Determinants of tropical vegetation structure and function
Programme
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Wednesday 7th August Session 1 |
Chair: Sally Archibald |
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8:00–9:20 |
Registration |
| 9:20–9:30 |
Introduction and housekeeping |
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9:30–9:40 |
Jon Lloyd Welcome from the organisers |
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9:40–10:20 |
Sandy Harrison What can we learn about vegetation and climate change from the palaeo record of Africa? |
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10:20–11:00 |
Michael Bird Pyrogenic carbon isotope composition can be used to infer past change in tropical vegetation structure and function |
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11:00–11:15 |
Selected poster talk Jamie Wright Woody densification and expansion in Brazil using carbon stable isotopes in soil |
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11:15–11:40 |
Break |
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11:40–12:20 |
Kelly Caylor The effects of climate variability on the structure and function of tropical vegetation |
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12:20–13:00 |
Carlos Alberto Quesada Soils and tropical vegetation structure and function |
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13:00–13:15 |
Selected poster talk Grace Loubota Panzou Drivers of variation in pantropical crown allometry |
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13:15–14:15 |
Lunch |
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14:15–14:30 |
Selected poster talk Mohammed Armani Early emergence and investment in spines across the angiosperm phylogeny |
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14:30–15:10 |
Han Olff The organization of savannah interaction networks in multiple dimensions |
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15:10–15:50 |
Carla Staver Alternative stable states and tropical vegetation distributions: theory and evidence |
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15:50–16:15 |
Break |
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16:15–16:30 |
Selected poster talk Benjamin Wigley Root trait variation in African savannas |
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16:30–17:10 |
Anthony Mills Relationships between soil nutrients and the abundance of trees in southern African savannas |
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17:10–17:50 |
Benjamin Quesada Impacts of vegetation changes in the Earth System |
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17:50–18:30 |
Jon Lloyd An overview of the comparative physiology of the woody vegetation of tropical forest, savanna and shrub-land |
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18:30–19:30 |
Poster session |
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Thursday 8th August Session 2 |
Chair: Carla Staver |
| 8:55–9:00 |
Announcements |
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9:00–9:40 |
Giselda Durigan The forgotten grasslands of the Neotropics: drivers, distribution and function |
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9:40–10:20 |
Elmar Veenendaal Can we really divide the woody tropical world up into just fire-sensitive forest and fire-adapted savanna? |
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10:20–10:50 |
Break |
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10:50–11:30 |
Imma Oliveras What can functional traits tell us about forest-savanna transitions? |
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11:30–11:45 |
Selected poster talk Corli Wigley-Coetsee Grass responses to drought |
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11.45–12:25 |
William Hoffmann Fire traps and forest gaps: a critical look at the mechanisms of savanna-forest dynamics |
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12:25–12:40 |
Selected poster talk Monique Botha What is driving grassland-forest boundaries? Asessing the effects of fire and frost on tree seedling survival and architectural traits |
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12:40–13:40 |
Lunch |
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13.40–14.20 |
Sally Archibald African tropical vegetation distributions: Ground-based and remote sensing perspectives |
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14:20–15:00 |
Jayashree Ratnam Rethinking the Asian dry tropics from the perspectives of plant functional traits and the roles of disturbances |
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15:00–15:30 |
Break |
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15:30–15:45 |
Selected poster talk Moabe Fernandes New insights into the origin of the largest plant species assembly of South American seasonally dry tropical forests and woodlands |
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15:45–16:25 |
Darren Crayn Diversity of tropical forests and woodlands in Australasia – from genes to biomes |
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16:25–16:40 |
Selected poster talk Atul Joshi Frost and freezing temperatures maintain forests and grasslands as alternate states in a montane tropical forest-grassland mosaic, but alien tree invasion and climate change can disrupt these mosaics |
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16:40–17:20 |
Domingos Cardoso Much more than just rainforest and cerrado: An evolutionarily meaningful delimitation of tropical biomes in South America |
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17:20–17:35 |
Selected poster talk Sophie Flack-Prain Maximisation of net canopy carbon export explains leaf area index and leaf trait distributions across an amazon moisture-stress gradient |
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17:35–17:55 |
William Hoffmann Explanation of the tasks ahead and assignment of teams for the next day’s ‘Grand Final’ Debate |
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17:55–19:00 |
Poster session |
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19:30 |
Symposium Dinner at the Alisa hotel |
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Friday 9th August |
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| 8:55–9:00 | Announcements |
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9:00–12:00 |
Morning break out session |
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(a) “Team Fire” Group leader: William Bond
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(b) “Team Climate” Group leader: Iain Colin Prentice
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(c) “Team Soils” Group leader: Jon Lloyd
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(d) “Team Animalia” (including human effects) Group leader: Corli Wigley-Coetsee
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12:00–13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30–15:45 |
Afternoon session Group presentations (2 X 15 minutes) |
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15:45–16:30 |
Break |
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16:30–17:30 |
Final discussion |
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17:30–17:45 |
Vincent Logah Meeting closure |
There are 2 field trips planned before and after the symposium please see Field trips for more information.