[The events are displayed in the language they are held]
27.07.2010 - 30.07.2010 | Environment | Biology | Meetings, Conferences
Functional significance of mountain biodiversity
International GMBA-DIVERSITAS conference
The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment of DIVERSITAS is celebrating its 10th year of activity in 2010 with an international conference in the Swiss Alps, on the overarching theme of functional significance of mountain biodiversity. We will meet in the center of the Swiss Alps at the peak of the flowering season at a very scenic historic village.
We are seeking for conference contributions which
(1) offer novel facts and research results on mountain biodiversity
(2) are from the uppermost montane, alpine or nival belt, or cover full elevational transects
(3) address functional aspects such as erosion control, grazing resistance, water yield, productivity, nutrient retention, disease or invasion resistance, multispecies interactions and related topics.
(4) or address one of the following thematic clusters:
Land use and climate change and effects on mountain biodiversity
Large scale patterns (latitudinal and altitudinal) of mountain biodiversity (including invasives)
LTERs in the Alpine and their influence on biodiversity research- the challenge of converting long term monitoring into science.
Testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses by using archive data
For further information regarding registration, programme, venue etc. plese visit the website indicated below.
Organized by:
The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)
Location:
Village Hall
City:
Chandolin
Country: Switzerland
Contact Information:
Dr. Eva Spehn, executive secretary
Dr. Katrin Rudmann-Maurer, sci. coordinator
Institute of Botany, University of Basel
Schönbeinstr. 6,
4056 Basel
Phone: +41 (0) 61 267 35 11
Fax: +41 (0) 61 267 35 04
E-Mail: gmba@unibas.ch
URI: http://www.gmba.unibas.ch/2010conference/2010conference.htm
Deadline(s):
Registration
Deadline of registration:30.04.2010
Deadline for paper/poster submission: abstracts not exceeding 250 words: 15.01.2010