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Title: Biodiversity in tropical areas, from molecules to ecosystems


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Biodiversity in tropical areas, from molecules to
ecosystems
Vietnamese-French thematic school
Place Do Son, Hai Phong city, VIETNAM.
Schedule time from 5 to 15 November, 2012
Main sponsors Vietnam Academy of Science and
Technology (VAST) and Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France)
Organizational unit
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources
(IEBR)
Organizing Committee
Prof. Le Xuan Canh Prof. Nguyen Van Sinh Prof. Hossaert, Martine Prof. Forget, Pierre-Michel Prof. McKey, Doyle Prof. Ninh Khac Ban Ms. Vu Thi Thuan VAST-IEBR VAST-IEBR CNRS-INEE, Centre dEcologie Fonctionnelle Evolutive, Montpellier CNRS-INEE, Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle, Brunoy Centre dEcologie Fonctionnelle Evolutive CEFE (UMR5175), Montpellier VAST VAST
Lecturers
Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève Bañuls, Anne-Laure Grison, Claude Le Toan, Thuy Morlon, Hélène Pérez, Thierry Renaud, François Roux, Bruno Selosse, Marc-André Thomas, Olivier Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de lInsecte IRBI (UMR7271), Tours Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs MIVEGEC (UMR5290), Montpellier Centre dEcologie Fonctionnelle Evolutive CEFE (UMR5175), Montpellier Centre dEtudes Spatiales de la Biosphère CESBIO (UMR5126), Toulouse Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées CMAP (UMR7641) Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie IMBE (UMR7263), Marseille Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs MIVEGEC (UMR5290), Montpellier LAvion jaune, Montpellier Centre dEcologie Fonctionnelle Evolutive CEFE (UMR5175), Montpellier Institut de Chimie de Nice (UMR7272), Nice
Summary
Tropical biodiversity ecological and
evolutionary approaches Tropical regions harbor
a disproportionate share of Earths biodiversity.
Understanding why tropical ecosystems are so
species-rich has long been one of the central
questions in ecology and evolutionary biology.
The question is of more than academic importance.
Understanding the mechanisms that have produced
this exceptional biodiversity and that maintain
it today can provide clues on how biodiversity
can be conserved and, where necessary, restored.
Examining ecological processes at levels from
molecules to individuals, populations and
ecosystems, the course will explore some of the
principal hypotheses proposed to explain tropical
biodiversity, and illustrate the approaches used
to test these hypotheses. The physical
environmentsclimate and soilstypical of
tropical latitudes will be analyzed, showing how
they serve as a peculiar template for the
evolution of adaptations. Because intense biotic
interactions appear to be a key part of what
makes tropical ecosystems special, the course
will focus on these interactionspairwise
interactions between mutualists, between
competitors, between predators and prey,
parasites and hosts, but also intricate indirect
interactions in complex networks of species. The
course will examine many different approaches,
from empirical studies of the biochemical
mediation of interspecific interactions to
modeling studies examining mechanisms of species
coexistence. The course will treat both marine
and continental environments, exploring the
interactions between them. The threats to
tropical biodiversity from global environmental
change will be reviewed. Finally, the course will
examine the implications of ecosystem degradation
for human health, and present ecological
engineering approaches to restoring biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning in disturbed and
degraded tropical ecosystems.
Proposed topics
  1. Tropical Biology and Biodiversity
  2. Ecology of Biotic Interactions
  3. Chemical ecology and Biodiversity
  4. Marine Biology and marine resources
  5. Ecological Dynamics and Remote Sensing
  6. Ecological engineering and Phytoremediation
  7. Health ecology
  8. Bio-cultural Interactions in tropical ecosystems
  9. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology in
    tropical ecosystems
  10. One day off in Ha Long Bay


Registration
address 18 Hoang Quoc Viet st., Cau Giay dist.,
Hanoi, Vietnam Tel 84-4-37565943 Fax
84-4-38361196 Email nvsinh_at_gmail.com
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