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Adaptive Synthesis Workshop IV
"The Consequences of Changing Biodiversity - Solutions and Scenarios."

2006
Monte Verita, Anscona, Switzerland

In association with DIVERSITAS EcoServices

Other BioMERGE Workshops:
I. USA: Oct 2002
II. USA: Oct 2003
III.Malaysian Borneo: Sept. 1-4, 2005

BEF = Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
ASW = Adaptive Synthesis Workshop

Meeting Program

Thursday, November 30
  19:30   Welcome drink at Roccia  
  20:00   Dinner at MV Restaurant  
Friday, December 1
  7:00   Breakfast at MV Restaurant  
  9:00 17:00 Chapter talks in Balint room (see schedule below)  
  10:20 10:40 Break  
  12:00 13:00 Lunch at MV Restaurant  
  15:00 15:20 Break  
  19:00   Dinner at MV Restaurant  
Saturday, December 2
  7:00   Breakfast at MV Restaurant  
  9:00 16:00 Chapter workshops  
  10:20 10:40 Break  
  12:00 13:00 Lunch at MV Restaurant  
  15:00 15:20 Break  
  16:00 17:00 Ad Hoc chapter updates  
  19:00   Dinner at MV Restaurant  
Sunday, December 3
  7:00   Breakfast at MV Restaurant  
  9:00 16:00 Chapter workshops  
  10:20 10:40 Break  
  12:00 13:00 Lunch at MV Restaurant  
  15:00 15:20 Break  
  16:00 17:00 Ad Hoc chapter updates  
  19:00   Dinner at MV Restaurant  
Monday, December 4
  7:00   Breakfast at MV Restaurant  
  9:00 16:00 Chapter workshops  
  10:20 10:40 Break  
  12:00 13:00 Lunch at MV Restaurant  
  15:00 15:20 Break  
  16:00 17:00 Plenary wrap up  
  19:00   Final dinner at MV Restaurant  
Tuesday, December 5
  7:00   Breakfast at MV Restaurant  

 

Chapter Presentations:

Friday, December 1
9:00 Welcome and Introduction to the meeting: Shahid Naeem
9:10 Logistics and Meeting outline: Dan Bunker
9:20

Consequences of biodiversity loss in experimental ecosystems: Bernhard Schmid*, Patricia Balvanera, Andrea B. Pfisterer, David Raffaelli and Bradley Cardinale, Jasmin Godbold, Martin Solan, Diane Srivastava

9:40

Measuring functional diversity and functional redundancy: Owen Petchey, Dan Flynn*, Martin Solan, Justin Wright, Eoin O'Gorman

10:00

Forecasting biodiversity change and loss of ecosystem function: Kate E. Jones*, Emmett Duffy, Jennie McLaren, Daniel E. Bunker, John Griffin, Eoin O'Gorman

10:20

Break

10:40

Diversity and Stability: John Griffin*, Claire Jouseau, Amy Symstad, Loreau, Eoin O'Gorman

11:00

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Advances in the analysis of relationships and mechanisms: Andy Hector*, Tom Bell, Jeremy Fox, Michel Loreau, Bernhard Schmid, Jasmin Godbold, Philippe Saner, and Jennie McLaren

11:20

Ecosystem Consequences of Biodiversity Loss: Integrating complexity within and among trophic levels: Brad Cardinale*, Emmett Duffy, Claire Jouseau, Mahesh Sankaran, Diane Srivastava, Matthew Thomas

11:40

Microbial diversity and functioning in the laboratory and in the wild: Thomas Bell*, Mark Gessner, Rob Griffiths, Jennie McLaren, Peter Morin, Shahid Naeem, Marcel van der Heijden, Wim van der Putten

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Diversity and carbon storage: Daniel Bunker*, John Griffin; Andy Hector, Chris Phillipson; Philippe Saner, and Mahesh Sankaran

13:20

Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: James M. Bullock*, Amy Symstad, Justin Wright, Katia Engelhardt

13:40

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Managed Ecosystems: Louise Jackson*, Amy Symstad, Matthew Thomas, and Justin Wright

14:00

Consequences of biodiversity loss for pollination services: Alexandra-Maria Klein*, Christine Müller, Patrick Höhn

14:20

Interactions between Biodiversity Loss and Infectious Disease: Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, and Matthew Thomas*

14:40

The economics of biodiversity loss and ecosystem services: Charles Perrings*, Claire Jouseau, Anne Hélène Prieur-Richard, Matthew Thomas

15:00

Break

15:20

The influence of invasive species on the relationship between biodiversity change and ecosystem functioning - A critical evaluation of the negative, positive, and neutral impacts of invasive species: Katia Engelhardt*, Amy Symstad, Thomas, Helene Prieur-Richard

15:40

Biodiversity-ecosystem function research and biodiversity futures: Early bird catches the worm or a day late and a dollar short?: Martin Solan*, Jasmin Godbold, et al…

   
 

* presenter

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