Tropical Ecology Group
Co-secretaries: Lindsay Banin & Daisy Dent
Aim:
To promote and facilitate communication and interaction between tropical ecologists. We believe this will enable:
- Transfer and development of knowledge and skills
- Inter-disciplinary research activities
- Communication with practitioners and policy
- Support for early career researchers
Given the broad nature of “Tropical Ecology” we believe that the activities of the TEG must be driven by the interest of members. Therefore, if YOU have ideas for events or activities please contact us and we will see what can be done to make things happen!
Current / Future Meetings:
BESTEG will be present at INTECOL, August 2013, hosting two major events on the conference calendar:
1) Workshop on Global Priorities in Forest Conservation, co-organised by BESFEG.
2) Symposium on Natural forest succession in the tropics – lessons and implications for tropical forest restoration and conservation.
BESTEG are also supporting the International Student Conference of The TBA African Alumni (TAAG), Nairobi, Kenya, July 2013. The key aim of the meeting is to facilitate communication between researchers, students, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the current state, future challenges and prospects for African biodiversity.
Past Meetings
19 Dec 2012 BESTEG @ the BES Annual Meeting, Birmingham: BESTEG joined forces with FEG for a buffet and drinks mixer at All Bar One in Brindley Place. It was enjoyed by over 40 delegates who made the most of good food and good conversation.
28 – 30 March 2012 6th BESTEG Early Career Researcher Meeting, Imperical College, Silwood Park. With an Ecosystem Services theme, Dr Julia Jones and Prof Andrew Balmford delivered engaging keynote talks. The meeting also included two exciting workshops on ‘Zen and the Art of Communication’ and ‘Ecological data analysis in R’, as well as the first BESTEG photography competition.
26 – 28 April 2011 BESTEG Early Career Researcher Meeting, Newcastle 2011 Making Science Relevant for the Sustainable Management of Tropical Ecosystems
29th March 2011 BES Annual Symposium: TEG Mixer – Ed Yong!
7-9 Sept 2010, BESTEG @ the BES Annual Meeting, Leeds: The BESTEG evening event in the Packhorse Pub went very well. Over 30 people attended, and Roel Brienen gave a great talk, followed by really interesting discussions. Thank you to Sarah Dale for leading the event and Lindsay Banin for helping organise it. More details will be go into the next BES Bulletin.
7-9 April 2010, University of Nottingham: Dealing with Diversity, BES Tropical Ecology Group meeting and workshop. IUCN declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. In response, the Tropical Ecology Group Annual Meeting will focus on the description and analysis of hyper-diverse communities.
27-30 July 2009: Impacts of Gobal Change on Tropical Ecosystems : Joint Meeting of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation & Society for Tropical Ecology. Marburg, Germany. For further details see here.
27 April-8 May 2009: Kew Tropical Plant Identification Course
30-31st March 2009: 3rd Early Career Researcher Meeting, University of Manchester
24-26 March 2009: Student Conference on Conservation Science 2009, University of Cambridge
October 2008: Understanding large scale ecological patterns and processes in the Amazon: opportunities for learning and knowledge transfer in UK research.
18-19 March 2008: 2nd Early Career Researcher Meeting, Oxford University
September 2007: Early Career Researcher Meeting, Leeds
September 2006: TEG Oxford Meeting Minutes
Contact:
Contact the committee, contribute notices or sign up for the newsletter using this email.
You can also keep up-to-date with news and in touch with other members by joining our Facebook group.
Lindsay Banin: Co-secretary, CEH Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik.
Area of interest: My research focuses on understanding spatial and temporal patterns in ecological functioning, diversity and species’ distributions, with an aim to better predict how environmental changes affect natural ecosystems.
Daisy Dent: Co-secretary, Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling.
Area of interest: Tropical forest ecology, secondary succession, composition and function of disturbed and degraded tropical forest ecosystems, biodiversity conservation
Simon Queenborough: Committee member and newsletter editor, Dept. of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.
Area of interest: Tropical ecology, evolution and ecology of plant reproduction, resource allocation, population dynamics.
Sophie Fauset: Committee member, School of Geography, University of Leeds.
Area of interest: My area of research is in tropical forest ecology, specialising in the impacts of environmental change (natural and anthropogenic) on tree species composition and dynamics.
Aisyah Faruk: Committee member and social media rep, Institute of Zoology, Regents Park, London.
Area of interest: My work involves identifying the impacts of oil palm agriculture on tropical amphibians in Peninsula Malaysia. My interests include community ecology, tropical systems, host-parasite relationships and herpetology.