Programme
Monday March 2
Venue: University of Iceland, main hall
Monday, March 2, 2020 | |
Per Brinck symposium | |
09:00-09:30 | Introducing the symposium - Dries Bonte |
09:30-10:15 | The Anthropocene’s cascading effects on interspecific interactions, resource fluxes, and ecosystem level dynamics - Florian Altermatt, Univeristy of Zurich, Switwerland |
10:15-11:00 | Coffee break |
11:00-11:45 | The unusual drivers of biodiversity in a changing world - Pedro Peres-Neto, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
11:45-12:30 | The Evolutionary Ecology of Information in the Anthropocene - Kenneth Schmidt, Texas Tech University, USA |
12:30-13:45 | Lunch |
13:45-14:30 | Changes in bee-plant interactions in response to climate warming – and their consequences for bees - Jessica Forrest, University of Ottawa, Canada |
14:30-15:15 | Shifts from mutualism to antagonisms along climatic gradients contribute to shaping the relationship between local and regional species richness in plant communities - Richard Michalet, University of Bordeaux, France |
15:15-16:00 | Wrapping-up and general discussion (moderated by Dries Bonte) |
16:00-18:00 | |
18:30-20:00 | Welcome reception and registration - City Hall |
Tuesday March 3
Venue: Harpa conference center
Norðurljós | Ríma A | Ríma B | Kaldalón | |
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Tuesday March 3, 2020 | ||||
07:45 | Registration opens in Harpa 2nd floor - in front of Norðurljós | |||
08:30-08:45 | Opening | |||
08:45-09:30 | Keynote 1: Vigdís Vandvik, University of Bergen | The power of experimental macroecology in disentangling global change impacts on nature - and in educating the next generation ecologists. | ||
09:30-10:30 | Evolutionary ecology I Chair: Kalina Kapralova, University of Iceland | Mammal Behavioural Ecology Chair: Filipa Samarra, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute | Birds in the Anthropocene Chair: Maite Cerezo, University of Iceland | Arctic ecology Chair: Matteo Petit Bon, University Centre in Svalbard |
Genetics of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in time and space.Charles C. R. Hanse, University of Iceland | Do group living species live longer than solitary ones?Owen Jones, University of Southern Denmark | Spatial variation in the critical age class of European bird populations. Stefan Vriend, NTNU | Is the climate a risk for Arctic species? Hanna-Kaisa Lakka, University of Jyväskylä | |
Gloger’s rule on the move: regional variation in climate change alters the range-wide distribution of colour polymorphism in a wild bird.Patrik Karell, Novia University of Applied Sciences. | Subarctic winter whales: An overwintering strategy of humpback whales in Icelandic watersEdda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir, Univesity of Iceland | Ecological drivers of annual variation in survival of lekking Great Snipe Brett Sandercock, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research | Can goose colonies supported by anthropogenic activities in temperate ecosystems affect the activity of tundra predators? A multi-site comparison conducted at a circumpolar scale.Audrey Bédard, Université de Moncton | |
Colour morph-specific telomere dynamics vary across life stages in tawny owls.Chiara Morosinotto, Novia University of Applied Sciences | Ecological niche partitioning in dolphins is driven by maternal transmission of habitat use. Kasha Strickland, Hólar University | Parasite prevalence increases with temperature and mild winter climate in a metapopulation of House sparrows (Passer domesticus) in northern Norway Thor Harald Ringsby, Norwegian University for Science and Technology | Strong effect of large and small herbivores on Arctic tundra vegetation in Scandinavia and Alaska. Elin Lindén, Umeå University | |
Sex-specific effects of the in ovo environment on early-life phenotypes in eiders.Markus Öst, Åbo Akademi University | Effects of distance and received level on sonar-induced behavioural disturbance in two deep-diving cetaceans.Paul Wensveen, University of Iceland | Factors governing long-term patterns in productivity of the Gyrfalcon. Ólafur K. Nielsen, Icelandic Institute of Natural History | Functional diversity is a strong driver of carbon cycling in Scandinavian tundra. Konsta Happonen, University of Helsinki | |
Fitness consequences of genetically identified dispersers in a house sparrow metapopulation.Dilan Saatoglu, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. | Contrasting underwater vocalizations of remote Icelandic harbor seals. Helen Rößler, University of Southern Denmark | High conspecific density affects hoarding success and sex-specific spatial distribution among wintering pygmy owls. Elina Koivisto, University of Turku | Biodiversity patterns and the processes regulating them in high-arctic Greenland. Johannes Måsviken, Stockholm University | |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break - in Flói | |||
11:00-12:30 | Climate change effects on plants Chair: Katrín Björnsdóttir, University of Iceland | Habitat management Chair: Bryndís Marteinsdóttir, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland | Marine ecology Chair: Sandra Granquist, Marine and Freshwater Research institute | Theoretical ecology and modelling Chair: Denis Warshan, University of Iceland |
Climate change and novel interaction effects on alpine vegetation: a meta-study on global scale. Dagmar Egelkraut, University of Bergen | Does management diversity increases gamma diversity in production forest landscapes?Rémi Duflot, University of Jyväskylä | Primary carbon sources in the coastal fish assemblage of Breiðafjörður. Anja Nickel, Háskóli Íslands | The Moran effect revisited: spatial population synchrony under global warming.Brage Bremset Hansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |
Can species macroecological context predict their responses to climate manipulations?Joshua Lynn, University of Bergen | Citizen Science data versus an individual based model to forecast the response of the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus) to forest management. Ute Bradter, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research | Phenological changes in mesozooplankton in a temperate coastal areaLouise Forsblom Åbo Akademi, University | Spatial synchrony variation between life stages in marine fish populations.Jonatan Fredricson, NTNU | |
Towards rainy arctic winters: effects of ice-covered tundra on plant phenology and productivity. Mathilde Le Moullec, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics | Veteran trees are a source for biological control. Ross Wetherbee, Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Behavior and habitat use of migratory and resident Atlantic cod juvenilesRosanne Beukeboom, University of Iceland | Accelerated migration of species lagging climate change. Sebastian Block Munguia, Princeton University | |
Compensation capacity of plant functional groups for ecosystem carbon exchange in alpine grasslands under climate changeInge Althuizen, University of Bergen | A tangled web we weave: the network context of spiders as bio-control agents in organic and conventionally-managed apple orchards. Alyssa Cirtwill Stockholm University | Could long term shift in cod phenology be linked to terrestrial greening and coastal browning.Anders Frugard Opdal, University of Bergen | Harvesting can increase population viability by modifying climate change effects. Bart Peeters, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |
The importance of permafrost and snow cover in the biogeographic patterns of species distributions.Tuuli Rissanen, University of Helsinki | Land use management to ensure ecosystem service delivery under new societal and environmental pressures in heathlands. Liv Guri Velle Møreforsking | Mixing and movement patterns of Eastern Baltic cod over 7 decades using conventional tagging.Monica Mion, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Predicting biotic interactions: a machine learning approach to understanding anthropogenic impacts on community stability. Michael Ørsted, Aalborg University | |
Linking modelled species distributions to local population processes in Greenland shrub communitiesNathalie Isabelle Chardon, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF | Don't take ants for granted: Implications of traditional heathland management for ants. Rikke Hansen, Aarhus University | The enigmatic spawning strategy of Bluefin Tuna.Øyvind Fiksen, University of Bergen | A framework linking trait-based processes to the assembly of bipartite networks. Emma-Liina Marjakangas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |
Depth-specific plant nitrogen uptake in a high arctic permafrost ecosystem.Emily Pickering Pedersen, University of Copenhagen | Aeolian minerogenic deposits - an environmental determinant of peatland characteristics. Susanne Claudia Möckel, University of Iceland | Trade-off between reproductive effort and oxidative status as a response to warming in the marine environment. Ella von Weissenberg, The University of Helsinki | Fitting the species packing model. Bert Van der Veen, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy research | |
12:30-13:45 | Lunch | |||
13:45-15:00 | Evolutionary ecology II Chair: Alessandra Schnider, Hólar University | Invasive species Chair: Theresa Henke, University of Iceland | Early Career Workshop | Biodiversity in the Anthropocene Chair: Quentin Horta, University of Iceland |
The importance of integrating ecological, evolutionary and developmental biology for our understanding of biological diversity and its conservationSkúli Skúlason, Hólar University and the Icelandic Museum of Natural History | Forecasting Introduction Events of Invasive Freshwater Fish Species. Sam Perrin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | 13.45 Welcome and introductions: It’s all about knowing how and when and what to communicate: A chance to break the ice, identify good networking skills | Global opportunities for trophic rewilding of large terrestrial mammals under climate change. Scott Jarvie, Aarhus University | |
Using ecological context to interpret spatiotemporal variation in natural selectionElena Albertsen, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research | The rise and fall of the introduced invasive signal crayfish in Sweden – sixty years with an alien.Lennart Edsman, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 14.00 Secrets of a successful career: What do all successful researchers and scientists have in common? This is a panel discussion with senior ecologists | Coexisting with large mammals in the human-dominated landscape of Europe’s Anthropocene.Benjamin Cretois, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |
The importance of ecological factors for population niche structure and the relationships between morphology and diet in fish populationsBjarni Kristjánsson, Hólar University | Human induced trans-generational stress tolerance and invasion success. Leena Lindström, University of Jyväskylä | 14.30 International Funding: Which funding opportunities are available to PhD and early career researchers. What can you do now, to make funding in the future easier? | The large-scale footprint of human activity on large-herbivore browsing and plant responses – A trophic cascade. Anne Catriona Mehlhoop, Norwegian Institute of Nature Research | |
Eco-evolutionary dynamics in the wild: eco-evo-devo of Mývatn threespine sticklebackKatja Räsänen, Eawag/Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich | The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in non-native plant invasion along mountain roads. Jan Clavel, University of Antwerp | 15.00 Coffee Break | Long-term impacts of land use on biodiversity hotspots in boreal forests.Tuija Maliniemi, University of Bergen | |
Living In The Lava: Ecology and Evolution of Arctic Charr in CavesCamille Leblanc, Hólar University | Hiking trails as shortcuts into novel environments?! – Non-native plants colonizing mountain areas along hiking trails. Ronja E. M. Wedegärtner, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | 15.30 Networking skills: other strategies, staying in touch and social media | How many browsers does it take to save the tundra? Disentangling climate and herbivory effects on arctic shrub growth. Katariina E. M. Vuorinen, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet | |
Eco-evolutionary physiology of environmental stress: corticosterone as a driver of adaptive divergence in moor frogs (Rana arvalis) along an acidification gradientJelena Mausbach, Eawag, Aquatic Ecology & Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich | Arctic non-native plants - taxonomic richness, distribution, pathways and monitoring efforts.Pawel Wasowicz, Icelandic Institute of Natural History | 15.45 Publishing: A guide to getting published delivered by our managing editors and associate editors 16.30 Programme end | When does mega-herbivore rewilding restore lost ecological interactions? Christopher Gordon, Aarhus University | |
15:00-15:30 | Coffee break + poster session I | |||
15:30-16:30 | Poster session I - in Flói | Continues after coffee break until 16:30 | ||
16:30-18:00 | General assembly | |||
18:15 | Buses depart from Harpa to Perlan | |||
18:30-19:30 | Visit to the Natural History Museum Exhibition in Perlan | |||
19:40 | Buses depart from Perlan to Harpa |
Wednesday March 4
Norðurljós | Ríma A | Ríma B | Kaldalón | |
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Wednesday March 4, 2020 | ||||
08:30-08:45 | Announcements | |||
08:45-09:30 | Keynote 2: Anthony R Ives | Ecological predictability and surprise in a changing world | ||
09:30-10:30 | Evolutionary ecology III Chair: Charles Christian Hansen, University of Iceland | Herbivores in the Anthropocene Chair: Sumjidmaa Sainnemekh, Agricultural University of Iceland | Conservation Chair: Jóhannes Bjarki Urbancic Tómasson, University of Iceland | Freshwater ecology Chair: Hilmar Malmquist, Icelandic Museum of Natural History |
Connectedness loss in metapopulations: from evolution to population dynamics, and backDries Bonte, Ghent University | Northern herbivores communities in space and time.James D. M. Speed, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Stepping stones for species associated with semi-natural grasslands. Line Johansen, NIBIO | The importance of microclimate and catchment properties on the biodiversity of subarctic aquatic ecosystems.Virpi Pajunen, University of Helsinki | |
Assessing the measure of “genomic vulnerability” of a population to climate change.Áki Jarl Láruson, Northeastern University | Herbivores do not modulate the impacts of warming on high-Arctic plant-community nutrient contents and pools.Matteo Petit Bon, University Centre in Svalbard | The relative importance of linear infrastructure habitats and semi-natural grasslands for the conservation of plant and insect biodiversity at the landscape scale.Juliana Daniel Ferreira, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Responses in periphyton and phytoplankton to nitrogen decrease in lakes mesocosms.Juan Pablo Pacheco Esnal, Aarhus University | |
Empirical and Theoretical evaluation of Atlantic cod ecotype evolution in the US Gulf of Maine and Iceland. Sara Schaal, Northeastern University Marine Science Center | Joint impacts of warming and insect herbivory on Salix volatile emissions in the Arctic ecosystem. Tao Li, University of Copenhagen | Protected areas facilitate wintering waterbird community adjustment to climate warming in the Western-Palearctic.Elie Gaget, University of Turku | Interactive effects of multiple pressures and climate on brown trout populations in temperate and boreal streams. Serena Donadi, SLU | |
Does Atlantic cod fit the Fisher-Wright or the Schweinsberg models of reproduction?.Katrín Halldórsdóttir, University of Iceland | Climate change affects vole population dynamics and plant-herbivore interactions.Zbigniew Borowski, Forest Research Institute | Creating wetlands for birds: potential effects of fish introduction and colonisation by amphibians. Ineta Kacergyte, Swedish university of agricultural sciences | The effect of temperature on growth performance and aerobic metabolic scope of Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus (L.). Christian Beuvard, Hólar University | |
DNA Methylation Associated Gene Expression and Calcification Responses to Ocean Acidification in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica).Alan Downey-Wall, Northeastern University | Vole and lemming dynamics documented by drones. Matthias Siewert, Umeå University | Long-term effects of a small-scale disturbance. Ása L. Aradóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland | Spatial variation in growth rate and survival in small replicated natural populations of Arctic charr. Elizabeth Mittell, Hólar University / University of St Andrews | |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break - in Flói | |||
11:00-12:30 | Fish ecology Chair: Anja Katrin Nickel, University of Iceland | Microbial ecology Chair: Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, University of Iceland | Arthropods in the Anthropocene Chair: Gísli Már Gíslasson, University of Iceland | Ecology and Society Chair: Jónina Sigríður Þórlaksdóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland |
Anthropogenic changes and behaviour of salmonids: Insights from Iceland.Stefán Óli Steingrímsson, Hólar University | Land-use intensification causes functional homogenization of microbes.Shamik Roy, Indian Institute of Science | A palaeoecological perspective on insect biodiversity declineFrancesca Pilotto, Umeå University | The Extinct population of walruses in IcelandSnæbjörn Pálsson, University of Iceland | |
The influence of partial migration of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) on freshwater stream ecosystems in southern Greenland.Coralie Delarue, University of Bern | Soil microbial interactions with Pinus contorta invasion ecology Susan Nuske, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Synergistic effects of lichen mixtures on associated arthropodsRuben Erik Roos, Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Collaborations with Eiderdown collectors research in Iceland 2007-2019Jón Einar Jónsson, Unversity of Iceland | |
Animal personality is linked to the adaptive diversification of the Arctic charr of Thingvallavatn, Iceland. Quentin Horta-Lacueva, Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland | Cold climate liverwort-based biological crust on andosol soils.Ólafur S. Andrésson, University of Iceland | Conservation of solitary bees in power-line clearings: Sustained increase in habitat quality through woody debris removalMari Steinert, Norwegian University of Lifesciences, NMBU | Understanding tourists' values to improve management and protect sensitive seal populations from disturbance at seal-watching sitesCécile Chauvat, University Center of the Westfjords | |
How does personality vary between morphs of Arctic charr ?David Benhaim, Hólar University | Ecological genomics predict climate vulnerability in the Peltigera leucophlebia lichen symbiosis..Denis Warshan, University of Iceland | Evaluating predictive performance of models explaining pollinator abundance in mass-flowering cropsMaria Blasi, Lund University, Centre for Environmental and Climate Research | Estimating the distribution, abundance, and population trends of birds from citizen science dataAlison Johnston, Cornell Lab of Ornithology | |
Tell me how you eat, I'll tell you who you are: how does feeding modalities affect personality distribution in the Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)?.Marion Dellinger, Hólar University | Climate change effects on moss abundance and associated nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria in pristine ecosystems.. Aya Permin, University of Copenhagen | Feedbacks between benthic primary production and ecosystem engineering by midges with complex population dynamics in Lake Mývatn, IcelandJoseph Phillips, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Retrospective study design for biodiversity mappingWesley Hochachka, Cornell University | |
Survival and parasite resistance of salmon hybrids during disease epidemics.Anssi Karvonen, University of Jyväskylä | Warming and precipitation effects on species-specific N2 fixation in mosses in subarctic tundra.Signe Lett, University of Copenhagen | Dispersal rate of Potamophylax cingulatus and Micropterna lateralis in Iceland and a consequent exclusion of Apatania zonella (Trichoptera)Gísli Már Gíslason, University of Iceland | Broader Impacts in Conservation ResearchKimberly Coleman, SUNY - Plattsburgh | |
Mating behaviour of Large Benthic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Thingvallavatn in a context of changing climate.Kalina Kapralova, University of Iceland | Moss-associated bacterial communities enhance soil development during primary succession in an Icelandic glacier forefield.Ingeborg Klarenberg. University of Akureyri | Biodiversity is in the air – using air-borne eDNA for the biodiversity monitoring of flying insects.Fabian Roger, Lund University | Building the research-teaching nexus in ecology: three courses to get thereSigrunn Eliassen, Universitetet i Bergen | |
12:30-13:45 | Lunch | |||
13:45-14:30 | Keynote 3: Inger Greve Alsos, UiT – Arctic University of Norway | Using ancient and modern DNA to understand effect of climate change on vascular plants | ||
14:30-15:00 | Climate change (speed talks) Chair: Guðrún Óskarsdóttir,University of Iceland | Urban ecology (speed talks) Chair: Snorri Sigurðsson, University of Iceland | Mammal ecology (speed talks) Chair: Paul Wensveen, University of Iceland | |
Predicting the future of species under climate change. Sirke Piirainen, University of Helsinki, Arctic centre-Lapland University | How spatial conservation prioritization can support nature-friendly land-use planning. Joel Jalkanen, University of Helsinki | The future of endemic mammals in the SaharaAlaaeldin Soultan, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | ||
Climate change and perishable food stores of an avian predator. Giulia Masoero, University of Turku | Biodiversity dynamics in urban areas under changing land uses.Tanja Kofod Petersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | What drives movement behavior in a large Arctic ungulate? Insights from a Hidden Markov model and implications for future changeLarissa Beumer, Aarhus University | ||
Host-herbivore dynamics in a changing climate. Erik Van Bergen, University of Helsinki | The impact of urban habitat heterogeneity on a passerine birdJohan Kjellberg Jensen, Lund university | Introduction of muskox in Nunavik: Investigating potential effects on plant communities.Rachel Guindon, Caribou Ungava,Sentinel North,Centre d'Études Nordiques (CEN), Université Laval | ||
Birth phenology in large capital breeder - tracking spring across latitudes.Wiebke Neumann, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Mapping Anthriscus sylvestris and Myrrhis odorata in Reykjavík, Iceland. Mervi Orvokki Luoma, University of Iceland | How do interacting density and environmental conditions influence early-life growth rates? A comparative study in contrasting wild boar populations.Lara Veylit, NTNU | ||
Additive and compensatory effects of temperature and precipitation on long-term phenological change in Central Asian highlands.Karthik Murthy, Indian Institute of Science | City life on fast lanes? Urbanization and the evolution of pace-of-life (syndromes) and heat tolerance in a freshwater zooplanktonic key stone species.Kristien I. Brans, KU Leuven | Tourist effects on denning Arctic foxes. Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir, Icelandic Institute of Natural History | ||
Grazers dampen fertilization and warming effects on intraspecific trait variation in tundra species via changes in light quality. Maria-Theresa Jessen, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research - iDiv/UFZ | Metabolizing the Anthropocene: a metagenomic trait-based analysis of microbial metacommunities along urbanization gradientsShinjini Mukherjee, KU Leuven | Novel frontier in wildlife monitoring: identification of small rodent species from fecal pellets using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS). Maria Tuomi, University of Turku | ||
15:00-15:30 | Coffee break - in Flói | |||
15:30-16:30 | Poster session II - In Flói | |||
16:30-18:00 | CAFF session: Improving science impact on policy and decision making – how to proceed from discussions to actions, Arctic perspective. Chair/Moderator: Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, Executive secretary of PAME (the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment working group) | |||
18:00-19:30 | ||||
19:30-22:30 | Conference dinner in Kolabraut, Harpa 4th floor. | |||
Thursday March 5
Norðurljós | Ríma A | Ríma B | |
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Flói | |||
Thursday March 5, 2020 | |||
08:30-08:45 | Announcements | ||
08:45-09:30 | Keynote 4: David Lusseau, University of Aberdeen | Humans apart from nature or a part of nature? Innovating new approaches to sustainably manage our interactions with nature in the Anthropocene | |
09:30-10:30 | Global ecology Chair: Elisabeth Mittel, Hólar University | Elevation and treelines Chair: Isabel C Barrio, Agricultural University of Iceland | Plants in the Anthropocene Chair: Ingeborg Klarenberg, University of Akureyri |
SoilTemp: a global database of soil temperatures for use in ecology.Jonas Lembrechts, University of Antwerp | Understanding community assemblage using species and functional diversity across elevational gradients from the tropics to the arctic.Aud H. Halbritter, University of Bergen | Dryer, darker and more fertile – 140 years of flora change driven by land-use intensification. | |
Widespread temperature-related biodiversity change across land and sea.Laura Antao, Research Centre for Ecological Change | Community-level decomposability of lichens and bryophytes across an elevational gradient.Kristel Van Zuijlen Norwegian, University of Life Sciences | Ageing in plants: general patterns and consequences for population dynamics.Johan Dahlgren, University of Southern Denmark | |
Thermal imaging relative surface temperature as an indicator of biodiversity and restoration progress.Jonas Hamberg, University of Waterloo | Contrasting responses of plant and lichen secondary metabolites across an elevational gradient. Johan Asplund, Norwegian University of Life Sciences | How do fire and litter shape plant evolution in a water limited environment?.Magnus Lindh, Stockholm University | |
Using land cover maps to assess changes in habitat availability and species diversity.Koen Kuipers, Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU) | Pre-dispersal seed herbivory across northern treelines of North America.Lucas Brehaut, Memorial University | Spatial and temporal patterns of early population establishment of downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehr.) on a glacial outwash plain. Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, University of Iceland | |
Quantifying fine-scale elements of grassland plant diversity with drone-based observations.Bjarke Madsen, Aarhus University | Drivers of treeline dynamics with varying herbivore densities. Ida Marielle Mienna, Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Drivers of aquatic plant distribution –trait-environment interactions from regional to global scales. Lars Baastrup-Spohr, University of Copenhagen | |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break - in Flói | ||
11:00-11:30 | Andri Snær Magnason | Words vs. nature in the big paradigm shift. How to talk about the change that is bigger than the language. | |
11:30-12:30 | Panel discussion and closing remarks Chair: Skúli Skúlason, Hólar University and the Icelandic Museum of Natural History | ||
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12:30-13:00 | |||
13:00-19:00 | Reykjanes - Optional tour / Excursion with lunch bagDeparture from main door in Harpa at 13:00 | ||