Programme

Popbio 2007 Conference, in Basel, Switzerland, 17–19 May 2007 • Perspectives of Plant Population Biology for the next 20 years

Wednesday • 16 May 2007
17:00-20:00		Arrival and Registration
Thursday • 17 May 2007
8:00		Conference registration open
9:00		Welcome
9:10	J. Silvertown	The future of ecology in a connected world (keynote) [selected references and url's: Word / PDF]
9:50	D. Matthies	The demography of the threatened plant Echium pininana, an endemic of the island of La Palma
10:07	S. Marcante	Population dynamics of key species along an alpine successional gradient
10:24		Coffee break
11:00	L. Crémieux	Are plant populations locally adapted to their antagonists?
11:17	I. Abela Hofbauerová	Effect of herbivore insect guilds on population dynamics of Cirsium arvense, Canada thistle, in the Czech Republic
11:34	H. Auge	A plant invasion reverses the functional role of insect herbivory in a plant community
11:51	R. Leimu	Genetic history, habitat quality and past selection as determinants of inbreeding and outbreeding depression in herbivore resistance and fitness of fragmented plant populations
12:08	E. Affrye	Effect of population size and neighborhood on the reproductive success of Anthericum liliago L. (Anthericaceae)
12:25		Lunch break
14:00	I. Stehlik	Plant reproduction at the crossroads between Ecology and Evolution (keynote)
14:40	M. Schnittler	Bulbils contra seeds: Reproductive strategies in two Gagea species
14:57	L. Malikova	Weeds that can do both tricks: multiple regenerative strategies of short lived plants
15:14	U. Landergott	Efficient cross-pollination at high elevations: rates of geitonogamous selfing are similar in alpine and subalpine populations of Mountain Thyme
15:31	H. Aegisdottir	Genetic diversity and geographic structure in populations of Campanula thyrsoides in the fragmented alpine landscape
15:48		Coffee break and poster session A
17:00	A. Hector	Biodiversity and ecosystem multi-functionality
17:17	Z. Munzbergova	Genetic diversity has significant effect on productivity in early but not later stages of stand development
17:34	A. Weigelt	The role of community assembly in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments
17:51	E. Marquard	The effect of plant functional composition on the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship
18:08	C. Stein	The effect of plant parasites and mycorrhizal fungi on plant communities
18:25	J. Alexander	Taking the high-road: an intercontinental comparison of plant mountain invasions
Friday • 18 May 2007
8:30	J. Ouborg	Ecogenomics: entering the next phase of the Darwinian paradigm (keynote)
9:10	U. Arunyawat	Population structure and linkage disequilibrium in two closely related wild tomato species
9:27	M. Schlee	Broad data from nrDNA spacers fill the gap between population studies and phylogenetics – A case study of Lathyrus and Oxytropis (Fabaceae)
9:44	S. Karrenberg	Habitat overlap in a hybridizing species pair
10:01	G. von Arx	«Biography» of perennial forbs: how much is recorded in the roots?
10:18		Coffee break
11:00	S. von Felten	Testing for belowground resource partitioning in experimental grassland communities
11:17	M. Bartelheimer	The finely tuned role of belowground competition in segregating two closely related Senecio species along a water table gradient
11:34	O. Bossdorf	Genotype and maternal envionment affect belowground interactions between Arabidopsis thaliana and its competitors
11:51	U. Monzeglio	Sibling competition or kin selection in a plant species (Senecio jacobaea) with dimorphic seeds
12:08	G. Rosenthal	Response of the clonal plant Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag. to extensive grazing
12:25		Lunch break
14:00	J. Pannell	Signatures of colonization in plant metapopulations (keynote)
14:40	F. Noel	Persistence of the metapopulation of a rare plant Ranunculus nodiflorus: genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity
14:57	D. Scherrer	Local extinction risk, colonisation probability, and spatial spread of the alpine Geum reptans on a glacier foreland in the Swiss Alps
15:14	B. Seifert	Metapopulation dynamics of a poorly dispersed plant species
15:31	S. Cristofoli	Spatial structure and species richness: extinction dept and recolonisation dept
15:48		Coffee break and poster session B
17:00	M. Schleuning	The effects of flooding and canopy openness on the population dynamics of the rainforest understorey plant Heliconia metallica
17:17	F. Schurr	Estimating plant fecundity and seed dispersal in spatially heterogeneous environments
17:34	D. Berens	Spatial patterns of seed rain and seedling establishment in the tropical tree Prunus africana
17:51	S. Gewolf	Aspects of wind dispersal during primary succession
18:08	M. Kos	Germination speed and its relation to habitat and seedling traits in Kalahari ephemerals
18:25	J. Raabova	Niche differentiation between two cytotypes of Aster amellus agg.
19:15		Conference dinner at the Botanic Garden, University of Basel
Saturday • 19 May 2007
8:30	M. Fischer	On the role of plant population biology for conservation (keynote)
9:10	S. Le Cadre	Les liaisons dangereuses: relation between wild and cultivated aconites
9:27	J. Vikane	Performance and demography of the declining long-lived perennial species Arnica montana in north-western Norway
9:44	J-P. Bizoux	Spatial and temporal variation of reproductive success in an endemic metallophyte, Viola calaminaria: implications for conservation
10:01	R. Mayor	Population biology of Aster amellus L. in a fragmented landscape
10:18		Coffee break
11:00	M. van Kleunen	Phylogenetically independent associations between self-pollination and plant invasiveness
11:17	V. Lanta	The effects of species, growth form, management and site on per shoot biomass allocation and compensatory growth in 41 meadow plant species
11:34	S. Lachmuth	Comparison of reproduction and dipsersal ability among populations of different age within the Central European invasive range of Senecio inaequidens
11:51		Poster Award & General discussion: Population Biology working group
12:30		Lunch break
14:00-18:00		Field trip to calcareous grassland in the Swiss Jura mountains
14:00-16:00		Guided tour in the Botanical Garden of the University: a visit behind the scenes

Poster session A
U. Becker	Quantitative and molecular genetic variation inCarlina vulgaris at different scales
A. Bohácková	Population dynamics of Potentilla erecta along altitudinal climate gradients in Hardanger, Western Norway
M. Brändel	Seed heteromorphism in Chrysanthemum coronarium L.
A. Bucharová	Population biology of two rare ferns - Asplenium adulterinum and A. cuneifolium
W. Durka	Is zoochorous seed dispersal linked to high food value in grassland species?
A. Fidelis	Population biology of forbs and shrubs in subtropical grasslands in Brazil
E. Frei	Variation Along Altitudinal Gradients in the Swiss Alps: An Example From the Campanula rotundifolia Aggregate (Campanulaceae)
J. Haase	Interactions between tree seedlings and their impacts on ecosystem processes
T. Hahn	Bacterial associations in liverworts ? Differences among species and populations
J. He	Preference, performance and impact of specialist root herbivores on the invasive Centaurea maculosa: some working hypotheses
L. Hemrova	Distribution and dynamics of selected species of open grassland fragments at the landscape level
A. Kocianova	Reiteration in short-lived monocarpic plant Rorippa palustris
T. Koubek	Matrix model of populations infected by fungal pathogen – predictionsand reality
C. Lampei	Selection pressure analysis on annual plant populations originated along an aridity gradient from Mediterranean to desert climate in Israel.
V. Latzel	The role of a bud bank in regeneration of urban communities after disturbance
H. Plachá	Local adaptation of plant population to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
D. Röder	GPS-supported population mapping – a simple and precise method for repeatable studies
J. Sarmento Cabral	Mechanistic models for the global range dynamics of Protea compacta (Proteaceae)
M. Schädler	Belowground mutualism and aboveground plant-herbivore interactions – the role of rhizobia
S. Socher	Methods and experiments to assess plant diversity and ecosystem functioning inthe biodiversity exploratories
M. Sosnova	Clonal growth in wetlands: search for pattern
V.M. Stahl	15N-isotopes: new perspectives in plant population research - An overview and two competition field experiments
B.E. Wassmuth	Spatial seeding patterns affect competition and coexistence of annual herbs
C. Wellstein	Interaction effects of litter coverage and water availability on seedling emergence in three mesic grassland species
Poster session B
S. Boch	Vegetation data to be recorded in the «Exploratories for large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research»
G. Bowman	Life history, ploidy and plant invasion: Comparison of native and invasive populations of Centaurea maculosa
Z. Cervenkova	Invasion of Rumex alpinus species in the Giant Mountains at the landscape scale
P. Dostál	Do non-indigenous species benefit from enemy release? A field comparison with native congeners
T. Dostálek	Genetic diversity and its impact on fitness at endangered Dracocepahlum austriacum
H. Dvoráková	Postglacial history of selected plant species with a view to the presumed suture zone in Central Europe
S.K. Ebeling	Is there evidence for local genetic adaptation to frost in invasive Buddleja davidii populations?
K. Stadler	Genetic structure within and among Gentianella aspera lowland populations in Eastern Austria
R. Holderegger	Dispersal success of European Treefrogs in habitat connectivity projects in the Swiss Reuss valley
A. Jiménez	Allozymic analysis of the allotetraploid fern Dryopteris corleyi and its diploid parent species
T. Maurice	Population genetic diversity of Gladiolus palustris in the western part of its distribution area
E. Mayland-Quellhorst	Abies alba Mill. – a melting-pot of genetic lineages of the Mediterranean firs.
R. Mozek	Population structure of Anacamptis pyramidalis in highly disturbed landscapes
J. Müller	Applicability of the theory of Island biogeography by MacArthur & Wilson to river islands
A. Pichonet	First study of the genetic variability of Dicranum viride (Sull. & Lesq.) Lindb.
H. Plachá	Population biology and ecology of critical engendered species of Minuartia verna agg. in the Czech Republic
A.R. Pluess	Pursuing glacier retreat: genetic challenges for the spread of Larix decidua
F. Richter	Comparative Population Biology of Gladiolus palustris and G. imbricatus
R. Schmickl	Population genetics in Arabidopsis hybrid zone
A. Smidova	Rarity of a habitat - possible explanation for species rarity at the country level?
C. Stark	The importance of secondary habitats as substitutes for natural habitats: The role of mycorrhizal fungi for Gymnadenia conopsea
L. Weiss	At what spatial scales is Lythrum salicaria adapted to environmental variation?

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