Dear Colleague,
We like to invite you to contribute to our symposium at the INTECOL 2013 conference in London (18 - 23 August 2013) by submitting an abstract to: *Forest resilience, tipping points and global change processes* We welcome contributions presenting results from experiments, observations, and models across different spatial and temporal scales to provide a deeper understanding of the impacts of global change on forest ecosystems, possible solutions for the adaptation of forests to global change, and important connections to other research areas. Confirmed speakers include Marten Scheffer, Belinda Medlyn, David Ellsworth, Milena Holmgren and Sebastian Leuzinger. Detailed information on the conference and the symposium can be found at: http://www.intecol2013.org/ and see an outline of our symposium below. *Deadline for abstract submission - 22 March 2013* We apologise for any cross-postings and we are looking forward to seeing you in London! With best wishes, Christopher Reyer (organiser) Niels Brouwers and Anja Rammig (co-organisers) **************************************************************************************************************************** Symposium outline: The goal of this symposium is to highlight crucial research areas for the next decades that foster the understanding of forest resilience and tipping points under global change, which is required to sustain the provision of ecosystem functions and services. Such a long-term vision is necessary to establish a framework that allows for integrating results from experiments, observations and modelling across different temporal and spatial scales. More specifically our objectives are: 1. To provide a global assessment of forest ecosystems’ sensitivity to global change. 2. To integrate research on forest responses to global change at different spatial and temporal scales. 3. To provide an overview of innovative ways for increasing forest resilience into the future. With this symposium, we would like to provide a forum that will help bring together and progress the current state of the science. Furthermore, our symposium will offer an overview of the challenges that ecology faces in addressing increasingly multidisciplinary research questions of critical societal importance into the future. **************************************************************************************************************************** For further questions contact : (DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST!) -- Christopher Reyer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research RD II: Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities Telegrafenberg, P.O. Box 601203 14412 Potsdam, Germany Email: [email protected] http://www.pik-potsdam.de/
