Abstracts are being accepted for a special session on disturbances, range shifts, and adaptation to climate change at the International Association for Landscape Ecology World Congress, in Milano, Italy, July 1-5 2019.
Title: Forest disturbances as drivers of tree species range shifts under global change Brief synopsis: In order to survive in the changing climate, tree species need to either adapt to the new conditions or shift their distribution range. At the same time, the effects of abiotic (e.g. fire, wind, drought) and biotic (e.g. insects, pathogens) disturbance agents are increasing throughout many parts of the globe. Disturbance regimes influence forest dynamics and distributions in complex ways – the process of mortality and regeneration is likely to interact with those of migration or persistence processes. Together the new climate conditions and disturbances will result in latitudinal, longitudinal and elevational shifts in tree species distributions, strongly shaping the distribution and composition of future forested landscapes. For a full description, see: http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2018/11/SYMP28.pdf Abstract submission is open now. Please reference SYMP28, organized by Dr. Juha Honkaniemi. For more info, contact Juha (juha.honkani...@boku.ac.at) or myself (brian.b...@ucdenver.edu). Abstracts are due Jan. 25th, 2019, and can be submitted here: http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/program/abstracts-submission/ Best, Brian Brian Buma, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Integrative Biology CU Denver www.brianbuma.com
