On behalf of the local organizing committee, I would like to announce the 8th annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Website: csee2013.ok.ubc.ca Email: [email protected] Early registration and abstract submission is now open. Deadline: March 1st, 2013 Conference Theme: Range margins in a rapidly changing world Location: University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Conference Dates: May 12th May 15th, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________ Conference Highlights: Keynote Speakers: Prof. Pierre Legendre (U. Montréal) (Presidents Award Winner) Prof. Fred Allendorf (U. of Montana) Conference Field Trips: Wildflowers and Wine South Okanagan Desert and Saline Lakes Symposia: Grassland trophic dynamics in a changing world Organizers: Lauch Fraser (Thompson Rivers University), Bill Harrower (UBC), and Roy Turkington (UBC) The plant microbiome (Sponsored by NRC Research Press and Botany) Organizer: Miranda Hart (UBC) Responses to recent climate change in wild mammal populations: adaptations across time and space Organizers: Jeffrey Lane and Stan Boutin (University of Alberta) Evolution of social behaviour Organizers: Graham J. Thompson (University of Western Ontario), Amro Zayed (York U.), Miriam Richards (Brock U.) Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on infectious disease in theory and practice Organizers: Eric Vander Wal and Fanie Pelletier (U. Sherbrooke) Applying the best available science to biodiversity - Related law and policy decisions Organizers: Leah Bendell (Simon Fraser University [SFU]), Patricia Gallaugher (SFU), Arne Mooers(SFU), Susan Pinkus (Ecojustice), and Justina Ray (Wildlife Conservation Society Canada) Natural History Organizers: Root Gorelick (Carleton) and Kevin Judge (Grant MacEwan U.) Workshops: Introduction to R Workshop Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis in Ecology and Evolution The Ethical Dimensions of Ecological Research: How Might an Ethics Policy for Ecological Research Be Beneficial to the Discipline Business Skills for Scientists: Planning and Managing a Research Budget NSERC Grant Writing Workshop Social Events: A Plethora! We look forward to seeing you in Kelowna this May. Brian Ohsowski, on behalf of the local organizing committee -- Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution "Range margins in a rapidly changing world" University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus Kelowna, British Columbia May 12th, 2013 - May 15th, 2013 Email: [email protected] Website: http://csee2013.ok.ubc.ca/Home.html 8ème réunion annuelle de la Société Canadienne d'Ecologie et d'Evolution "Les marges daires de répartition dans un monde soumis à des transformations rapides UBC, campus de l'Okanagan Kelowna, BC, Canada Du 12 au 15 mai 2013 Email: [email protected] Site Web: http://csee2013.ok.ubc.ca/HomeFrancais.html
