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Thematic Topics for 2006 Annual Meeting

Thematic Topic 1:

Animal Dispersal: from Theory to Field

Keynote Speaker: Michel Baguette, Louvain, Belgium

Invited Speakers: Hans Van-Dyck, Louvain, Belgium; Thomas Hovestadt, Wurzburg, Germany; Silke Hein, Zurich, Switzerland; Calvin Dytham, York, UK
Organiser: Calvin Dytham

Thematic Topic 2:

Plant Invasions: Quantifying the Threat to Tropical Ecosystems

Keynote Speaker: Marcel Rejmanek: 'Global Patterns of Plant Invasion in Tropical Forests'

Invited Speakers: Anna Lawrence, Oxford University, UK; Phil Harris, Coventry University, UK; Wayne Dawson, CEH and Aberdeen University, UK; Phil Hulme, CEH and Aberdeen University, UK; Sean Murphy, CABI, UK
Organiser: Phil Hulme

Thematic Topic 3:

Spatial Analysis of Forest Biodiversity

Keynote Speaker: Rick Condit, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama: 'Spatial Patterns of Tropical Forest Trees'

Invited Speakers: Richard Law; David Burslem; Janine Illian; Georg Gratzer, Robert Bagchi
Organiser: David Burslem

Thematic Topic 4:

Seed Dispersal: Advances and Applications

Keynote Speaker: Ran Nathan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: 'Sleeping Life: Waiting to be Spread and Dispersed'

Invited Speakers: Merel Soons, Utrecht, Netherlands; Olav Ronce, Montpelier; John Pannell, Oxford, UK; Ken Thompson, Sheffield, UK
Organiser: James Bullock

Thematic Topic 5:

Invertebrate Ecology in Agro-ecosystems: Linking System Components

Keynote Speaker: Stephen Goldson, AgResearch, New Zealand: 'Field manipulation of Root Nodule Herbivory as a Way of Measuring the Impact of Varying Nitrogen Stress in Lucerne'

Invited Speakers: Tim Benton, University of Leeds, UK; Nigel Boatman, CSL, York, UK; Jane Memmott, University of Bristol, UK; Barbara Smith, Game Conservancy Trust, UK; Adam Vanbergen, CEH, UK
Organiser: Scott Johnson, Cathy Hawes and Dave Bohan. For more details please use this link.

Thematic Topic 6:

Research and Research Priorities in Teaching Ecology

Keynote Speaker: Carol Brewer, University of Montana, USA: 'Linking Ecological Education and Research Through a Continental-scale Ecological Observatory Network'

Invited Speakers: Michael Mappin, University of Calgary, Canada; Bruce W. Grant, Windener University, USA; Ros Roberts, University of Durham, UK; A.M. Langan, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Chen-yung Lin, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan; Michael Reiss, University of London, UK; Steve Tilling, Field Studies Council, UK; Marcus Hamman, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Germany; Franz X. Bogner, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Susan Barker, University of Alberta, Canada
Organiser: David Slingsby

Thematic Topic 7:

Wetland Restoration

Keynote Speaker: Curtis J. Richardson, Duke University, North Carolina, USA: 'Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes of Iraq'

Invited Speakers: Jos Verhoeven, Utrecht University, Netherlands; Jane Bunting, Hull University, UK; Ed Maltby, University of Liverpool, UK; Sarah Ross, Penny Anderson Associates Ltd, UK; Patrick Crushell, University College Cork, Ireland
Organiser: Deborah Pearce

Thematic Topic Proposals for 2007 Annual Meeting

If you are interested in submitting a thematic topic for the 2007 Annual Meeting in Glasgow next year, please email Richard English with your proposal, which must be no longer than two sides of A4 and be submitted by 26 September 2006. The minimum length of a session is one 40 minute presentation and five 20 minute talks.

The proposal should contain:

The proposed title of the topic
The name of the keynote speaker plus a provisional talk title
A brief summary of the subject area
Named other potential speakers

Each session contains a 40 minute presentation by the principal speaker nominated by the topic coordinator. Each topic is allocated £1,000 to help with speaker expenses. In many cases, this enables international keynote speakers to be invited. The coordinator is also expected to solicit other papers for the topic, but delegates will also be free to submit unsolicited abstracts for the topics. Coordinators are responsible for deciding on which presentations should be included in the thematic topic session, ordering the presentations within the topic and also for chairing the session.