The International Biogeography Society

The International Biogeography Society will hold its 5th International Conference from 7th to 11th January, 2011, in Crete. The preliminary schedule is sketched out below, and we will keep this page updated with the latest breaking information from now until the conference starts. Registration is will open late-August / early-September. Please check back regularly for details.

7th January : pre-conference workshops.

1. Spatial Analysis in Macroecology (SAM)
(Organizer: Alexandre Diniz-Filho)

2. Phylogenetic Analysis in Macroecology (PAM)
(Organizer: Alexandre Diniz-Filho)

3. Communicating Biogeography
(Organizer: Robert Whittaker)

8th January : symposia.

1. Mediterranean biogeography: where history meets ecology across scales
(Organizers: Spyros Sfenthourakis & Rémy Petit)

2. Comparative Phylogeography - new perspectives, integrative approaches, and challenges
(Organizers: Ana Carnaval & Mike Hickerson)

9th January : symposia.

3. Biogeography and Ecology: Two Lenses in One Telescope
(Organizers: Dave Jenkins & Bob Ricklefs)

4. Analytical advancements in macroecology and biogeography
(Organizers: Alexandre Diniz-Filho & Carsten Rahbek)

10th January : contributed papers.

There will be six sessions of contributed papers in the following areas:
[1] Island biogeography, [2] Climate change biogeography, [3] Conservation biogeography, [4] Palaeoecology, [5] Marine biogeography, and [6] hot topics in Biogeography.

11th January : field trips.

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The 2011 Alfred Russel Wallace Award and the Wallace Award Keynote Lecture
will be received, and given, by Dr. Robert Ricklefs during the Crete meeting.

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About Crete (Wikipedia - English)

The venue Capsis Astoria Hotel, is ideally situated in the city center of Irakleion (Herakleon), among entertainment, shopping, and business districts, and adjacent to the Archaeological Museum. For more information, see http://www.capsishotels.gr/astoria (opens in new browser window).