Dear all,
This is a friendly reminder that THIS THURSDAY the Department of Wildlife, Fish & Environmental Studies at SLU Umeå is hosting a symposium on: "Megafauna and Earth system functioning" with talks from leading scientists from around the world! See the program below. We now also provide an online link further below although we of course hope to see you in Umeå!
When: 1st of September from 10.00 - 14.00
Where: Björken, SLU Umeå
Program for the day:
10.00 – 10.10 Dr. Joris Cromsigt, Department of Wildlife, Fish & Environmental Studies, SLU, Sweden
Introduction
10.15 – 10.55 Prof. Oswald Schmitz, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology, Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, USA
Studying microfauna to inform research on megafauna and earth system functioning
11.00 – 11.40 Dr. Ciska Veen, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute for Ecology, the Netherlands
Vertebrate herbivores as drivers of soil carbon and nutrient cycling
11.45 – 12.30 Lunch at own initiative
12.30 – 13.10 Prof. Regina Lindborg, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden
Managing grasslands for climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation
13.15 – 13.55 Dr. Sören Faurby, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
The difference between current and present-natural megafauna
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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