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 Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting

 

10-11 February 2009

Conference Centre "De Werelt", Lunteren

 

 

 

 

 Introduction

The Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting is a two-day event organised by NERN and NECOV  (Dutch - Flemish Ecological Society). The set-up of the 2009 meeting will be similar to the 2008 meeting (NERN Annual Meeting) which was a great succes with 300 participants. Like last year each day will start with a plenary session in which a Dutch and an international world leader present their view on a specific topic in ecology.  Accordingly, parallel sessions will be held covering the wide field of ecology. Furthermore, time will be reserved for poster sessions and discussion.

 

This year various prizes will be awarded during the meeting: the Poster Prize, the Best MSc Project Proposal (both awarded by NECOV) and the NERN Best Paper Award.  Call for these awards will follow soon. 

Programme

 
Tuesday 10 February
TIME
Main Entrance Hall
08:30
Registration and coffee in the Lounge and setting up posters
 
Europe Hall
10:15
Word of Welcome (Louise Vet, Chair NERN, Director Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
10:30
Plenary 1: "Environments, genes and the information of ecology"
In the ecology of any imaginable organism, myriad sources and levels of information are brought to the task of ensuring fitness, or persistence over evolutionary time. Take a bird, for example. It embodies the ecological information from the dawn of life that made it a multicellular organism - a vertebrate, the information from the age of dinosaurs that made it a flighted bird, and the few million year old information that turned it into either a specialized shore-, sea- or songbird. There is also the interaction between inherited programs and the temporal and spatial availability of suitable habitats that would have moulded modern dispersal, migration other routines; there is the use of social and public information that additionally helps this bird to survive in its ambient ambient and social environment. In two complementary lectures, Robert E. Ricklefs and Theunis Piersma will explore how the environments from the past and the present interact in shaping current phenotypes. Which are the ways in which various forms of ecological information are incorporated in the successful phenotype?
 
Speakers
·          Robert E. Ricklefs (University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA) Webpage
·          Theunis Piersma (Animal Ecology, University of Groningen / Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) Webpage
12:00
Lunch in the restaurant
Location
America Hall
Europe Hall
Asia Hall
Africa Hall
13:30
Parallel 1a: Foraging Ecology
Parallel 1b: Biodiversity and community ecology
Parallel 1c: Aquatic Food webs
Parallel 1d: Chemical ecology
 
Highlight:
Foraging is a key activity in life and the act of foraging forms a natural link between trophic levels. We want to explore the recent expansion of foraging ecology upwards and downwards. Upward we will look at foraging mechanisms (for instance, which rules of thumb may animals use to make their decisions?). Downward we will look at foraging consequences (for instance, what is the role of predators in the maintenance of biodiversity?).
Highlight:
In this session, we like to visualize the importance of variation within and between communities and biodiversity in general for functioning of ecosystems. We hope to link variation in biodiversity in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems to processes at the community scale, and what can communities tell us about the state of the environment?
Highlight:
In this session we specifically aim at bringing together ecologists that combine observational data with model development to better understand the structure and dynamics of freshwater and marine food webs. Models require confrontation with observational data to validate predictive capabilities, whereas the interpretation of data sets is more robust when explored and underpinned with mathematical models. We hope to show the benefit of this two-way interaction between models and data in food web studies.
Highlight:
Interactions between organisms and their environment are mediated by chemicals. The focus of this session is on the role of chemical compounds in the ecology and evolution of various interactions, such as plant – herbivore interactions, predator – prey interactions and plant – plant interactions. The use of new analytical techniques such as metabolomics will also be highlighted.
 
Conveners:
1.       Jan van Gils (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)
(janvg@nioz.nl)
2.       Bart Nolet (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
(b.nolet@nioo.knaw.nl)
Conveners:
1.     Liesje Mommer (Wageningen University, Radboud University)
(liesje.mommer@wur.nl)
2.     Sander Wijnhoven (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
(s.wijnhoven@nioo.knaw.nl)
Conveners:
1.Dr. Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
(l.desenerpontdomis@nioo.knaw.nl)
2.Dick van Oevelen (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
(d.vanoevelen@nioo.knaw.nl)
Conveners:
1.Hans Smid (Wageningen University)
(HansM.Smid@wur.nl)
2.Mirka Macel (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
(m.macel@nioo.knaw.nl)
13:30
All Red Knots are equal, but some are more equal than others: dominance and interference in a ‘non-hierarchical’ and ‘interference-free’ shorebird
(Allert Bijleveld, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)
Community niche predicts the functioning of denitrifying bacterial assemblages.
(Joana Falcao Salles, University of Groningen / Université Lyon
How cod shapes its world
(Anieke Van Leeuwen, University of Amsterdam)
Interspecific bacterial interactions and their impact on suppression of plant pathogenic fungi
(Paolina Garbeva, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
13:50
The relationship between social animals and their resource
(Eelke Folmer, University of Groningen)
Relative abundance of major bacterial groups in soils with different nutrient retention.
(J. Rieckmann, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen University)
Decoupling and adaptation of trophic interactions in aquatic food webs under climate change
(Lisette de Senerpont Domis, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Plant – aphid interactions: does soil community composition affect chemical defense?
(Gera Hol, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
14:10
Cryptic effects of interference competition on Bewick’s swans foraging on cryptic prey
(Abel Gyimesi, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
The time scale of phenotypic plasticity, and its impact on competition in fluctuating environments.
(Maayke Stomp, University of Amsterdam,)
Linking species- and ecosystem-level impacts of climate change in lakes with a complex and a minimal model
(Wolf Mooij, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Heavy metals alter interactions in a grass-leaf miner system
(Luc De Bruyn, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Belgium)
14:30
break
14:40
Evolutionary consequences of a search image
(Edwin van Leeuwen, University of Groningen)
Comparative breeding ecology of two Australian grass-finches: the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda) and the endangered Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae).
(Erica van Rooij, Macquarie University, Australia)
How will increased PCO2 influence phytoplankton growth and competition?
(Jolanda Verspagen, University of Amsterdam)
NMR Metabolomics of Thrips Resistance in Chrysanthemum
(Kirsten Leiss, Leiden University)
15:00
Personality differences explain the use of social foraging information in Barnacle geese
(Ralf Kurvers, Wageningen University)
From salt to fresh and vice versa; changes in the diversity of macrobenthic communities at the ‘Haringvliet experiment’.
(Sander Wijnhoven, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Influence of primary producers on carbon flows in shallow lakes: a stable isotope approach
(Raquel Mendonça, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil)
Hitch-hiking parasitic wasp learns to exploit butterfly anti-aphrodisiac
(Ties Huigens, Wageningen University)
15:20
2 generalists on 2 resources: distinctive feeding patterns in life-stages lead to coexistence
(Tim Schellekens, University of Amsterdam)
Changes in diversity and functional structure of macrobenthos along a marine gradient in man-shaped water bodies (South West Netherlands): the role of confinement as amplifier of stressors on ecosystems.
(Vincent Escaravage, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Quantifying the stoichiometric side of bacterivory in an intertidal soft sediment using 13C and 15N as tracers
(D. van Oevelen, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Odour blends that attract the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s.
(Renate Smallegange, Wageningen University)
15:40
Time to stretch the legs and have a cup of tea in the Lounge
Location
America Hall
Europe Hall
Asia Hall
Africa Hall
16:00
Parallel 2a: Micro-evolution
Parallel 2b: Multitrophic interactions
Parallel 2c: Spatial ecology
Parallel 2d: Restoration Ecology
 
Highlight:
Micro-evolution occurs within an ecological framework and is driven by interactions between different (a)biotic components. Further, micro-evolutionary and ecological patterns may fall within equal timescales and there may even be a mutual interaction between both types of processes. In this session we focus on experimental and molecular studies that investigate core hypotheses of microevolution, e.g. coevolution, and ecology and explore boundaries between both fields
Highlight:
This session provides in-depth overview of multitrophic interactions in complex communities both in terrestrial and aquatic/marine ecosystems, as well as different ecosystem compartments (e.g. above and below ground). The impacts of direct- and indirect interactions between species on coexistence, food web assembly and dynamics will be emphasized.
Highlight:
In this session, we will explore the ecological mechanisms underlying spatial organization in nature, and how spatial organization plays a role in population, community and ecosystem functioning.
 
Highlight:
Restoration measures become increasingly important to counter the negative effects of nature degradation and restore former species assemblages. Effective restoration management requires a thorough understanding of the causal mechanisms underlying the processes of degradation and recovery, including (re-)colonization by target organisms. This sets a challenge for ecological researchers to explain both ecosystem functioning and species distributions, which axiomatically requires an interdisciplinary approach. This session presents papers that are on the forefront of this relatively new scientific discipline.
 
Conveners:
1.        Bregje Wertheim (University of Groningen)
(b.wertheim@rug.nl)
2.       Ellen Decaestecker (University of Leuven)
(ellen.decaestecker@kuleuven-kortrijk.be)
Conveners:
1.       Roxina Soler (Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen University)
(r.soler@nioo.knaw.nl)
2.       Tibor Bukovinszky (Wageningen University)
(Tibor.Bukovinszky@wur.nl)
Conveners:
1.       Dr. Daphne vd Wal (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
(d.vanderwal@nioo.knaw.nl)
2.       Sonia Kefi (Utrecht University)
(S.Kefi@geo.uu.nl)
Conveners:
1.       Merel Soons (Utrecht University)
(M.B.Soons@uu.nl)
2.       Wilco Verberk (Bargerveen / Radboud University Nijmegen)
(w.verberk@science.ru.nl)
16:00
Do movements of locally maladapted individuals speed up adaptation to climate change?
(Christiaan Both, University of Groningen)
Community consequences of size-selective predation: Emergent Allee effects and emergent facilitation
(André de Roos, University of Amsterdam)
Experimental evidence for spatial self-organization and its emergent effects in ecosystems
(Johan van de Koppel, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
The decline of metallophyte vegetation in floodplain grasslands: implications for conservation and restoration
(Esther Lucassen, B-ware / Radboud University Nijmegen)
16:20
Co-existence and co-evolution in lake phytoplankton
(Bas Ibelings, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, EAWAG, Zürich, Switzerland)
The Differential Impact of a Patchy Environment on Genetic Diversity in a Multi Trophic System
(Sonja Esch, Leiden University)
Top-down control by herbivores regulates landscape formation on intertidal flats
(Ellen Weerman, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
The effect of plant-soil feedback on the restoration of fen meadows
(Pella Brinkman, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
16:40
The interface between evolution and ecology in a Climate Change context
(Wendy Van Doorslaer, University of Leuven)
Are population differences in plant quality reflected in the preference and performance of two endoparasitoid wasps? 
(Rieta Gols, Wageningen University)
Self-organized patterning in seagrasses
(Tjisse van der Heide, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Cascading food-web effects of nitrogen deposition on essential micronutrients
(Arnold van de Burg, Bargerveen / Radboud University Nijmegen)
17:00
break
17:10
The variation in survival rates of development in Austrolebias annual killifish
(Tom van Dooren, Leiden University)
Trophic Control in Soil Microbial Food Webs
(Jennifer Adams, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Spatial correlation as an early warning signal for transitions in ecosystems
(Vasilis Dakos, Wageningen University)
Colonisation events in riparian zones in fens, linking dispersal patterns to probabilities for germination and establishment
(Judith Sarneel, Utrecht University)
17:30
Grazing by amoebae causes a dramatic shift in the genetic structure of a bloom of the cyanobacterium Microcystis
(Pieter Vanormelingen, Ghent University)
Plants as Green Phone lines. Plant-mediated communication between below- and aboveground insect herbivores and parasitoids
(Roxina Soler, Wageningen University, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Upscaling optimal foraging movements
(Geerten Hengeveld, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Short- and long-term responses of aquatic macroinvertebrates to restoration and decreased acidification in moorland pools. A complex of bottlenecks, colonization barriers and habitat suitability.
(Hein van Kleef Bargerveen / Radboud University Nijmegen)
17:50
Micro-evolution of physiological defence traits in a natural population of Daphnia magna
(Kevin Pauwels, University of Leuven)
The role of plant quality in plant-herbivore interactions in freshwater ecosystems
(Liesbeth Bakker, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Bacterial bioreporter capable of describing heterogeneity in environments and populations
(Mitja Remus-Emsermann, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Restoration measures and species colonisation in nutrient-poor grasslands in Southern Limburg
(Nina Smits, Alterra / Utrecht University)
18:10
Drinks in the Lounge and at 18:45 dinner in the restaurant
20:00
Poster sessions / Coffee
19.45
'Jaarvergadering NECOV' (Africa Hall)
 
Europe Hall
21:00
Evening Programme: Community ecology of tropical ecosystems (Han Olff, University of Groningen)
 
Wednesday 11 February
07:30
Breakfast in the restaurant
08:00
Registration for those coming on Day 2 only
 
Europe Hall
08:30
Plenary 2: Searching the Unknown: unveiling novel microbial communities
Microbial ecology is the science that studies the interactions of very small organisms with their environment including plants and animals. Although small in size, the microbes are with many, and it is estimated that the Earth is inhabited by 1030 prokaryotes constituting about half the biomass on our planet. Nevertheless without these small creatures life on Earth would not be possible. They are the driving force of all biogeochemical cycles, and they produce substantial amounts of oxygen and fix about 70% of all nitrogen. Currently only about ten thousand different microbial species are in culture. Molecular studies using 16S ribosomal and functional genes indicate that this only represents a tiny fraction of all microbes, and thus the biodiversity of micro-organism is largely unexplored. In this session complementary approaches to explore this microbial biodiversity using dedicated enrichment techniques and metagenomic methods are presented and discussed. The presentations of this session will show that we hardly know which microbes are involved in the biogeochemical cycles and how they interact with their environment, and that we can expect many exciting discoveries in the next few years.
Speakers
·          Christa Schleper (Dep. of Genetics in Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria) Webpage
·          Mike Jetten (Dep. Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands) Webpage
10:00
Coffee in the lounge
Location
America Hall
Europe Hall
Asia Hall
Africa Hall
10:30
Parallel 3a: Biogeochemistry
Parallel 3b: Plant-animal interactions
Parallel 3c: Ecogenomics
Parallel 3d: Exotic species and genes
 
Highlight:
Biogeochemical knowledge is of pivotal importance for the understanding of ecosystem functioning and biodiversity issues at different temporal and spatial scales. This session will present innovative studies, both fundamental and applied, integrating ecological and geochemical research at the macrobiological (vegetation and/or fauna including humans) and microbiological level, for a range of ecosystem types
Highlight:
Plants and animals interact in many ways. These interactions may be both direct and indirect, and vary from relatively simple processes such as herbivory to more complex processes such as resource enhancement, associational resistance, seed dispersal or pollination. These interactions importantly determine the structure, diversity and dynamics of ecological communities. In this session, we will particularly focus at interactions between plants and vertebrates in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Highlight:
Ecological and evolutionary functional genomics seeks to understand the functional basis of evolutionary forces shaping ecologically important traits in natural biological communities. The advent of high-throughput gene transcription, proteomic and metabolomic profiling has sparked the interest of ecologists and evolutionary biologists over the last decade. This session focuses on the most recent developments towards understanding the genetic and genomic mechanisms underlying ecological and evolutionary processes.
Highlight:
Biopollution by the introduction of exotic or alien species and genes into the Netherlands is one of the new and sneaky threats of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, it also offers an exciting opportunity for scientist to study and test important ecological theories. During this session, scientific research of exotic species and genes of all taxonomical groups from all types of marine, fresh water and terrestrial ecosystems can be presented.
 
 
Conveners:
1.       Bart Veuger (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
(b.veuger@nioo.knaw.nl)
2.       Leon Lamers (Radboud University Nijmegen)
(L.Lamers@science.ru.nl)
Conveners:
3.       Chris Smit (Utrecht University)
(c.smit@geo.uu.nl)
4.       Jasja Dekker (Zoogdiervereniging VZZ)
(jasja.dekker@vzz.nl)
Conveners:
1.       Eric Poelman (Wageningen University)
(Erik.Poelman@wur.nl)
2.       Jan Kammenga (Wageningen University)
(Jan.Kammenga@wur.nl)
Conveners:
1.       Roy van Grunsven (Wageningen University, Bureau Waardenburg)
(Roy.vanGrunsven@wur.nl)
2.       Wil Tamis (CML-Leiden)
(tamis@cml.leidenuniv.nl)
10:30
The effects of herbivores on methane cycling and methane-processing microbes in shallow lakes
(Paul Bodelier, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Dispersal failure contributes to plant losses in NW Europe
(Wim Ozinga, Radboud University Nijmegen / Wageningen UR)
Competent Endophytes
(Pablo Hardoim, Groningen University)
Predicting invasive behavior of exotic plants
(Tanja Speek, Wageningen University)
 
10:50
Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes in two peat-agri-ecosystems at different spatial scales
(Arina Schrier, Wageningen University)
White Rhino and Termites as Creators of Environmental Heterogeneity
(Cleo Gosling, University of Groningen)
Microarray approaches to bacterial mycophagy
(Francesca Mela, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Plant range shifts and reduced enemy impact imply exotic invasion
potential due to climate warming
(Tim Engelkes, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
 
11:10
Shifts in macrophyte composition in response to elevated CO2 in softwater lakes
(Peter Spierenburg, Utrecht University/Radboud University Nijmegen)
What determines the distribution of herbivores in the Serengeti ecosystem?
(Grant Hopcraft, University of Groningen)
Ecological genomics of Boechera stricta: Identification of a QTL controlling the allocation of methionine- vs. branched chain amino acid-derived glucosinolates and levels of insect herbivory
(Eric Schranz, University of Amsterdam)
Climate change, plant invasions and belowground interactions
(Elly Morrien, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
 
11:30
Break
11:40
The importance of bacteria as a source of C, N, amino acids and fatty acids for benthic fauna investigated by stable isotope labeling
(Bart Veuger, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Changing hiding patterns in fennel pondweed tubers (Potamogeton pectinatus) in relation to predation by Bewick’s swans
(Bert Hidding, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Assessing hitherto uncultured Acidobacteria and Verrucomicrobia in rhizosphere and bulk soils linking culture-dependent techniques and metagenomics
(Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, Wageningen University)
Morphological markers distinguishing wild from cultivated carrots
(Cilia Grebenstijn, Leiden University)
 
12:00
Alternative strategies to sustain N-fertility in acid and calcareous soil: low microbial N-demand versus high biological activity
(Annemieke Kooijman, University of Amsterdam)
Interactive effects of large grazers and soil organisms on plant community composition
(Ciska Veen, University of Groningen)
A non-arbitrary species concept for bacteria based on natural selection
(Michiel Vos, Oxford University)
Native insects on non-native plants: about biodiversity and effect of specialism
(Kim Meijer, Groningen University)
12:20
The fundamental science of applied biogeochemistry; cross-fertilization between macro- and microecology
(Leon Lamers, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Seed and seedling fate of spiny shrubs in grazed woodlands
(Christian Smit, Utrecht University)
The genetics of source-sink dynamics
(Krijn Trimbos, Leiden University)
Marine exotic species, a rapid detection method within a changing ecosystem
(Adriaan Gittenberger, Leiden University)
12.40
Implications of global change for denitrification in shallow freshwater systems
(Annelies Veraart , Wageningen University)
 
 
 
12:40
Lunch in the restaurant
14:00
Poster Session Day 2 / Coffee
Location
 
Europe Hall
Asia Hall
Africa Hall
15:00
Note:
Session 4a (Biogeochemistry has replaced session 3a (Global N and C cycles) which has been cancelled
Parallel 4b: Population dynamics and dispersal
Parallel 4c: Plant Physiological Ecology: Scaling up towards understanding emerging properties at plant and ecosystem level
Parallel 4d: Tropical Ecology
 
 
Highlight:
Both demography and dispersal are crucial determinants of the metapopulation dynamics and spread of plant and animal species, but demography and dispersal are rarely analysed together. By focusing on the combination of these seemingly distinct processes, this session brings together dispersal ecologists and demographers to present most recent advances in the field of spatial population dynamics.
Highlight:
New comparative, experimental, and modelling studies are presented to show how whole plant performance (growth, survival, reproduction) is driven by physiological processes and functional traits. Using up-scaling approaches, potential mechanisms that contribute to explaining plant responses to different habitats, species co-existence in shared habitats, and species specialization for different habitats will be discussed.
Highlight:
Tropical ecosystems have changed substantially in the recent and distant past. In the future, they will certainly undergo strong shifts due to habitat conversion, overexploitation and climate change. This session will bring together scientists explaining the causes of past changes in tropical ecosystems with those who study the present-day functioning of these ecosystems. Understanding past changes and current functioning of tropical ecosystems will improve the ability to predict their responses in the future.
 
 
Conveners:
1.Eelke Jongejans (Radboud University Nijmegen)
(E.Jongejans@science.ru.nl)
2.Hans Jacquemyn (University of Leuven)
(Hans.Jacquemyn@bio.kuleuven.be)
Conveners:
1.     Frank Sterck (Wageningen University), (frank.sterck@wur.nl)
2.     Niels Anten (Utreccht University)
(N.P.R.Anten@uu.nl)
Conveners:
1.     Carina Hoorn (University of Amsterdam)
(M.C.Hoorn@uva.nl)
2.     Pieter Zuidema (Utrecht University) (P.A.Zuidema@uu.nl)
 
 
 
 
Paleo
15:00
 
Demography and dispersal contributions to spatial population dynamics
(Eelke Jongejans, Radboud University Nijmegen)
The regulation of cell wall extensibility during shade avoidance: a study using two contrasting ecotypes of Stellaria longipes.
(Ronal Pierik, Utrecht University)
Slow processes triggering eco-system reorganization: the role of plate tectonics on tropical reefs
(Willem Renema, Naturalis)
15:20
 
Fine-scale genetic structure and gene dispersal within Dutch wild carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. carota) populations
(Jun Rong, Leiden University)
Temperature Effects on the Metabolism of Plants: Does Darwin break the Arrhenius Law?
(Cordula Schmitz, University of Groningen)
On the origin of Amazonian landscapes and biodiversity
(Frank Wesselingh, Naturalis)
15:40
 
Pollen limitation and labile sex expression in a wind-pollinated annual herb (Mercurialis annua)
(Elze Hesse, University of Oxford)
Are there different ways for being successful in drought stressed environments: Scaling-up water relations to whole plant photosynthetic performance in 6 species of a Mediterranean tree community
José Quero, Wageningen University)
Climate variability and vegetation change at a submillennial time scales during the Holocene: a multi-proxi approach from Andean sediments
(Zaire Gonzalez, University van Amsterdam)
16:00
Break
 
 
 
 
Actuo
16:10
 
Seed limitation restricts population growth in shaded populations of a perennial woodland orchid
Hans Jacquemyn (University of Leuven)
Structure and functioning of young Eucalypt trees under elevated CO2 and temperature: an assessment with the 3 dimensional YPLANT model.
(Marion Liberloo, University of Antwerpen)
Tropical tree rings reveal increasing juvenile growth rates over time and preferential survival of fast–growing juveniles
(Danae Rozendaal, Utrecht University)
16:30
 
Directed dispersal in wetland plants: Implications for spatial population dynamics and demography
(Merel Soons, Utrecht University)
From species traits to communities; a promising future for vegetation models
(Bob Bouma, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Is canopy disturbance in tropical rain forest spatially contagious?
Patrick Jansen, University of Groningen, Wageningenn University)
16:50
 
The role of odours in parasitoid-host interactions: a modelling study
(Marjolein Lof, Wageningen University)
Vegetation structure and productivity: the result of cooperation or cheating?
Niels Anten (Utrecht University)
Silviculture enhances the recovery of overexploited mahogany Swietenia macrophylla 
(Marielos Peña-Claros, Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal,Bolivia, Wageningen University)
 
Europe Hall
17:20
Closing Session (Hans de Kroon)
·          Awards ceremony
o         Best PhD research paper Award (Han Olff)
o         Best Poster Award (Roland Bobbink)
·          Synthesis (Louise Vet)
 
 
Lounge
18.00
Fare-well drinks and Dinner
 

   
Call for presentations

Like the 2008 meeting, the meeting of 2009 will have parallel sessions convened by specialists in the field. Each parallel (a, b, c, and d) consists of 6 20-minute sessions (15 minute presentatiion and 5 minute discussion). Highligghts, to be submitted by the conveners will indicate the focal area of the session given the session topic.

Those wanting to contribute to one of the parallel sessions, please contact one of the conveners of the session you want to contribute to and send them a title and abstract of your presentation as well as a possible other session in wich your presentation would fit when the session you applied to is full. When no convener is listed yet, please contact Claudus van de Vijver (Claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl) to inform of your interest to contribute the sessions. Deadline for submission is the 10'th of January 2009

Once you have submitted your title and abtract the conveners of the session select the 6 best (quality and focus of the session). They will inform all who have submitted a request to present. Those that cannot present in first instance may be able to present in another session where the presentation would also be able to fit in. 

Poster Sessions

As can be seen in the programme, poster session will be organised. When you want submit a poster, please mention this in your application giving the titel of your poster as well as the session it should belong to. When you have registered for the meeting and would still want to contribute with a paper, please contact Claudus van de Vijver (Claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl).

On Wednesday afternoon during the closing session and the NERN Best Paper Award, the NECOV Best Poster Prize(s) will also be awarded. Posters will be evaluated on scientific quality, clarity and attractiveness. First, second and third prizes are € 300, € 200, and € 100 resp.

Fee

PhD and MSc (with Bed and Breakfast)
€ 150.-
Others (with Bed and Breakfast)
€ 200.-
PhD and MSc (without Bed and Breakfast)
€ 75.-
Others (without Bed and Breakfast)
€125.-
Day Visitors (PhD and MSc) € 40,-
Day Visitor (Others) € 70,-

 Fees must be paid cash when registering at De Wereld in Lunteren. 

 

Registration

 To register, please send an email to: pe-office@wur.nl indicatig the following

  1. First name
  2. Surname
  3. Gender
  4. Status (PhD or MSc student / Other)
  5. Research group and Institute/University you belong to
  6. If you will be attending: both days / Day 1 only / Day 2 only
  7. If you will be wanting a room and if so: 
    1. If you are willing to share a room and if so please name the person (after checking with him/her).
      (Note there are only a small number of single rooms which will fist be given to senior participants and people with a health issue)
    2. If you need a single room  (we will do our best to convene your situation)
  8. Will you be presenting a poster (Name of poster and session it must belong to) 

NOTE THAT ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION MUST BE GIVEN TO BE REGISTERED