First announcement for the 6th Biennial Conference of the International
Biogeography Society
Kovens Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA
January 9th-13th, 2013
Registration, abstract submission for symposia and contributed papers will
open in July 2012.
The core of the meeting will be four successive symposia on broad
foundational and cutting-edge topics and approaches in biogeography and
macroecology, each with a suite of leading international scientists as well
as openings for contributed papers
- Beyond Bergmann: New perspectives on the biogeography of traits
- Island Biogeography: new syntheses
- Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good
job?
- Conservation paleobiology: using knowledge of past ecosystems to inform
conservation priorities
The meeting also will have 12 sessions of contributed papers on key topics
including and not limited to: (i) Neotropical biogeography, (ii) Climate
change biogeography, (iii) Paleo-biogeography, (iv) Phylogeography, (v)
Marine biogeography (vi) Disturbance regimes and biogeography, and (vii)
Global biogeography
Schedule:
9th January: Workshops and fieldtrips
10th 11th January: Symposia and poster sessions
12th January: Contributed papers
13th January: Post-conference field trips
A keynote lecture will be given by the Alfred Russel Wallace Award winner,
recognizing a lifetime of outstanding contributions to biogeography.
On the day just before and after the conference (9th and 13th January),
there will be arranged field excursions to a number of protected natural
areas including Everglades National Park. In addition, on 9 January, several
workshops will be held (topics currently in development).
Preliminary information on the venue and lodging is available on the
International Biogeography website:
http://www.biogeography.org/html/Meetings/2013/index.html
The International Biogeography Society (IBS; http://www.biogeography.org/)
is a non-profit organization, founded in 2000, with the mission to:
· Foster communication and collaboration between biogeographers in disparate
academic fields.
· Increase both the awareness and interests of the scientific community and
the lay public in the contributions of biogeographers.
· Promote the training and education of biogeographers so that they may
develop sound strategies for studying and conserving the worlds biota.
