The Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

ATBC 2008 - Worshops / Courses

ATBC

Workshops and courses

Workshops

# 1. How to be more Prolific : Strategies for Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers and Grant Applications. Conveners : Bill Laurance (STRI, Panama) and Bette Loiselle (University of Missouri, St. Louis). Overview.

#2. Quantitative measurement of edge effects in fragmented landscapes. Conveners : Robert Ewers (Imperial College London, UK) and Raphael Didham (University of Canterbury, New Zealand). Overview.
 

Courses

# 1. Mini-course in rapid biodiversity assessment methods.  Organizers : Conservation International’s (CI) Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) and Suriname Program. Overview.

#2. Biodiversity and ecology of epiphylls. Organizers: Robbert Gradstein, University of Göttingen, Germany (Bryophytes) & Robert Lücking, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Lichens). Local organizer: Caroline Chan,  National Herbarium, Paramaribo. Overview.

#3. CMS-CELOS forest management system. Organizer: CELOS, the Center for Agricultural Research in Suriname. : Overview.