Dear all, Cher tous, In June 2011 a conference on Evolutionary Rescue was organized in Montpellier with the support of the French Ecological Society.The aim of this conference was to synthesize recent advances improving our understanding of the role of evolutionary mechanisms in species responses to global change.
The third topic : Evolving communities in changing environments is now online with talks by : Robert Holt (University of Florida, USA) Régis Ferrière (ENS, France) Gregor Fussmann (McGill University, Canada) http://www.sfecologie.org/blog/2011/10/20/evolrescueonline-topic-3/ The first topic A race between decline and extinction is still online with talks by : Richard Gomulkiewicz (Washington State University, USA) Graham Bell (McGill University, Canada) Anne Charmantier & Olivier Gimenez (CEFE, France) http://www.sfecologie.org/blog/2011/09/30/evolrescueonline-topic-1/ The second topic : Migration, plasticity and adaptation is still online with talks by : Mark Kirkpatrick (University of Texas, USA) Andrew Gonzalez (McGill University, Canada) Frank Schurr (Potsdam University, Germany) & Katja Schiffers (LECA France) http://www.sfecologie.org/blog/2011/10/12/evolrescueonline-topic-2/ The video are open to comments and we hope you will participate to this very original experience of « virtual » conference by posting your questions. The authors will try to respond online, this is a unique opportunity to bring the scientific discussion beyong the limit of a one day conference ! Please forward this email to anyone interested by the experience. Cordialement, all the best ! Les organisateurs Ophélie Ronce, Fadela Tamoune et Nicolas Mouquet With the help of : ANR, CEFE, CFI, CNRS, CRC, EVORANGE, ISEM, NSERC-CRSNG, Région LR, SFE, SFR MEB, UM2 ------------------------------------ Nicolas Mouquet Evolutionary Community Ecology Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution - CNRS UMR 5554 - Université de Montpellier II - CC 065 34095 MONTPELLIER Cedex 05 [email protected] Tel +33 4 67 14 93 57 Fax +33 4 67 14 40 61 Skype : nmouquet personal web site : http://nicolasmouquet.free.fr/ group web site : http://www.eec.univ-montp2.fr/ ------------------------------------
