Dear ECOLOG-L members: The Estación Biológica de Doñana (Sevilla, Spain) invites applications for an international course entitled ‘Ecological Consequences of Climate Changes:Integrating Research Approaches’ that will take place from 20 September to 1 October 2010 in the heart of the Doñana National Park. The course is dedicated to students at the PhD and Master/advanced Diploma levels who are involved in global change related research. Its aim is to provide a synthetic overview upon different research perspectives ranging from palaeoecology to population genetics, ecophysiology and bioclimatic modelling. The course will include lectures provided by an international panel of highprofile researchers, exercises using data of the Doñana environmental monitoring programme (http://icts.ebd.csic.es), as well as field trips within the National Park.
Invited teachers: Miguel Araújo, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain Gary Bortolotti, University of Saskatchewan, Canada José S. Carrión, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Miguel Ferrer, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Sevilla, Spain Clive Finlayson, Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar, UK Arndt Hampe, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Sevilla, Spain Josep Peñuelas, Centre de Recèrca Ecologica i Aplicacions Forestals, Barcelona, Spain Fernando Valladares, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, Madrid, Spain Katherine Willis, University of Oxford, UK Local organizers: Juan José Negro and Arndt Hampe The course language will be English. Support from the Gas Natural Chair ‘Biodiversity Conservation under Climate Change’ enables us to waive registration fees and to cover all costs for the transport between Sevilla and Doñana National Park, accommodation and meals during the course. Applicants should provide a brief CV (max. two pages) as well as a statement (max. 500 words) about their research interests/current projects and why they would like to attend to the course. Application deadline is 15 June. Please send applications in a single pdf file to Begoña Arrizabalaga ([email protected]) and any related questions to Juan José Negro ([email protected]).
