BES Facebook groupTropical Ecology Group
Secretary: Simon Queenborough
Aim:
To promote and facilitate communication and interaction between tropical ecology researchers.
Given the broad nature of “Tropical Ecology” I believe that the activities of the TEG must be driven by the interest of members. Therefore, if YOU have any ideas for events or activities please contact us and we will see what can be done to make things happen. Then we may be able to provide funding and/or resources to make them happen!!!
Contact:
Simon Queenborough (University of Sheffield)
Tropical@britishecologicalsociety.org
Dealing with Diversity
BES Tropical Ecology Group meeting and workshop
7-9th April 2010, University of Nottingham
REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN!
Abstract submission deadline: 10 March 2010
Registration deadline*: 24 March 2010
*Accommodation is limited so please book early
Register to attend by completing the registration and payment forms, once complete please return by email or post.
Plenary speakers:
Prof. Anne Chao (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Dr Owen Lewis (University of Oxford)
Dr Francis Gilbert (University of Nottingham)
Meeting outline
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.
7-8th April (note we start at lunch time on 7th April): Our 4th annual Early-Career Researchers’ meeting. We will accept talks or posters on the meeting theme or any topic within tropical ecology. Priority will be given to PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. Talks are 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes for questions. Our poster session will be sponsored by Journal of Tropical Ecology. On the second evening we will have a dinner with live Congolese music.
9th April: A one-day workshop introducing techniques for diversity analysis. In the morning Prof. Anne Chao will teach local diversity analysis methods, including various species richness estimators that bear her name, using her SPADE (Species Prediction And Diversity Estimation) software. In the afternoon, Dr Richard Field will teach diversity analysis methods that address spatial autocorrelation, using a series of exercises developed with Prof. Alexandre Diniz-Filho, using the software SAM (Spatial Analysis in Macroecology), developed by Diniz-Filho’s group. (NB Alexandre is unfortunately no longer able to be with us in person.) Delegates are welcome to bring their own data; teaching datasets will also be supplied. The workshops will finish by 6pm.
Costs for delegates will be as follows (students can apply for financial support from BES):
TEG Early-Career Researchers’ Meeting £60
One-day methods workshop £60
Discount for attending both £20
En-suite accommodation £40 per night
Financial support for students from developing countries: The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has generously offered to provide assistance towards the costs of attendance for students from developing countries (even if based in the UK or EU). If you would like to apply for a grant then please contact the organisers in advance via the email address provided below.
For details of abstract submission and registration, or more general enquiries, please contact teg2010@nottingham.ac.uk. Application forms can also be downloaded from the Tropical Ecology Group website at www.britishecologicalsociety.org/tropical
Kew Tropical Plant ID course 10-21 May 2010
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is organizing a two-week Tropical Plant Identification Course from 10 to 21 May 2010. The course has been designed for conservation and environment professionals, and is also suitable for graduate students, ethnobotanists, ecologists and zoologists.
Taught by Kew's botanists, all with an in-depth knowledge of the plants and habitats of the tropics, the course will give participants an overview of 70 of the most commonly encountered tropical plant families, as well as an introduction to plant morphology and identification tools.
Through short illustrated lectures, and extensive hands-on practical sessions, Kew's botanists will demonstrate the key characters for each family, sharing their expert tips for identification. Students will join identification sessions focused on different regions in the tropics; and a visit to the living collections will provide a chance to apply this knowledge 'in the field'.
Download booking form here.
