Early Registration is extended until 31st October, 2012 for the 6th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA 09-13 January, 2013
Check out the IBS meeting website for more details and to register http://www.biogeography.org/html/Meetings/2013/index.html ===== 6th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society North Miami, Florida, USA - January 9-13th The meeting is built around four successive SYMPOSIA (10th & 11th January) each with a suite of leading international scientists and *openings for contributed papers*: 1. Island Biogeography: new syntheses (Organizers: Rob Whittaker & Kostas Triantis). 2. Beyond Bergmann: new persectives on the biogeography of traits (Organizers: Adam C. Algar and Nathan G. Swenson). 3. The convergence of conservation paleontology and biogeography (Organizers: Jenny McGuire & Edward Davis). 4. Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good job? (Organizers: Antoine Guisan & Niklaus E. Zimmermann). The meeting also has 12 sessions of CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (12th January) on key topics: i. Island biogeography ii. Neotropical biogeography iii. Climate-change biogeography iv. Conservation biogeography v. Pre-quaternary paleoecology and biogeography vi. Quaternary paleoecology vii. Phylogeography viii. Marine biogeography ix. Natural disturbance biogeography x. Global-scale biogeography xi. Hot topics in biogeography Dr. Jim Brown will give a keynote lecture after receiving the Alfred Russel Wallace Award, recognizing his lifetime of outstanding contributions to biogeography. & Dr. Miguel Araújo will give a keynote lecture after receiving the MacArthur & Wilson Award, a new award recognizing an early-research individual for a notable, innovative contribution to biogeography. In addition, before the meeting, on the 9th of January, five WORKSHOPS will be held: Biodiversity Informatics Training, Biogeography of Stress, Communicating Biogeography, Popular Science Writing, & an Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Analysis. On the 9th & 13th of January, arranged FIELD EXCURSIONS will visit a number of Florida's beautiful biogeographic locations. == Michael N Dawson mdaw...@ucmerced.edu dawson...@gmail.com
