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07/26/2010 - 07/26/2010 | Frankfurt

The Ecological Niche as a Window to Biodiversity

The symposium “The Ecological Niche as a Window to Biodiversity“, organized by the LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), will bring together researchers from Germany and around the world to present the latest research on how ecological theory is used to predict and conserve biodiversity in a changing environment.

The ecological niche describes where a species can live. If we know a species' niche, we can describe its distribution, and also how this will change in the future. This is vital for predicting the effects of changes in climate and land use. The different factors which affect where a species can survive will be described: how it is affected by the environment around it, by other species, and how the niche affects the evolution of populations. Speakers at the symposium will discuss how niches can be described, and how they are formed and evolve as the environment changes.

The symposium will also cover how the idea of the niche is used in practical conservation, to predict where we find biodiversity and what we should conserve in the future if we are to stop the loss of this biodiversity.

Information on participating / attending:
OPEN SYMPOSIUM

Date:

07/26/2010 09:00 - 07/26/2010 17:00

Event venue:

LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
Senckenberganlage 25
Senckenberg Naturmuseum
Festsaal, 2. Etage
60325 Frankfurt
Hessen
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, Students

Email address:

higgin@em.uni-frankfurt.de; ohara@senckenberg.de; roemermann@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Relevance:

transregional, national

Subject areas:

Biology, Environment / ecology, Zoology / agricultural and forest sciences

Types of events:

Entry:

07/20/2010

Sender/author:

Doris von Eiff

Department:

Senckenberg Pressestelle

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseen

Event is free:

no

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event31995

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