15:40 Talk Paul Woodcock, The Effect of selective logging on – 16:00 University of Leeds, UK the trophic organization of a species-rich rainforest assemblage 16:00 Panel Diversity-environment – 16:40 discussion relationships in the tropics 16:40 Closing Closing remarks Closing remarks – 16:50 remarks 20:00 Meal-out Pub / DELRIOS (Optional) 15th Tropical Ecosystems: process and applied research Day 2: August 10:00 - Arrival and coffee/tea/ Posters 10:30 Session Dr. Claudia Capitani 1 Keynote Prof. Jane Hill, Conserving species in tropical – 11:10 speech University of York, agriculture landscapes oil palm, – climate change and forest fragmentation 11:10 Talk Aida Cuní Sanchez Changes over time in biodiversity, – 11:30 CMEC University of vegetation structure and carbon Copenhagen, DK stocks along a savannah-forest gradient in central Gabon 11:30 Talk Cecilia Gontijo Leal Beyond riparian vegetation: – 11:50 Lancaster University habitat changes highlight the UK need for catchment-based management strategies to protect Amazonian streams 11:50 Is fishing boom in Amazonia Talk Mariana Piva da Silva – 12:10 Lancaster University, UK benefiting biodiversity 12:10 Talk Martin Jung African species response to – 12:30 Copenhagen University, use change - Assessing the match Denmark between an Africa-wide model and fine-scale field data 12:30 Panel Panel discussion Tropical Ecosystems in an – 13:00 discussion increasing modified landscape 13:00 Lunch Lunch / Posters – 13:50 Session Chair Dr. Stephen Rucina 2 13:50 Keynote Dr. Marion Pfeifer, Analysing biological responses to – 14:40 University of speech land changes in the tropics York/Imperial College 14:40 Talk Agne Gvozdevaite Leaf gas exchange dynamics along – 15:00 University of Oxford forest-savannah transition zone in Brazil 15:00 Talk Frederick Draper, and below ground carbon – 15:20 University of Leeds storage in peatland ecosystems of the Pastaza Maranon foreland basin, Peru
15:40 – 16:00 Talk Paul Woodcock, University of Leeds, UK The Effect of selective logging on the trophic organization of a species-rich rainforest assemblage 16:00 – 16:40 Panel discussion Diversity-environment relationships in the tropics 16:40 – 16:50 Closing remarks Closing remarks Closing remarks 20:00 Meal-out Pub / DELRIOS (Optional) 15th August Day 2: Tropical Ecosystems: process and applied research 10:00 Arrival and coffee/tea/ Posters Session 1 Dr. Claudia Capitani 10:30 – 11:10 Keynote speech Prof. Jane Hill, University of York, Conserving species in tropical agriculture landscapes – oil palm, climate change and forest fragmentation 11:10 – 11:30 Talk Aida Cuní Sanchez CMEC University of Copenhagen, DK Changes over time in biodiversity, vegetation structure and carbon stocks along a savannah-forest gradient in central Gabon 11:30 – 11:50 Talk Cecilia Gontijo Leal Lancaster University - UK Beyond riparian vegetation: habitat changes highlight the need for catchment-based management strategies to protect Amazonian streams 11:50 – 12:10 Talk Mariana Piva da Silva Lancaster University, UK Is fishing boom in Amazonia benefiting biodiversity 12:10 – 12:30 Talk Martin Jung Copenhagen University, Denmark African species response to change - Assessing the match between an Africa-wide model and fine-scale field data 12:30 – 13:00 Panel discussion Panel discussion Tropical Ecosystems in an increasing modified landscape 13:00 – 13:50 Lunch Lunch / Posters Session 2 Chair Dr. Stephen Rucina 13:50 – 14:40 Keynote speech Dr. Marion Pfeifer, University of York/Imperial College Analysing biological responses to land use changes in the tropics 14:40 – 15:00 Talk Agne Gvozdevaite University of Oxford Leaf gas exchange dynamics along forest-savannah transition zone in Brazil 15:00 – 15:20 Talk Frederick Draper, University of Leeds and below ground carbon storage in peatland ecosystems of the Pastaza Maranon foreland basin, Peru
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