Scientific Calendar Event



Description
	The theoretical problems involved in conservation biology and natural resource management are rapidly emerging as a deep area of intellectual inquiry. These problems are inherently non-linear, and can rapidly become complex, as found in the emerging areas of Biocomplexity, Bioeconomics, and Sustainability Science.  Capacity building in these areas will be central to the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of ecosystems.  

	The workshop will focus on mathematical models related to problems in natural resource management, climate change and conservation biology in the context of ecological networks.  It will consist of a series of intensive lectures along with hands-on computer demonstrations and group exercises.  Specifically, group sessions will be organized in which participants from different regions of the world will address specific issues in conservation and natural resource management in changing environments.  Each group will give an oral presentations of the outcome of their work at the end of the workshop. 

	Topics covered will include: 
•Population dynamics and optimal management of renewable resources;
•Population viability and risk analysis;
•Biocomplexity and the structure of ecological networks; ecological community structures;
•Fragmentation and persistence;
•Effects of climate change on species distributions, infectious diseases and ecosystems.

	A series of background keynote lectures on specific topics and examples will be given by the four organizers and the guest lecturers. In addition, the participants will be encouraged to present a short talk describing their own work.  If you wish to make a oral or poster presentation please specify upload a one-page abstract to the on-line application form.

	Participation in the computer laboratory demonstrations and exercises, as well as the training sessions on using R in Ecology (statistics and population dynamics) is a requirement.

Go to day
  • Monday, 2 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 REGISTRATION
      • 09:00 REGISTRATION 1h0'
    • 10:00 - 10:30 OPENING & WELCOME BY THE ORGANIZERS
      • 10:00 OPENING & WELCOME BY THE ORGANIZERS 30'
    • 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 15'
    • 10:45 - 11:45 Climate Change
    • 11:45 - 12:30 Theoretical models of species' ranges and range dynamics
      • 11:45 Theoretical models of species' ranges and range dynamics 45'
        Speaker: L. Buckley (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara (CA), USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Scaling from plant-level responses into ecosystem-level consequences (i) Modeling species interactions (ii) Incorporating vegetation heterogeneity: age structure and size structure (iii) Representing plant functional diversity
      • 14:00 Scaling from plant-level responses into ecosystem-level consequences (i) Modeling species interactions (ii) Incorporating vegetation heterogeneity: age structure and size structure (iii) Representing plant functional diversity 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Moorcroft (Harvard University, Dept. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, USA)
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Introduction to Core Groups
      • 15:00 Introduction to Core Groups 45'
    • 15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 15:45 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:00 - 16:00 Climate Lab
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 16:00 Climate Lab
        Speaker: L. Buckley
  • Tuesday, 3 March 2009
    • 06:00 - 06:00 GENERAL LAB DOCUMENTS
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 06:00 GENERAL LAB DOCUMENTS
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Applying range models to predict responses to climate change
      • 09:00 Applying range models to predict responses to climate change 1h0'
        Speaker: L. Buckley
    • 10:00 - 11:00 The ecosystem-level consequences of vegetation heterogeneity (i) Developing a predictive science of the biosphere (ii) Non-linear ecosystem responses
      • 10:00 The ecosystem-level consequences of vegetation heterogeneity (i) Developing a predictive science of the biosphere (ii) Non-linear ecosystem responses 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Moorcroft
        Material: Other material lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Climate variability and population cycles in the dynamics of infectious diseases
      • 11:30 Climate variability and population cycles in the dynamics of infectious diseases 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Pascual (University of Michigan, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Food web network structure: data, models, and inference
      • 14:00 Food web network structure: data, models, and inference 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Dunne (Santa Fe Institute (NM), USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Core Groups discussions
      • 15:00 Core Groups discussions 45'
    • 15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 15:45 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:00 - 16:00 Climate Lab
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 16:00 Climate Lab
        Speaker: P. Moorcroft
  • Wednesday, 4 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Infectious diseases and non-stationary environments: climate change and pathogen evolution
      • 09:00 Infectious diseases and non-stationary environments: climate change and pathogen evolution 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Pascual
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Robustness of ecological networks (i.e. effects of extinctions on network structure)
      • 10:00 Robustness of ecological networks (i.e. effects of extinctions on network structure) 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Allesina (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara (CA), USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Participant Presentations
      • 11:30 Participant Presentations 1h0'
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Dynamical modeling of complex food webs
      • 14:00 Dynamical modeling of complex food webs 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Dunne
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Core Groups discussions
      • 15:00 Core Groups discussions 45'
    • 15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 15:45 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:00 - 16:00 Food web Lab 1
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
    • 19:00 - 20:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 19:00 WELCOME RECEPTION 1h30'
  • Thursday, 5 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Stability of ecological systems (i.e. linear stability, qualitative stability etc.)
      • 09:00 Stability of ecological systems (i.e. linear stability, qualitative stability etc.) 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Allesina
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Mutualistic Networks
      • 10:00 Mutualistic Networks 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Bascompte (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Estacion Biologica de Donana, Seville, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Parasites, climate, and fuzzy logic models
      • 11:30 Parasites, climate, and fuzzy logic models 1h0'
        Speaker: G. Canziani (Multidisciplinary Institute on Ecosystems & Sustainable Development, UNCBA, Tandil, Argentina)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 The Dynamics of Variable or Conditional Population Interactions: Nature and Models
      • 14:00 The Dynamics of Variable or Conditional Population Interactions: Nature and Models 1h0'
        Speaker: M.- J. Hernandez (Instituto de Zoologia Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Core Groups discussions
      • 15:00 Core Groups discussions 45'
    • 15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 15:45 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:00 - 16:00 Food web Lab 2
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 16:00 Food web Lab 2
        Speaker: S. Allesina
  • Friday, 6 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Food web structure and network motifs (or Spatial networks of genetic variability)
      • 09:00 Food web structure and network motifs (or Spatial networks of genetic variability) 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Bascompte
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 The Dynamics of Variable or Conditional Population Interactions: Models in Nature
      • 10:00 The Dynamics of Variable or Conditional Population Interactions: Models in Nature 1h0'
        Speaker: M.- J. Hernandez
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 The trophic state of shallow lakes, remote sensors and ANN
      • 11:30 The trophic state of shallow lakes, remote sensors and ANN 1h0'
        Speaker: G. Canziani
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Cholera dynamics in a river network
      • 14:00 Cholera dynamics in a river network 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Bertuzzo (Laboratoire d'écohydrologie (ECHO), EPF Lausanne)
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Participant Presentations
      • 15:00 Participant Presentations 45'
    • 15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 15:45 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:00 - 16:00 Core Groups Reports
      • 16:00 Core Groups Reports
  • Monday, 9 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 CLimate Change, LAnd USe Change and the decline of Ecosystem Services (1)
      • 09:00 CLimate Change, LAnd USe Change and the decline of Ecosystem Services (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Dobson (Princeton University, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 The Neotropical Biodiversity Mapping Initiative (NeoMaps) (1)
      • 10:00 The Neotropical Biodiversity Mapping Initiative (NeoMaps) (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: J. - P. Rodriquez (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 The state of marine resources (1)
      • 11:30 The state of marine resources (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: G. De Leo (University of Parma, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Application areas fisheries and marine ecosystems (1)
      • 14:00 Application areas fisheries and marine ecosystems (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Hilborn (School of Aquatic Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Core Groups discussions
      • 15:00 Core Groups discussions 1h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:15 - 16:15 LAB (1)
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 16:15 LAB (1)
        Speaker: B. Bolker (University of Florida, Zoology Dept., Gainesville)
  • Tuesday, 10 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 The Dynamics of Variable or Conditional Population Interactions in Space. Discussion on the characterization of population interactions (1)
      • 09:00 The Dynamics of Variable or Conditional Population Interactions in Space. Discussion on the characterization of population interactions (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: M.-J. Hernandez
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Quantitative criteria for the assessment of ecosystem extinction risk (2)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Wildlife, especially East African parks management, protected areas(2)
      • 11:30 Wildlife, especially East African parks management, protected areas(2) 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Hilborn
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 When size matters: Trade-offs, non-linearities and surprises in the management of size-structured populations (2)
      • 14:00 When size matters: Trade-offs, non-linearities and surprises in the management of size-structured populations (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: G. De Leo
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Core Groups discussions
      • 15:00 Core Groups discussions 1h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:15 - 16:15 LAB (2)
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 16:15 LAB (2)
        Speaker: B. Bolker
  • Wednesday, 11 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Contrasting marine and terrestrial conservation: similarities and differences (3)
      • 09:00 Contrasting marine and terrestrial conservation: similarities and differences (3) 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Hilborn
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Participants Presentations
      • 10:00 Participants Presentations 1h0'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Where is the species? Representing species on a map (1)
      • 11:30 Where is the species? Representing species on a map (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: L. Boitani (Dept. Animal & Human Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza")
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Where is the species? Representing species on a map (2)
      • 14:00 Where is the species? Representing species on a map (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: L. Boitani
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Core Groups discussions
      • 15:00 Core Groups discussions 1h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:15 - 16:15 LAB (3)
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 16:15 LAB (3)
        Speaker: B. Bolker
  • Thursday, 12 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Assembling a Serengeti Food-web: Insight for Conservation and Management of complex tropical ecosystems (2)
      • 09:00 Assembling a Serengeti Food-web: Insight for Conservation and Management of complex tropical ecosystems (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Dobson
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Participant Presentations
      • 10:00 Participant Presentations 1h0'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Past, present and future of a neotropical wetland ecosystem. Tools for analyzing changes (2)
      • 11:30 Past, present and future of a neotropical wetland ecosystem. Tools for analyzing changes (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: G. Canziani
        Material: Other material lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Core Groups: preparation of presentations
      • 14:00 Core Groups: preparation of presentations 1h0'
    • 15:00 - 16:00 LAB (4)
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 15:00 LAB (4) 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Bolker
    • 16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:15 - 16:15 LAB (5)
      Location: Computer Lab. (LB)
      • 16:15 LAB (5)
        Speaker: B. Bolker
  • Friday, 13 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Participant Presentations
      • 09:00 Participant Presentations 1h0'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Discussion & Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Discussion & Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Presentation of Core Groups results
      • 11:30 Presentation of Core Groups results 1h0'
        Material: Handout
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Presentation of Core Groups results
      • 14:00 Presentation of Core Groups results 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:15 - 16:15 Conclusions and certificates
      • 16:15 Conclusions and certificates