Day 4: Thursday 8 September 2022

Welcome and announcements | Conference Yoga

08H00-08H30

08H30-09H00

KEYNOTE 8 - FRANK SCHURR: Macrodemography – how large-scale biodiversity dynamics arise from the reproduction, mortality and dispersal of individuals

KEYNOTE 9 - ROB SALGUERO-GOMEZ:  In the search for demographic oddities and their role in ecology, evolution and conservation biology (ONLINE)

09H00-09H30

Tea break

Printed Poster Session 5

Parallel session - SYMPOSIUM

Parallel session - Session chair: Stuart Hall, Dewidine van der Colff

09H30-11H10

SYMPOSIUM 7: Treurnicht, M. & Schurr FM et al. - Macrodemography

THEMATIC SESSION (TH_D2): Biodiversity & species interactions

11h10-11h30

Short break

Parallel session - Session chair: Karen Esler, Martina Treurnicht

Parallel session - Session chair: Kirsten Watson, Adriaan Grobler

11H30-12H30

THEMATIC SESSION (TH_E): Demography, population dynamics and biogeography of MTE’s

THEMATIC SESSION (TH_D2): MTE conservation needs and actions

12H30-13H45

LUNCH BREAK

13H45-14H15

KEYNOTE 10 - WENDY FODEN: Responding to climate change impacts in Mediterranean ecosystems: challenges and opportunities

14H15-16H15

SYMPOSIUM 8: Stephen Jackson, Nicola van Wilgen & Wendy Foden - Climate change adaptation: Understanding impacts and vulnerability and taking conservation action

16H15-16H35

Tea break

Parallel Session - Session chair: Adriaan Grobler, Stuart Hall

Parallel session - Session chair: Rupert Koopman, Kirsten Watson

16H35-17H47

THEMATIC SESSION: Ecophysiology and Functional traits - functioning and resilience of MTEs

THEMATIC SESSION (TH_F): MTEs as socio-ecological systems

THEMATIC SESSION (TH_C1 continued):  Restoration of Mediterranean shrublands and rivers