International Conference Announcement: 'Origin And Evolution Of Biota In Mediterranean Climate Zones: An Integrative Vision' Webpage for registration and additional information
http://www.systbot. unizh.ch/ mediterranean/ index.htm
July 14-15, 2007,
University of Zurich,
Switzerland
Conference language:English
Understanding the biotic and abiotic processes that contribute to high species numbers in biodiversity 'hot spots' is one of the major tasks of biology. The exceptional biological richness of the five Mediterranean climate zones of the earth - the Mediterranean basin, South Africa, Australia, Chile and California - makes them an ideal case study to investigate the evolutionary and ecological
dynamics that generate elevated species numbers. By focusing on the Mediterranean basin, the conference will synthesize the current state of knowledge on the origin of mediterranean biota, while charting a map for pushing the frontier of conceptual and methodological advances in biodiversity studies.
The goal of the conference is to clarify the history of biotic assembly in mediterranean climate zones by integrating evidence across multiple disciplines, including evolutionary biology, systematics, ecology, paleontology, paleoclimatology, and paleogeology.
Plenary Speakers: Michael Donoghue - Yale University, USA "Phylogenetic Biogeography: Past, Present, and Future." John Thompson - CNRS, Montpellier, France "The dynamics of plant populations in the Mediterranean mosaic landscape: Ongoing adaptation and response to contemporary changes"
Invited Speakers: Ackerly, David - University of California, Berkeley, USA Case studies, Ecology: "Climate and the California flora: Past, Present and Future"
Arroyo, Juan - University of Seville, Spain Case studies, Ecology: "Sex polymorphism in Mediterranean plants: insights from heterostyly and floral biology". Cheddadi Rachid - Universitй Montpellier II, France Methods, Paleovegetation reconstruction: "Past climate changes in the Mediterranean and potential impacts on some plant species". Comes, Hans Peter - University of Salzburg, Austria Case studies, Microevolutionary patterns: "Plant evolution in the Aegean region" Conti, Elena - University of Zurich, Switzerland Case studies, Macroevolutionary patterns: "Dating the origin of plants endemic to the Corso-Sardinian Plate: a window on the biogeography of the Western Mediterranean Basin" Cozzolino, Salvatore - University of Naples, Italy Case studies, Ecology: "Pollination strategies, reproductive isolation and speciation processes in Mediterranean orchids". Fady,
Bruno - INRA, Avignon, France Case studies, Microevolutionary patterns: "Biodiversity at gene level in Mediterranean conifers" Feliner, Gonzalo Nieto - Royal Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain Case studies, Microevolutionary patterns: "Species distribution modeling matches phylogeographic patterns in the Atlantic-Mediterran ean disjunct Armeria pungens" Kadereit Joachim - University of Mainz, Germany Case studies, Microevolutionary patterns: "Determinants of phylogenetic structure in Mediterranean coastal plants" Krijgsman, Wout - University of Utrecht, Netherlands Methods, Paleoclimate reconstruction: "The Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Mediterranean" Lamont Byron - Curtin University, Perth, Australia Case studies, Ecology: "Plant adaptations in Mediterranean Australia" Linder, Peter - University of Zurich, Switzerland Case studies, Macroevolutionary
patterns: "Evolution of the Cape flora of Southern Africa, and the influence of the Mediterranean type climate" Magallon, Susana - UNAM, Mexico Methods, Integration of fossils in molecular dating Medail, Frederic - University of Marseilles, France Case studies: Macroevolutionary patterns: "Importance of historical biogeography in shaping plant diversity in the Mediterranean basin" Medel Rodrigo - University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Case Studies, Ecology: "Evolutionary ecology of mutualistic animal-plant relationships in Mediterranean ecosystems". Moore Brian - Yale University, USA Methods, ancestral area reconstruction: "A Maximum Likelihood framework for Inferring Biogeographic History" Oberprieler, Christoph - University
of Regensburg, Germany Case studies, Macroevolutionary patterns: "The temporal, spatial, and ecological differentiation of Compositae-Anthemid ae in the Circum-Mediterranea n area" Ree, Rick - Field Museum, Chicago, USA Methods, Ancestral area reconstruction: "Stochastic models of geographic range evolution and likelihood-based
inference of ancestral ranges" Rosenbaum, Gideon - University of
Queensland, Australia_ Methods, Paleogeological reconstruction
_"Geological history of the Mediterranean basin" Rossello, Josep -
University of Valencia, Spain Case Studies, Microevolutionary
patterns: "Plant evolution in a continental archipelago: The Balearic
islands" Sanmartin, Isabel - Uppsala University, Sweden Methods,
Ancestral area reconstruction: "Inferring reticulate biogeographic
history using event-based methods: the Mediterranean case". Stuessy,
Tod - University of Vienna, Austria Case studies, Microevolutionary
patterns: "Microevolutionary patterns in Hypochaeris of the Western
Mediterranean" Vargas, Pablo - Royal Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain
Case studies, Macroevolutionary patterns: "Reconstructing micro and
macroevolution in snapdragons (Antirrhinum and relatives)" Verdu,
Miguel - University of Valencia, Spain Case Studies, Ecology:
"Evolution of plant traits under Mediterranean fire-prone
environments" . Wilson, Tony - University of Zurich, Switzerland Case
studies, Microevolutionary patterns: "Environmentally- mediated
reproductive variation in a nearshore European Pipefish species"
Target audience: The conference is aimed at scholars from various
biodiversity disciplines at different stages of their careers, from
beginning Ph.D. students to established scholars. - POSTER SESSION:
There will be an open poster session on both conference days (July
14-15, 2007). Deadline for abstract submission: May 30, 2007 - Maximum
number of conference participants: 130 (excluding the invited
speakers) - How to register: Registration deadline: May 15, 2007. See
conference website http://www.systbot. unizh.ch/ mediterranean/ index.htm
- Registration fees: 110 CHF for researchers, professors, and
established scholars; 60 CHF for students. The fees include the
abstract book and coffee breaks. Organizing committee: Elena Conti
(Chair); Guilhem Mansion (post-doc); Gabriele Salvo (Ph.D. student);
Alessia Guggisberg (Ph.D. student). Technical support: Alex Bernhard
(webmaster); Corinne Burlet (administration) ; Niklaus Mueller (IT
expert).
-- Prof. Elena Conti, Ph.D. University of Zuerich, Institute for Systematic Botany Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zuerich, SWITZERLAND Ph: 0041 1 634 8424 Fax: 0041 1 634 84 03 email: ContiElena@access. unizh.ch
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