Scientific Program |
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Day | Daily Topic | Planned Sessions | Keynote Speaker |
Feb. 21 | Human impact & global change |
Ecology and global change in tropical forests |
Prof. Oliver Phillips Univ. of Leeds, England |
Feb. 22 | Organism interactions |
Plant-Animal interactions Fungi-Plant interactions Trophic and plant-herbivore interactions Social insects Free contributions |
Prof. Paulo Oliveira Univ. de Campinas, Brazil |
Feb. 23 | Biodiversity |
Species distribution and community composition: patterns and processes Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Adaption: ecological and evolutionary aspects Diversity in African biomes: BIOTA |
Prof. Robbert Gradstein Prof. Timm Hoffman |
Feb. 24 | Human impact & conservation |
Deforestation, fragmentation and land-use changes Tropical ecosystems in transition: regeneration processes and conservation strategies |
Prof. Teja Tscharntke Univ. of Göttingen, Germany |