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Veranstaltungen
6th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Swizerland (GfÖ)
Frankfurt, Germany 29 February - 2 March, 2012
organized by Susanne Fritz, Christian Hof and Katrin Böhning-Gaese at the Biodiversity and Climat Research Center (BIK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
The sixth annual meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology of the GfÖ will be held in Frankfurt (Germany), and aims to bring together scientists and students interested in the research field of macroecology. The conference language will be English.
With a selection of keynote presentations by high-profile researchers, a mix of contributed oral and poster sessions, open discussions and social events we aim to promote scientific exchange on macroecology and beyond, in an open and stimulating atmosphere.
Further information on registration, accommodation and logistics will be available from early September on the meeting homepage
Confimed keynote speakers:
Miguel B. Araújo (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain & University of Évora, Portugal)
Catherine Graham(Stony Brook University, New York, USA)
Thomas Hickler(Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) & Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
David Orme (Imperial College London, UK)
Ally Phillimore (Imperial College Londn, UK)
Carsten Rahbek (Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Special events:
- Icebreaker Party
- Open discussion: "Meet the editors - the present and future of scientific publishing"
- Conference dinner
- Guided tour through the Senckenberg Natumuseum Frankfurt
Contact: Susanne Fritz, Christian Hof, Katrin Böhning-Gaese