Organizers: Jenny McGuire & Edward Davis).
4. Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good job?
(Organizers: Antoine Guisan & Niklaus E. Zimmermann).4. Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good job?
The meeting also has 12 sessions of CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (12th January) on key topics:
i. Island biogeography
ii. Neotropical biogeography
iii. Climate-change biogeography
iv. Conservation biogeography
v. Pre-quaternary paleoecology and biogeography
vi. Quaternary paleoecology
vii. Phylogeography
viii. Marine biogeography
ix. Natural disturbance biogeography
x. Global-scale biogeography
xi. Hot topics in biogeography
Dr. Jim Brown will give a keynote lecture after receiving the Alfred Russel Wallace Award, recognizing his lifetime of outstanding contributions to biogeography.
&
Dr. Miguel Araújo will give a keynote lecture after receiving the Macarthur & Wilson Award, a new award recognizing an early-research individual for a notable, innovative contribution to biogeography.
In addition, before the meeting, on the 9th of January, five WORKSHOPS will be held: Biodiversity Informatics Training, Biogeography of Stress, Communicating Biogeography, Popular Science Writing, & an Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Analysis.
On the 9th & 13th of January, arranged FIELD EXCURSIONS will visit a number of Florida's beautiful biogeographic locations.
Check out the IBS meeting website for more details and to register (http://www.biogeography.org/html/Meetings/2013/index.html)
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