Workshop on Biodiversity in a Changing WorldJuly 22-26, 2013Program |
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Monday, July 22, 2013 |
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08:30 - 08:50
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Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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08:50 - 09:00
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Opening remarks
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09:00 - 10:00
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Michel Loreau
(CNRS) Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in the face of environmental changes | Abstract |
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10:00 - 11:00
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Shawn Leroux
(Memorial University) Density and trait-mediated predator control of ecosystem nutrient cycling | Abstract |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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Session - Contributed Talks
Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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11:30 - 12:00
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Timothee Poisot
(UQAR - QCBS) A network perspective on the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship | Abstract |
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12:00 - 12:30
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Sergio Vallina
(Marine Sciences Institute (ICM - CSIC)) Global relationship between phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the ocean: killing-the-winner | Abstract |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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14:00 - 15:00
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James O’Dwyer
(Santa Fe Institute) Host-associated bacterial communities and lambda-coalescents | Abstract |
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15:00 - 16:00
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Brian McGill
(University of Maine) Can macroecology be used to predict organismal responses to global change |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:30 - 17:30
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Marie-Josée Fortin
(University of Toronto) Landscape spatial heterogeneity: scale, modeling and connectivity | Abstract |
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:00 - 10:00
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Peter Chesson
(The University of Arizona) Multi-scaled multi-mechanism biodiversity maintenance theory | Abstract |
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10:00 - 11:00
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Priyanga Amarasekare
(UCLA) A mechanistic theoretical framework for predicting the effects of climate warming on biodiversity | Abstract |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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Session - Contributed Talks
Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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11:30 - 12:00
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Annette Ostling
(University of Michigan) Tests of neutral theory predictions for the Barro Colorado Island tree community informed by regional abundance data | Abstract |
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12:00 - 12:30
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Rosalyn Rael
(University of Michigan) Differences in species abundance patterns of niche and neutral communities | Abstract |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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14:00 - 15:00
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Simon A. Levin
(Princeton University) Evolutionary perspectives on discounting, public goods and collective behavior | Abstract |
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15:00 - 16:00
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Pedro Peres-Neto
(UQAM) Old trends and alternative views on spatial analyses in ecology | Abstract |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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16:30 - 17:30
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Dominique Gravel
(UQTR) A new perspective on 40 years of debate on the stability-complexity relationship | Abstract |
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:00 - 10:00
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Colleen Webb
(Colorado State University) Using traits-based approaches to understand the dynamics of biodiversity and productivity | Abstract |
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10:00 - 11:00
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Tadashi Fukami
(Stanford University) Historical contingency in community assembly as a source of beta diversity | Abstract |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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Session - Contributed Talks
Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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11:30 - 12:00
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Rafael D'Andrea
(University of Michigan) Challenges to linking trait patterns and competition processes | Abstract |
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12:00 - 12:30
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King-Yeung Lam
(Ohio State University) Evolutionarily stable strategies in evolution of conditional dispersal | Abstract |
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12:30
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Free afternoon
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:00 - 10:00
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Kevin McCann
(University of Guelph) Food web responses to natural and human impacted food webs | Abstract |
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10:00 - 11:00
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Andrew Gonzalez
(McGill University) Biodiversity science for the challenges of global environmental change | Abstract |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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Session - Contributed Talks
Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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11:30 - 12:00
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Ian Hatton
(McGill University) The predator-prey power law | Abstract |
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12:00 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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14:00 - 15:00
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Gregor Fussmann
(McGill University) Evolutionary rescue dynamics of ecological communities | Abstract |
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15:00 - 16:00
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Mark Vellend
(Université de Sherbrooke) Patterns and consequences of local-scale plant biodiversity change over time | Abstract |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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Session - Chaire André-Aisenstadt Chair
Meeting room(s) : 1360 |
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16:30 - 17:30
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Simon A. Levin
(Princeton University) The challenge of sustainability and the promise of mathematics | Abstract |
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17:30 - 19:00
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Reception
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Room(s) 6245
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Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room(s) 6245
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Session - Contributed Talks
Meeting room(s) : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:40
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Gulnaz Jalilova
(Hilfswerk Austrian International (HWA) in Tajikistan) Poverty alleviation through mitigation of integrated high mountain risk in the Pamir region of Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan | Abstract |
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09:40 - 10:20
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Gyorgy Barabas
(University of Michigan) The importance of sensitivity analysis for theoretical and applied problems in community ecology | Abstract |
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10:20 - 11:00
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Stephen Rush
(University of Guelph) Hill rarefaction to map colon microbiome in response to human biotherapy treatment |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Coffee break
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Room(s) 6245
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11:30 - 12:30
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General Discussion
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12:30
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Closing remarks
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