Trait covariation: Structural and functional relationships in plant ecology

Programme 

Tuesday 27th June

7:30–9:30

Registration open in Xfi building (outside the Henderson lecture theatre)

Breakfast served in Holland Hall Dining room for delegates staying in Holland Hall (7:30–9:00)

9:30–9.45

Welcome from the Meeting Organisers and New Phytologist

Session 1

Trait relationships to plant and ecosystem function

Chair: Stan Wullschleger

9:45–10:15

S1.1 Peter Reich

Setting the stage: What can plant traits tell us about the function of individuals, communities, and ecosystems?

10:15–10:45

S1.2 Belinda Medlyn

Traits, from leaf to ecosystem: a perspective from an ecophysiological modeller 

10:45–11:00

Selected talk Haydn Thomas: P57

Global plant trait relationships persist at environmental extremes

11:00–11.30

Coffee/Tea break

11:30–12:00

S1.3 Luke McCormack

Linking root traits to ecosystem processes: updating definitions and conceptual frameworks

12:00–12:30

S1.4 Jens Kattge

10 years TRY: on-going developments, challenges & perspectives

12:30–13:00

S1.5 Kirsten Thonicke

Plant trait diversity and ecological resilience in tropical forests

13:00–14:00

Lunch

14:00–15:30

Breakout sessions – see abstract book for your group and room allocation

15:30–16:00

Coffee/Tea break

16:00–16:30

Feedback from breakout sessions (Henderson lecture theatre)

16:30–17:00

Poster flash talks (Henderson lecture theatre)

17:00–19:00 Poster reception (Atrium)

19:30

Symposium Welcome Dinner (Holland Hall dining room)

Wednesday 28th June

7:30–9:00

Breakfast served in Holland Hall Dining room for delegates staying in Holland Hall

Session 2

Fundamental limits on trait space

Chair: Owen Atkin

9:00–9:15

Opening remarks: Owen Atkin

9:15–9:45

S2.1 Sandra Diaz

The global spectrum of plant form and function – charting essential plant functional diversity

9:45–10:15

S2.2 Nikolaos Fyllas

Incorporating functional trait variation in dynamic vegetation models

10:15–10:45

Coffee/Tea break

10:45–11:00

Selected talk Julia Joswig: P22

Environmental signals in plant traits: A dichotomy of soil and climate driven traits

11:00–11:30

S2.3 Colin Prentice

Leaf traits and environment: towards a comprehensive theory derived from biophysical and eco-evolutionary constraints and supported by field measurements

11:45

Buses depart for trip to Dartmoor National Park (return 16:00; arrive Xfi building 17:00)

Packed lunches will be provided.

17.30–18:00

S2.4 Michael Dietze

There and back again: a model-data assimilation tale

18:00–18:30

S2.5 Isla Myers-Smith

Biome-scale patterns in tundra plant traits and warming-induced change over time

18:30–19:30

Poster session

19:30

Dinner (Holland Hall dining room)

Thursday 29th June

7:30–9:00

Breakfast served in Holland Hall Dining room for delegates staying in Holland Hall

Session 3

Trait tradeoffs and covariation

Chair: Jens Kattge

9:00–9:15

Opening remarks: Jens Kattge

9:15–9:45

S3.1 Ian Wright

Trait trade-offs and covariation – a brief overview

9:45–10:15

S3.2 Isabelle Aubin

Collaborative science to investigate above- and belowground intraspecific trait variability at continental scale

10:15–10:30

Selected talk Leander Anderegg: P2

Traits on trial: Within-species trait variation challenges our understanding of the causes and consequences of trait variation and covariation

10:30–11:00

Coffee/Tea break

11:00–11:30

S3.3 Etienne Laliberté

Tough leaves, weak roots? Trait trade-offs and covariation with declining soil fertility

11:30–12:00

S3.4 Monique Weemstra

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: From trait correlation to integration

12:00–12:30

S3.5 Rosie Fisher

Harder, better, faster, stronger? Trait representation in the Community Land Model Version 5.0

12:30–13:30

Lunch

Session 4

Predicting plant traits in response to changing environmental conditions

Chair: Stephen Sitch

13:30–13:45

Opening remarks: Stephen Sitch

13:45–14:15

S4.1 Peter van Bodegom

Plant trait concepts for a next generation of global models

14:15–14:45

S4.2 Anna Harper

Impact of using trait-informed plant functional types in a dynamic global vegetation model

14:45–15:00

Selected talk Nadja Rüger: P48

Scaling from functional traits to demographic strategies

15:00–15:30

Coffee/Tea break

15:30–16:00

S4.3 Simon Scheiter

Projecting traits, communities and functional diversity: novel approaches to ecosystem modeling

16:00–16:30

S4.4 Peter Thornton

Prediction of plant traits and future climates in an Earth system model 

16:30–17:00

Final comments