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Start Time:

9 May 2005 at 08:30

Ends On:

20 May 2005

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

AGH (KLH; II week: GLH)

Organizer(s):

J. Banavar, J.D. Damuth, J. Harte and A. Maritan

Material:

Monday, 9 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

9 May 2005
08:30
10:15
Registration and Administrative Formalities
01h45'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
10:15
10:45
Coffee break
30'
10:45
11:00
Welcome and Opening Talk
15'
11:00
11:45
Neutral theory in ecology and the evolution of ecological equivalence
45'
S. HUBBELL
Plant Biology, Univ. Georgia, Athens, USA
11:45
12:30
Chance, time allocation and the evolution of flexible sex role behaviour
45'
P. GOWATY
Institute of Ecology, Univ. Georgia, Athens, USA
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
15:15
Theory of the spread of epidemics such as the Hantavirus and the West Nile virus
45'
N. KENKRE
Dept.Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
15:15
16:00
Neutral theory in ecology and the evolution of ecological equivalence - part II
45'
S. HUBBELL
Plant Biology, Univ. Georgia, Athens, USA
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
16:30
17:30
Neutral theory in ecology and the evolution of ecological equivalence - part III
01h00'
S. HUBBELL
Plant Biology, Univ. Georgia, Athens, USA
Tuesday, 10 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

10 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Social constraints, offspring viability selection and a predictive theory of fertility variation in animals including humans
45'
P. GOWATY
Institute of Ecology, Univ. Georgia, Athens, USA
09:45
10:30
Spatial scaling of microbial diversity
45'
J. GREEN
Univ. of California, Merced, USA
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
The maintenance of tree species diversity in a tropical forest: perspectives from 25 years of research on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
45'
S. HUBBELL
Plant Biology, Univ. Georgia, Athens, USA
11:45
12:30
Tusks in Asian elephants: a model of population dynamics and population genetics
45'
R. SUKUMAR
Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
15:15
Spatial scaling relationship in ecology: species-abundance, species-area and beta-diversity from a simple model
45'
T. ZILLIO
SISSA, Trieste, Italy
15:15
16:00
Discussion of relationships between ecology and physics - what can physics do for ecology?
45'
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
16:30
17:00
Free Discussions
30'
18:30
20:00
Reception
01h30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
Wednesday, 11 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

11 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Stochastic models in population biology - Part I
45'
A. McKANE
Theory Group, Dept. Physics, Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
09:45
10:30
Like something out of an Umberto Eco novel: an outsider's view of the laws of nature
45'
J. WHITFIELD
Science Writer, London, U.K.
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
Determination of motion and demographic characteristics of rodents
45'
G. ABRAMSON
Cent.Atomico Bariloche, Argentina / Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
11:45
12:30
Toward a theory of the abundance and distribution of species at multiple spatial scales: Part I. Foundations of HEAP and experimental tests
45'
J. HARTE
Univ. of California at Berkeley, Energy & Resources Group, Berkeley, CA, USA
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
15:15
Ecological patterns of size and abundance
45'
A. RINALDO
Dept. IMAGE & Int.Centre for Hydrology, Univ.Padova, Padova, Italy
15:15
16:00
Understanding ecosystems using statistical physics
45'
I. VOLKOV
Dept. Physics, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, USA
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
16:30
17:15
Free Discussions
45'
Thursday, 12 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

12 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Potential spatiotemporal patterns of carbon sinks and sources in China's forests 1901 - 2001 in China's forests
45'
S. WANG
Synthesis Res.Center, Chinese Ecosyst. Res.Network, Beijing, China / I.I.A.S.A., Laxenburg, Austria
09:45
10:30
Role of toxin producing phytoplankton for coexistence of planktonic ecosystem
45'
S. PAL
Dept. Mathematics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata, India,
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
Quantification of the ecological impact of trace metals on the abundance and diversity of soil mites in a tropical landfill
45'
E.T. TYOKUMBUR
Ecology & Environmental Biology Unit, Zoology, Univ. Ibadan, Nigeria
11:45
12:30
Free Discussions
45'
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
16:00
POSTER SESSION
01h30'
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
17:00
18:00
Predicting climate change on a green planet
01h00'
John HARTE
Univ.of California at Berkeley, Energy & Resources Group, Berkeley, CA, USA
Room: Main Building Main Lecture Hall
Friday, 13 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

13 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Social selection: Cooperative game theory applied to reproductive social behaviour: Critique of sexual selection theory
45'
J. ROUGHGARDEN
Biological Sciences, Stanford Univ., Standford, USA
09:45
10:30
Mechanisms of coexistence in spatially structured environments
45'
P. AMARASEKARE
Ecology & Evolution, Univ. Chicago, Chicago, USA
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
Analysis of Mark-recapture data of animal poupulations: mice and turtles
45'
L. GIUGGIOLI
Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
11:45
12:30
Water resources in Bulgaria during the 1984-1992 drought period
45'
E. BOJILOVA
Dept. Hydrology, Nat.Inst.Meterology & Hydrology, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
16:00
Free Discussions
01h30'
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
Monday 16 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

16 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Social Selection: Cooperative game theory applied to reproductive social behaviour: Social selection theory
45'
J. ROUGHGARDEN
Biological Sciences, Stanford Univ., Stanford, USA
09:45
10:30
Quantitative analysis of the relationship between environmental gradients and vegetation in Borana lowlands
45'
T. GEMEDO DALLE
Ecosystem Conservation & Research Dept., IBCR, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
Scale transition theory for understanding mechanisms in spatio-temporal ecology
45'
P. CHESSON
Evolution & Ecology, Univ. of California at Davis, Davis, USA
11:45
12:30
Toward a theroy of the abundance and distribution of species at multiple spatial scales: Part II. Implications for Beta diversity
45'
J. HARTE
Energy & Resources Group, Univ. California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
15:15
How ants regulate the number of foragers
45'
J. RODRIGUES
Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
15:15
16:00
Observations and interpretations of intertidal vegetation ecology
45'
M. MARANI
Dept. IMAGE & International Centre for Hydrology, Univ. Padova, Padova, Italy
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
16:30
17:00
Free Discussions
30'
Tuesday, 17 May 2005 - Kindly note that today participants are invited to the Special Prize Ceremony held at the Main Building - Main Lecture Hall.

Room: Main Building Main Lecture Hall

17 May 2005
09:30
11:00
2004 Prize Ceremony in honour of Arthur Taylor Winfree
01h30'
is awarded to Bernardo Gabriel MINDLIN
Dept. of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
16:00
17:00
The Physics and Neural Control of Birdsong
01h00'
Bernardo Gabriel MINDLIN
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wednesday 18 May 2005 - Kindly note change of Lecture Hall

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

18 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Maximum entropy production and ecosystem functioning
45'
R. DEWAR
EPHYSE, INRA Cent. de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Villenave d
09:45
10:30
Scaling species richness from sparse data
45'
R. CONDIT
Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Panama City, Panama
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
Perspectives on body-size scaling in ecology
45'
J. DAMUTH
Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
11:45
12:30
Species coexistence mechanics involving spatial and temporal variation
45'
P. CHESSON
Evolution & Ecology, Univ. California at Davis, Davis, USA
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
15:15
Stochastic models in population biology - Part II
45'
A. McKANE
Theory Group, Dept. Physics, Univ. Manchester, Manchester, UK
15:15
16:00
Species lifetimes for simple ecology models
45'
S. PIGOLOTTI
Dept. Physics, Univ. Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
16:30
17:00
Free Discussions
30'
18:30
20:00
Reception
01h30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
Thursday, 19 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

19 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Seed size, adult population density and habitat preferences of neotropical woody species: is size destiny?
45'
S. MAZER
Ecology, Evolutation& Marine Biology, U. California at Santa Barbara / NSF Arlington, USA
09:45
10:30
Statistical structure of flora taxonomies
45'
G. CALDARELLI
PIL Group, Dept. Physics, Univ. Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
Stability and stability of tree populations
45'
R. CONDIT
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
11:45
12:30
Plant hydraulics: moving fluids at the lowest cost
45'
T. ANFODILLO
TeSAF - Treeline Ecology Research Unit, Univ. Padova, Padova, Italy
12:30
14:30
Lunch break
02h00'
14:30
14:50
Vegetation succession in tropical dry deciduous forests of Sri Lanka
20'
G.A.D. PERERA
Botany, Univ. of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
14:50
15:10
Self-organized criticality and short-time dynamics
20'
K. LANERI (INIFTA, La Plata University, La Plata, Argentina
15:15
16:45
Free Discussions
01h30'
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
30'
Friday, 20 May 2005

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

20 May 2005
09:00
09:45
Stochastic models in population biology - Part III
45'
A. McKANE
Theory Group. Physics Dept., Univ. Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
09:45
10:30
Testing species coexistence mechanisms in the field
45'
P. CHESSON
Evolution & Ecology, Univ. of California at Davis, Davis, USA
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
30'
11:00
11:45
CLOSING REMARKS
45'
Prof. J. DAMUTH
Univ. of California, D.Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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