The DEADLINE for abstract submission has been EXTENDED for the BES Tropical Ecology Group's Dealing with Diversity meeting in Nottingham, UK 7-9 April 2010. Submit your abstracts NOW!
The 4th annual early-career researchers meeting of the BES Tropical Ecology Group will be in Nottingham, UK, from 7-9th April 2010. The overall theme is Dealing with Diversity: Description and analysis of hyper-diverse ecosystems, though we will welcome talks or posters on any topic within tropical ecology. The meeting will comprise two days of talks followed by an optional one-day workshop introducing techniques for diversity analysis at both local and regional scales. Our plenary speakers will be Prof. Anne Chao (Taiwan) and Dr. Owen Lewis (Oxford). Anne Chao and Richard Field (Nottingham) will each run a workshop session. There will also be a special seminar by Dr Francis Gilbert (Nottingham) on the use of diversity studies to inform policy and conservation. For more information and registration forms, visit www.britishecologicalsociety.org/tropical or email teg2...@nottingham.ac.uk
