BES Facebook pageBES Annual Meeting 2010
7 - 9 September,
University of Leeds, UK
Promoting adaptation of species to global environmental change.
Dr Jane K. Hill, Prof Chris D. Thomas, Dr Barb Anderson
Species are responding to climate warming by shifting their distributions uphill and polewards. For many species, however, loss of habitat has prevented range expansion because newly-available, climatically-suitable areas are too remote to be colonised. The improvement of existing habitats, creation of new habitats to improve connectivity, and translocations of species have all been suggested to aid species' range changes. This session will consider how landscapes may change in the future, and how best to help species respond and adapt to climate changes.
Keynote speaker:
Prof Mark Rounsevell, University of Edinburgh, UK
Title: The ecological implications of future land use change.
The ways in which landscapes may change in the future will have considerable impacts upon the species they support. The modelling approaches we use integrate socio-economic and biophysical processes, linked to suitable GIS technology. I will discuss how different environmental change drivers, such as climate or policy change, may affect the structure and spatial distribution of land use, and the ecological implications of these findings.
Invited speakers:
Richard Bradbury, RSPB, UK
Jenny Hodgson, University of York, UK
Steve Willis, University of Durham, UK
Kevin Watts, Forest Research, UK
If you have any comments or question about this thematic topic, please contact Jane directly.
