[Coral-List] British Ecological Society, Tropical Ecology Group Conference; Oxford, March 18-19, 2008

[Jonathan Shrives]

Dear All,

I'd like to post / forward on this e-mail from my
colleague Dr. Robi Bagchi. The BES are keen to get
more marine biologists involved and represented, and
this conference is a great opportunity to network and
have constructive feedback / discussion with our
terrestrial cousins! 

Kind regards,

Jon Shrives




The 2nd BES Tropical Ecology Group Early Career
Researcher Meeting will
 be held
at the University of Oxford, March 18-19 2008.

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                                CALL FOR PAPERS

***********DEADLINE: MONDAY 28 JAN
2008****************

Talks and posters from any aspect of tropical ecology,
both terrestrial
 and
marine, theoretical, empirical and applied and with
any study
 organism(s) are
welcome.

Please submit abstracts for oral or poster
presentations to
bes.teg at zoo.ox.ac.uk

Abstracts should be less than 150 words in length,
excluding the title,
authors and affiliations which should be included at
the start of the
abstract. Please indicate whether you would prefer to
present an oral
 or poster

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The two-day conference will include all aspects of
tropical ecology.
 The aim is
to facilitate dialogue between tropical ecologists at
the start of
 their careers
and provide a relaxed environment for exchanging ideas
and experiences
 of
working with tropical ecosystems.

The meeting will include oral and poster sessions on
the 18th afternoon
 and 19th
morning, dinner and party on the 18th night.


INVITED SPEAKERS

BILL LAURANCE (STRI, Panama)
Ecosystem decay in Amazonian forest fragments

CALLUM ROBERTS (University of York, UK)
The unnatural history of the sea

To register and for accommodation:
www.besteg.org/earlycareer.html

Early bird registration (deadline 20 Feb 2008)
Registration £55 (inc conference dinner and party);
accommodation £45

>From 20 Feb 2008:
Registration £70.00 Accommodation £45 (if available)

On the day:
Registration £80.00, Accommodation £45 (if available)

BES support (50 % reimbursement) for student fees and
transport
 available!
ALL welcome! (Priority for presentations given to
PhDs/PDRAs)
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-- 
Dr Robert Bagchi
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3PS

e: bagchi.r at gmail.com
  robert.bagchi at zoo.ox.ac.uk
t: +44 (0)1865 281207