Populations under Pressure
Call for contributions
deadline: 15th February 2007
28 March 2007 – 30 March 2007
Imperial College & Centre for Population Biology, Silwood Park
Background
Applied population biology forms the basis for scientific conservation. Although
population biology, ecology and conservation share many common research
questions and interests, students working in one field are often unfamiliar with the
techniques and approaches used in others, especially early in their career.
Aims
In this symposium, we aim to provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary
discussions within the broad field of applied population biology, and with a focus
on conservation. We focus in particular on graduate students and post-docs who
already have, or would like to develop, a more interdisciplinary perspective on their
work.
Talks and Workshops
Participants will have the opportunity to present their own work, focusing on the
broader significance of their work, and to discuss with researchers from a wide
variety of fields.
In addition, a large part of the symposium will be invested in three workshops on
current topics in applied population biology. These workshops will be complemented
with plenary presentations by leading researchers in applied population biology,
enhancing the scope of the discussions. For how to attend and for more
information, see overleaf.
Workshops
- “Coming out of the ivory tower”: how to make sure that our modelling efforts
remain applied and practical? Bringing together empirical data and theory. Plenary: Dr
E.J. Milner-Gulland (Imperial College London). For more information please email:
nils.bunnefeld@imperial.ac.uk
- Spatial ecology and animal movements: new findings, opportunities for their
applications, and unsolved issues. Plenaries: Prof. Jean-Michel Gaillard (Universite’
Lyon 1) and Dr. Tim Coulson (Imperial College London). For more information please
email: lborger@uoguelph.ca
- Biodiversity conservation by agri-environment schemes: current problems and
future alternatives. Plenary: Dr Mark Whittingham (Newcastle University). For more
information, please email: Jeroen.Minderman@newcastle.ac.uk
Populations under Pressure
A graduate research symposium in
applied population biology
What and how?
This will be a symposium for young researchers by young researchers, and it will have
a distinct international taste with organisers based at various universities in Europe
and Canada. Participants from different countries will be selected on the basis of their
complementary interests and stage in their careers.
To apply for attendance
Although doing a talk is not required, precedence will be given to attendants also
wanting to do a talk. To attend, please send an email and a short abstract of a
proposed talk (approx. 100 words) to: Jeroen.Minderman@newcastle.ac.uk. The
deadline for submission is 15 February 2007. For more information see: