Third announcement of Virtual Oikos Meeting February 9-10 2021
Welcome to the annual virtual Oikos Meeting 9-10 February 2021.
The final program is now available, and registration is still open. Registration is mandatory but free of charge.
Deadline for registration is February 7. If you want to register to participate in the meeting send an email to johan.olofsson@umu.se with the title Registration Oikos. This is free of charge, but membership in Swedish Oikos Society is recommended.
Register as a member at our home page:
The fee is 11 EUR and includes a membership in the Nordic Oikos Society.
9 February
12.00 Start of meeting.
12.15-13.00 Session 1. Keynote: Nina Wedell, University of Exeter, UK
Sex, Conflict and Selfish Genes.
13.00-13.15 Malin Hasselgren, Genomic and fitness consequences of inbreeding in an endangered carnivore
13.15-13.30 Laura Van Dijk Direct versus insect-mediated effects of pathogens on the growth and fitness of a perennial herb
13.30-13.45 Elsa Fogelström Reproductive status, individual condition and spring temperature affects vegetative phenology in a perennial herb
13.45-14.00 Michelle Nordqvist, The indirect effects of moose browsing on arthropod predation pressure
14.00-14.15 Stefan Bertilsson SITES: A Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science
15.00-15.45 Session 2. Peter B Reich, University of Minnesota, USA
Some ‘baby steps’ towards a holistic approach to terrestrial ecology.
15.45-16.00 Clydecia Spitzer Root trait microbial relationships across sub-arctic tundra species*
16.00-16.15 Signe Lett Bryophyte functional groups in tundra ecosystems*
16.15-16.30 Tom Staton A holistic approach to agro-ecology: functional biodiversity, productivity and profitability in an agroforestry system
16.30-16.45 Irena A. Koelemeijer Lower understory biodiversity in boreal forest fragments hit by the severe drought of 2018
16.45-17.00 Juan Ignacio Rodrigues, Direct and indirect effects of herbivory on Arctic biodiversity
10 February
10.00-11.00 Annual meeting.
12.00-12.45 Elena Gorokhova, Stockholms universitet
Microbiome-mediated interactions in zooplankton and their food-web implications.
12.45-13.00 Karolina Eriksson Bacteria vs. Predator - Seasonal dynamics and co-occurrence of predation resistant bacteria and protozoa*
13.00-13.15 Matias Ledesna Gelos Population-specific responses to toxic cyanobacteria in a key benthic species
13.15-13.30 Johanna Häussler Invasive spread in meta-food webs depends on landscape structure, fertilization and species characteristic.
13.30-13.45 Victor Thunell Effects of warming on intraguild predator communities
13.45-14.00 Max Lindmark Evaluating drivers of spatiotemporal changes in the condition of Eastern Baltic cod.
14.00-14.15 Thomas J Richards Direct and indirect effects of ungulate grazers on population dynamics of a perennial herb
15.00-15.45 Craig Primmer, Helsinki University, The genetic basis of age at maturity in Atlantic salmon: the journey from genome scan to function, ecology, and conservation.
15.45-16.00 Johan Leander, Umeå University, Salmonid repeat spawners: Their importance and how we can increase their occurrence in regulated rivers.*
16.00-16.15 William Ashworth Effects of predation pressure on behaviour and morphology in wild guppies
16.15-16.30 Álvaro Gaytán herbivores during all parts of the growing season (PhD Stockholm)
16.30-16.45 Fredrika Wrethling The contribution of inorganic habitat structures to predator-prey interaction in boreal forest
16.45-17.00 Biruk Ayalew The impact of shade tree identity on Arabica coffee pests and diseases
*Invited young speaker.
