SEB Glasgow 2009
Conservation Physiology – Assessing & Forecasting the Responses of Organisms to Environmental Change”
Dates: 30th June, SECC Glasgow UK.
Organised by: Craig Franklin (University of Queensland)
Contact: c.franklin@uq.edu.au
Session Description
The exciting and emerging field of Conservation Physiology explores the responses of organisms to anthropogenic threats and attempts to determine the ecophysiological constraints dictated by current conditions and future environmental change. Underpinned by ecological and physiological theory, conservation physiology takes a multidisciplinary and integrative approach that encompasses both field and laboratory based research. It aims to determine and assess the proximate abiotic factors that impose fitness consequences upon the organisms as a result of anthropogenic threats allowing us to forecast the responses of organisms to environmental change. As such it will assist in determining the degree of threat to organisms and therefore help to set priority areas for conservation action.
The aim of this session is to bring physiologists together that have an interest in studies that are assessing and predicting the impacts of current and future human-induced environmental change on organisms. We are offering a welcoming and engaging session and encourage student participation.
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Hans Pörtner, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Germany
Dr Steven J. Cooke, Carleton University, Canada
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