FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:16:05 -0400 From: William Standley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Population Viability Analysis Conference Announcement CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS: A conference entitled "Population Viability Analysis: Assessing Models for Recovering Endangered Species" sponsored by the University of California Berkeley and the Western Section of the Wildlife Society will be held 15-16 March 1999 in San Diego, CA. at the Town and Country Hotel in Mission Valley. Population Viability Analysis (PVA) has become an important tool for assessing risks to endangered species, but has been criticized for the unrealistic ways that models have been applied in management and policy decisions. This conference will focus on issues in the development and application of demographic and genetic PVA models for conserving threatened and endangered species. Themes of conference sessions include conceptual issues in the development of PVA models, integrating theory and practice in the use of PVA, applications of PVA to conservation problems, and the future of PVA. The meeting will consist of presentations by invited speakers including M. Souli, R. Lande, M. Gilpin, M. Boyce, B. Taylor, F. Allendorf, I. Hanski, S. Harrison, K. Ralls, D. Doak, S. Pimm, H. Possingham, R. Lacy, G. Belovsky, R. Waples, P. Hedrick, S. Haig, S. Beissinger, S. Mills, C. Walters, J. Walters, Paul Wade, M. Shaffer, and D. McCullough. In addition, there will be sessions for contributed oral papers and posters. Deadline for receipt of 250 word abstracts for contributed papers is 15 Nov. 1998. For information on the scientific program, contact Steven R. Beissinger (510-643-3038; [EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Dale R. McCullough (510-642-8462; [EMAIL PROTECTED]). For information on logistics and registration, contact William Hull (510-465-4962; [EMAIL PROTECTED]) or visit the conference web site at http://www.cccweb.com/tws-west/pva. Pardon the cross-posting ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Division of Environmental Management & Design Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 56 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
