Monday 16 November

10:00–19:00

Registration

Tuesday 17 November

7:00–8:30

Registration

8:30–9:00

Welcome and introduction

Ian Alexander, New Phytologist Trust
Guoyi Zhou, South China Botanical Garden
Min Huang, Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology
Hongwen Huang, South China Botanical Garden

9:00–9:15 

Group photo

Session 1: Introduction

Chair: Richard Norby

9:15–10:00

1.1 Biogeography of tropical China

Hua Zhu, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China

10:00–10:45

1.2 Tropical forests, ice ages and the global carbon cycle

Colin Prentice, University of Bristol, UK

10:45–11:15

Tea break

Session 2: Carbon Pools and Fluxes

Chair: Daniel Metcalfe

11.15–12:00

2.1 Changes in biomass carbon stocks of global tropical forests

Jingyun Fang, Peking University, China

12:00–12:45

2.2 Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and cycling in lowland and montane forests in Amazonia and the Andes

Yadvinder Malhi, University of Oxford, UK

12:45–13:45

Lunch

13:45–14:30

2.3 Global impact of regional-scale interactions between the carbon and water cycles

Pierre Friedlingstein, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-Saclay, France

14:30–15:15

2.4 Excessive nitrogen supply accelerate the fluctuation and decline trends of old-growth forest by actuating phosphorus limitation

Guoyi Zhou, South China Botanical Garden, China

15:15–15:45

Coffee

15:45–16:30

2.5 Vulnerability of carbon pools in tropical peatlands

Josep Canadell, Global Carbon Project/CSIRO, Australia

16:30–17:30

Discussion

17:30–19:00

Posters and reception

20:00

Welcome Dinner, Yanling Hotel

8:00–8:15

Welcome and announcements

Session 3: Human Interactions and Mitigation

Chair: Julian Fox and Stefan Arndt

8:15–9:00

3.1 The role of species and functional diversity in determining carbon stocks in tropical landscapes: a comparison of plantations, selective logging, and natural forests forests

Maria Del Carmen Ruiz-Jaen, McGill University, Canada

9:00–9:45

3.2 Mitigation potential of reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and degradation: challenges and opportunities

Sandra Brown, Winrock Int. USA

9:45–10:15

Discussion

10:15–10:45

Tea

Session 4: Physiological Studies

Chair: Shiqiang Wan

10:45–11:30

4.1 Resolution of biome-specific CO₂ fertilization effects in terrestrial ecosystems

Sonja G. Keel, Princeton University, USA

11:30–12:15

4.2 Elevated CO₂ effects on photosynthesis of tropical plants

Andrew Leakey, University of Illinois, USA

12:15–13:00

4.3 Interannual variability of carbon flux in an old growth tropical rain forest

Molly Cavaleri, Michigan Tech, USA

13:00–14:00

Lunch

14:00–14:45

4.4 Estimating the canopy carbon assimilation by combining the sap flow and ¹³C isotope measurements

Ping Zhao, South China Botanical Garden, China

14:45–15:30

4.5 Seasonal and annual controls on forest carbon exchange processes

Lucy Hutyra, Boston University, USA

15:30–16:15

4.6 Nitrogen deposition to tropical ecosystems

Jiangming Mo, South China Botanical Garden, China

16:15-16:45

Discussion

16:45–18:00

Tea and posters

8:00–8:15

Announcements

Session 5: Plant–Soil Interactions

Chair: Andrew Smith

8:15–9:00

5.1 Biogeochemical cycling in tropical forests: feedbacks to climate change

Whendee Silver, UC Berkeley, USA

9:00–9:45

5.2 Litter decomposition in an Amazonian rainforest

Stephan Hättenschwiler, CEFE-CNRS, Montpellier, France

9:45–10:30

5.3 Physiological responses of tropical trees to drought

Patrick Meir, University of Edinburgh, UK

10:30–11:00

Tea

11:00–11:45

5.4 Water uptake from tropical soils

Sandra Bucci, Patagonia National University, Argentina

11:45-12:30

Discussion and meeting summary

12:30–13:30

Lunch

13:30–14:00

Long-term Ecological Research in Dinghushan

14:00

Tour of South China Botanical Garden

17:00

Bus to Tianzi Dock of Pearl River (ALL delegates)

18:40

Night Cruise of Pearl River (buffet dinner on the ship for ALL delegates)

20:20

Return to Yanling Hotel

Full day field trip to Dinghushan