Host: Jon Chase

Richard McElreath, Director of the Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (Germany)

Title: Behavioral diversity and the long shadow of sampling

Host: Chloé Schmidt

Eric Pedersen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal (Canada)

Title: "Tracking ecological change in space and time: new statistical tools for detecting abrupt change and quantifying spatial population structure"

Host: Zachary Hajian-Forooshani (BioSyn)

Volker Grimm, Researcher at the Department of Ecological Modelling at UFZ, Leipzig (Germany)

Title: "Digital twins for biodiversity research: towards dynamic model-data fusion"

Host: sDiv working group

Alessandra Fidelis, Associate Professor at the Department of Biodiversity at São Paulo State University, Rio Claro (Brazil)

Title: "Why should we dig? The belowground world of tropical savannas"

Host: Jana Ebersbach

Beatriz Sánchez Parra, Junior Professor for Biodiversity of the Atmosphere at Leipzig University, Leipzig (Germany)

Title: "Bioaerosols: small particles, big effects at all levels"

Host: Paola Barajas (BioSyn)

Johanna Murillo-Pacheco, researcher on biodiversity in Colombia's Orinoquía, Bogotá (Colombia)

Title:

SPANISH: "La Orinoquia: una ecorregión y socio ecosistema diverso en Suramérica."

ENGLISH: "The Orinoquia: a rich South American ecoregion and Biodiverse socio-ecosystem"

This talk will be given in Spanish with a simultaneous English translation.

Host: sMiLE working group

Speaker: Tom Walker, Science Strategist and Environmental Scientist, Lausanne Metropolitan Region (Switzerland)

Title: “Functional Traits 2.0: the metabolome as a vast repository of highly resolved plant functional traits”

Host: Tiffany Knight, SIE

Christine Römermann, Professor for Plant Biodiversity at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Jena (Germany)

Robert Rauschkolb, PostDoc & PhenObs-Network coordinator at Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Jena (Germany)

Title: PhenObs- Botanical Gardens as a Global Phenological Observation Network

Host: Volker Hahn, Media & Communication

Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Environment journalist and communicator in residence at iDiv, Bengaluru (India)

Title: Science journalism and the narratives we choose

Networking lunch

Host: Christian Wirth

David Schellenberger Costa, PostDoc in the PlantHub project, iDiv & Leipzig University, Leipzig (Germany)

Title: "PlantHub – interactive exploration of biodiversity data"

52. GfÖ Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland

The Future of Biodiversity – overcoming barriers of taxa, realms and scales

12-16 September 2023

Neues Augusteum of Leipzig University

Host: Marten Winter

Nynke Schulp, Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Geography, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Title: „Nature's contributions to people embedded in international food trade“

Host: Chloé Schmidt

Aurore A. Maureaud, Postdoc associate at the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University (USA)

Title: "Ecology beyond boundaries: integration of knowledge across scales and disciplines"

Host: Linda Chronopoulou

Rebecca Rimbach, Postdoc associate, Department of Behavioral Biology, University of Münster (Germany)

Title: "Physiological and behavioral responses to a changing world"

Host: Nico Eisenhauer

Qingqing Chen, Postdoc at Physiological Diversity

Title: "Multidimensional ecological stability in global grasslands under eutrophication"

Shane Blowes, Postdoc at Biodiversity Synthesis

Title: "Linking scale-dependent diversity changes to biotic homogenisation and differentiation"

Networking lunch

Host: sDiv working group sPSF

György Barabas, Associate Professor at the Ecological and Environmental Modeling (ECOMOD) division, Linköping University (Sweden)

Title: “Sensitivity-based coexistence theory and the ecological niche“

Host: Yuanshu Pu

Victor Cazalis, former Postdoc at sDiv (sRedList), now working as a self-employed developer for the application of the sRedList project

Title: "Introducing sRedList: an online tool to support Red List assessments with scientific data and analyses"

Paola Barajas, Postdoc at Biodiversity Synthesis

Title: "Volcanic islands are natural labs to address long-standing and future biodiversity questions"

Host: Andrei Zuev (SBF)

Maarja Öpik, Professor of molecular ecology, Department of Botany, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu (Estonia)

Title: "Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in farming landscapes"

Host: Tiffany Knight

Sandra E. Cuartas Hernández, Professor at the Institute of Biology, University of Antioquia, Medellín (Colombia)

Title: "Pollination in the tropical Andes of Colombia"

Host: sDiv working group sMars

Marlee Tucker, Assistant professor at the Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, (The Netherlands)

Title: "Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene"

Kate Wootton, PostDoc at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Title: "Functional roles of ecologists"

Zum Tag der Biologischen Vielfalt fahren wir quer durch die Innenstadt. Pure Fahrradfreude mit Kurzfilmen über Schmetterlinge und Artenvielfalt. Musik, Popcorn und Getränke rollen mit.

Die Tour dauert ca. 3 Stunden und ist 15 km lang.

Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.

Kooperation: Vielfaltergarten BUND und iDiv/UFZ und Stadt Leipzig,

ADFC Leipzig

Bei weiteren Fragen kontaktiert uns gern: info@vielfaltergarten.de

Mehr Informationen unter: www.vielfaltergarten.de

Host: Jon Chase

Aaron Ellison, Senior Research Fellow in Ecology, Emeritus, Harvard University; and Founding Principal of Sound Solutions for Sustainable Science, Boston (USA)

Title: "On diversity, heterogeneity, and coalescence in ecological and socioecological systems"

Die Lieblingsspeisen von Raupen und Schmetterlingen können an diesem Tag in Form von Jungpflanzen kostenlos abgeholt werden. Nebenbei gibt es noch tolle Infos zum Projekt und Tipps zum Thema „Naturnahes Gärtnern“.

Bei weiteren Fragen kontaktiert uns gern: info@vielfaltergarten.de

Mehr Information unter: www.vielfaltergarten.de

Die Projekte VielFalterGarten und Grüne Höfe sind zum Frühlingsfest im Haus der Demokratie mit dabei. Mit im Gepäck sind insektenfreundliche Jungpflanzen, die kostenlos mitgenommen werden können. Daneben stehen wir bereit und haben weitere Infos zu den Projekten und auch ganz praktische Tipps für Garten und Hof.

Bei weiteren Fragen kontaktiert uns gern: info@vielfaltergarten.de

Mehr Information unter: www.vielfaltergarten.de

Host: Roel van Klink

Rudolf Meier, Professor at the Humboldt University and Head of the Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery at the Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (Germany)

Title: "Combatting the taxon bias in biodiversity data by using robots and Nanopore sequencing for the rapid development of AI identification tools for arthropods"

Kleingärtner*innen aufgepasst! Wir bieten auch in diesem Jahr wieder Workshops zum Thema “Naturnahes Gärtnern im Kleingarten” an. In unserem Workshop geben wir Tipps und Anleitungen, die euch das naturnahe Gärtnern näher bringen. Was ist in einem Kleingarten möglich und was muss beachtet werden? Diese und weitere Fragen werden wir im Rahmen des Workshops beantworten.

Die Plätze sind begrenzt, bitte meldet euch daher an unter: anmeldung@vielfaltergarten.de

Mehr Information unter: www.vielfaltergarten.de

Host: sDiv working group sOilFauna

Jérôme Mathieu, Associate Professor at the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IEES), Sorbonne University, Paris (France)

Title: "The sOilFauna project: the drivers and functional implications of soil macrofauna communities and foodwebs structure at the global scale"

Elisa Thébault, Senior Scientist at the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IEES) and Researcher at CNRS, Paris (France)

Title: "Species diversity, food web structure and the temporal stability of ecosystems"

Ihr wollt neu eintauchen in die Welt der Schmetterlinge? – Zum Tag der Streuobstwiese bieten für euch die perfekte Gelegenheit dafür! Wir veranstalten auf der wunderschönen Streuobstwiese beim Bürgerbahnhof Plagwitz einen Schmetterlingsworkshop für Einsteiger:innen. Dort bekommt ihr alle wichtigen Fakten rund um die die verschiedenen Falterarten, ihre Lebensräume und wie ihr sie unterscheiden könnt.

Bei weiteren Fragen kontaktiert uns gern: info@vielfaltergarten.de

Mehr Information unter: www.vielfaltergarten.de

Host: Marten Winter

David Richardson, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

Title: "Futures for invasive alien species management: using bottom-up innovations to envision positive systemic change"

Ihr wollt etwas für Biodiversität tun, aber wisst nicht, was?

Im Rahmen der “Aktionswoche für Ernährungssouveränität” veranstalten wir einen Workshop zu naturnahem Gärtnern. Macht euren Garten jetzt zum Paradies für Schmetterlinge und andere Insekten! In unserem Workshop zeigen wir euch alles, was ihr dafür wissen und tun müsst. Der Workshop findet auf dem Gelände der solidarischen Landwirtschaft “Rote Beete” statt. Weiteres buntes Programm wartete dort auf euch!

Bei weiteren Fragen kontaktiert uns gern: info@vielfaltergarten.de

Mehr Information unter: www.vielfaltergarten.de

by registration only

Host: Ruben Remelgado

Duccio Rocchini, Professor at the Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy

Title: "The spectral species concept: lights and shadows of a challenging idea"

Host: Sreetama Bhadra

Krizler C. Tanalgo, Ecologist at the Ecology and Conservation

Research Laboratory (Eco/Con Lab), University of Southern Mindanao Kabacan (Philippines)

Title: "Protecting the Darkside: conservation priorities for global bat caves in the Anthropocene"

Host: Ulrich Brose (TiBS)

Daniel Reuman, Professor at the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence (USA)

“Three new dimensions of spatial synchrony and applications to stability“

Host: Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz & Daniel Vedder (yDiv)

Bret Devereaux, an ancient and military historian and visiting Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (USA)

"Reaching the Public: Public Scholarship in the Digital Age"

Host: Henriette Uthe (MIE)

Cristina Queiroz, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centro Experimental Central (CEIB), Biological Institute, São Paulo (Brazil)

Title: "Molecular markers and analysis of volatile compounds in the development of biological control programs for phytophagous mites"

Host: Ulrich Brose (TiBS)

Lucie Kuczynski, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment at the University of Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven (Germany)

Title: "The complexity of the relationship between environment and diversity"

Christopher Barratt, Postdoc at E&A and sDiv

Title: "Life on the edge: assessing intraspecific vulnerability to global change by integrating ecological, environmental and evolutionary data"

Benjamin Dechant, Postdoc at sDiv

Title: „Intercomparison of global foliar trait maps: upscaling approaches, spatial patterns and evaluation with sPlot data“

Julian Schrader, Research Fellow at the Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

Title: "The future of island ecosystems: temporal and spatial vegetation dynamics in a fragmented world"

Raimund Nagel, Group leader in the Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biology at Leipzig University, Leipzig

Title: "A tale of two terpenes."

Anna Kuzemko, Leading researcher at the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)

Title: "Biodiversity plots methodology for monitoring of grassland habitats in Ukraine"

Roxibell C. Pelayo, Associated Professor at the Institute of Environmental and Ecological Sciences (ICAE) at the University of the Andes, Mérida (Venezuela)

"Plan-Pollinators systems from Neotropical high ecosystems"

Rafael Pinheiro, Scientific guest at iDiv and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Campinas, Campinas (Brazil)

"Simple and compound topologies in species interaction networks"