Draft programme Dates Time Speaker Title 14th Tropical Ecosystems: palaeoecology and process Day 1: August 10:00 - Arrival and coffee/tea/posters 10:30 Welcome Welcome / Housekeeping – 10:40 speech Dr. Rob Marchant Session Dr. Rob Marchant 1 10:40 Keynote Prof. Dr. Henry Stable oceanic islands versus – 11:20 speech Hooghiemstra, dynamic islands in the sky. A new University of Amsterdam, perspective from pollen records. Holland 11:20 Talk Colin Drivers of landscape-scale – 11:40 environmental changes in east University of York, UK Africa 11:40 Talk Paramita Punwong. Holocene mangrove dynamics and – 12:00 University of York, UK sea level changes along Tanzanian coast, East Africa. 12:00 Talk Katie Loakes, Quaternary palaeolimnology and – 12:20 Loughborough environmental change in the South UK Wollo Highlands, Ethiopia. 12:20 _ Talk Stephen Rucina, 25,000 of savanna ecosystem 12:40 National Museums dynamics from Lake Challa, Nairobi 12:40 Panel The role of long term perspectives – 13:10 for understanding ecosystem discussion changes 13:10 Lunch Lunch/ Posters – 14:00 Session Chair Dr. Phililp Platts 2 14:00 Keynote Prof. Jon Lovett, – Diversity and elevation 14:40 speech University of Leeds, UK. relationships in the tropics 14:40 Talk Alicia Ledo, Analysis of woody plant species – 15:00 University of Aberdeen, distribution in North-Peruvian UK Andean cloud forest 15:00 Talk Joey Talbot, Relationships between tree – 15:20 University of UK diversity and aboveground biomass in African and American tropical forests 15:20 Talk Adriane Esquivel Floristic precipitation affiliation in – 15:40 Muelbert, Western Neo-tropical forest University of UK
Draft programme Dates Time Speaker Title 14th August Day 1: Tropical Ecosystems: palaeoecology and process 10:00 Arrival and coffee/tea/posters 10:30 – 10:40 Welcome speech Welcome / Housekeeping Dr. Rob Marchant Session 1 Dr. Rob Marchant 10:40 – 11:20 Keynote speech Prof. Dr. Henry Hooghiemstra, University of Amsterdam, Holland Stable oceanic islands versus dynamic islands in the sky. - A new perspective from pollen records. 11:20 – 11:40 Talk Colin University of York, UK Drivers of landscape-scale environmental changes in east Africa 11:40 – 12:00 Talk Paramita Punwong. University of York, UK Holocene mangrove dynamics and sea level changes along Tanzanian coast, East Africa. 12:00 – 12:20 Talk Katie Loakes, Loughborough UK Quaternary palaeolimnology and environmental change in the South Wollo Highlands, Ethiopia. 12:20 _ 12:40 Talk Stephen Rucina, National Museums Nairobi 25,000 of savanna ecosystem dynamics from Lake Challa, 12:40 – 13:10 Panel discussion The role of long term perspectives for understanding ecosystem changes 13:10 – 14:00 Lunch Lunch/ Posters Session 2 Chair Dr. Phililp Platts 14:00 – 14:40 Keynote speech Prof. Jon Lovett, University of Leeds, UK. Diversity and elevation relationships in the tropics 14:40 – 15:00 Talk Alicia Ledo, University of Aberdeen, UK Analysis of woody plant species distribution in North-Peruvian Andean cloud forest 15:00 – 15:20 Talk Joey Talbot, University of UK Relationships between tree diversity and aboveground biomass in African and American tropical forests 15:20 – 15:40 Talk Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, University of UK Floristic precipitation affiliation in Western Neo-tropical forest
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