BESTNet Research Workshops
Workshops
DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH event
Analyzing the Role of Agricultural Transformation and Invasive Species in Disease Emergence
- Date: 28-30th May 2008
- Location: Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- Contact: Peter Daszak, daszak@conservationmedicine.org
- More Information: PDF
DIVERSITAS agroBIODIVERSITY event
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes
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DIVERSITAS FreshwaterBIODIVERSITY Event
Sustainable Freshwaters: biodiversity, resilience and the value of ecosystem services
- Date: 25 February 2008 – 28 February 2008
- Location: University of Washington. Seattle, Washington, USA
- Details: Upon invitation except for graduate students/postdocs at institutions in the USA, who can apply to participate in the NSF Research Coordinating Network. ‘BESTnet’ training session associated with this meeting
- Contact: Robert Naiman, naiman@u.washington.edu
- More Information: Cross-cutting Neworks: freshwater BIODIVERSITY
BESTNet/ecoSERVICES
Economics of Ecosystem Services
- Date: 22 May 2007 – 24 May 2007
- Location: Natural History Museum. Paris, France
- Organizer: Charles Perrings
- More Information: PDF
BESTNet/ecoSERVICES
Economics and Ecology of Biological Invasions: Developing a synthesis of ecological and economic research on the biological risks of growth in world trade
- Date: 29 October 2007 – 31 October 2007
- Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA
- Organizers: Charles Perrings, Hal Mooney, Mark Williamson
- More InformationPDF
- Session 1: Global Drivers of Invasive Species
- Charles Perrings (ASU), William Brock (Wisconsin-Madison), Ann Kinzig (ASU) and Margherita Gioria (ASU), Globalization and invasive species. PDF
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- Peter Daszak, Marm Kilpatrick (Consortium for Conservation Medicine), and K.E. Jones (Inst Zoology), Globalization and invasive pathogens.
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- Mark New, Ana Lopez and Carol McSweeney (Oxford), Climate and invasive species: the limits to climate information. PDF
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- Session 2: Local Causes and Consequences of Biological Invasions
- Mark Williamson, University of York, Variation in the spread of introduced species and its implications. PDF
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- Petr Pyšek, Milan Chytrý & Vojtech Jarošík, Habitats and land-use as determinants of plant invasions in the temperate zone of Europe. PDF
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- B.W. van Wilgen & D.M. Richardson, Current and future consequences of invasions: A case study from South Africa. PDF
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- Liba Pejchar and Gretchen C. Daily (Stanford University), The impact of invasive species on ecosystem services and human well-being. PDF
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- Session 3: Economics of Invasive Species
- Stephen Polasky (Minnesota), A model of inspection, detection and control for invasive species. PDF
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- David Finnoff (Wyoming), Stationary Policies in the Control of Invasive Species. PDF
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- Christopher Costello and Michael Springborn (UCSB), Bayesian Profiling with Learning for Pests. PDF
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- David Simpson (Johns Hopkins), What Would Chou En-lai Have Said About the Columbian Exchange?
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- Session 4: Management Options
- Julia Touza, Martin Drechsler, Karin Johst, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, The role of space in invasive species management. PDF
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- Uma Shaanker (UAS, Bangalore), Gladwin Joseph (ATREE), N. A. Aravind (ATREE), Ramesh Kannan (ATREE) and K. N. Ganeshaiah (UAS, Bangalore), Invasive plants in tropical human dominated landscapes: need for a paradigm shift in their management. PDF
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- Reuben P. Keller and David M. Lodge (Notre Dame), Management and policy for invasive species at the national level. PDF
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- Stas Burgiel (TNC), Hal Mooney (Stanford), Mark Lonsdale (CSIRO). Prevention - Management Options for Invasive Alien Species at the International Regional and National Levels. PDF
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- Session 5: Drawing Conclusions
- Session 6: BESTNet Fellows Session
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