The ATBC sponsors an annual meeting in which contributed papers, posters, and symposia are presented.
The annual meeting of the ATBC will be held for the first time in Northern South America, in the Guiana Shield region, in Paramaribo, Suriname, from June 9-13, 2008. The University Anton de Kom and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) will host the meeting at the Torarica Conference Hall.
The theme of the meeting will be "PAST AND RECENT HISTORY OF TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS: CROSS-CONTINENTAL COMPARISONS AND LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE".
South America, Africa, Asia and Australia were separated during 100 millions of years since the Gondwana splitted. On each continent, the flora and fauna evolved separately. Meanwhile, however, trans-continental plant and animal migrations occurred from between Africa and Australia, then between Africa to America, and more lately between Asia and Australia modifying the original communities. Most recently, the great interchange between North and South America ca 3 M yr profoundly altered the composition of neotropical fauna, and that of flora as well. Climate change at the continental scale also contributed to colonization of alien plants in those "terra incognita", the later being also moving along with newly introduced seed dispersers or abiotically. In our Modern age, i.e. less 10.000 yr ago since the last glaciation, human invasion and spread throughout the planet resulted in several waves of colonizations from abroad into the tropics, and Suriname especially, i.e. from Northern Asia first, Europe and Africa second, India, Indonesia, and China in final. Suriname is thus a beautiful mosaic of World Wide Nature and Culture, a perfect location for a meeting celebrating the tropical ecosystems. Nonetheless, in our time, organisms that established in the world wide tropical areas during past and recent history are being highly threatened by modern human activities and climate change. It's time to question on their future and whether we learn enough today for their conservation on the long term.
The website for the ATBC 2008 annual meeting is www.atbc2008.org
The organizing committee encourages members of ATBC to organize symposia for presentation, and welcomes tropical biologists and ecologists for oral and poster presentation to this important meeting. Proposals for symposia will be accepted until January 15, 2008. The participants need to know that the organizing committee can not offer direct financial support to any symposia.
Proposals highlighting the main theme with the follow information will be
accepted until January 15, 2008:
1. a proposed symposium title;
2. the goal of the symposium;
3. names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of organizers;
4. a list of potential speakers and topics.
Proposals for symposia should be addressed to Dr. Pierre-Michel Forget, Chairman of the ATBC 2008 meeting by e-mail: atbc2008@yahoo.com
ATBC will conduct its annual meeting 2007 at Morelia, Mexico, from July 15-19, 2007, hosted by the Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (CIEco, Center for Ecosystem Research) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM, National Autonomous University of Mexico). The theme of the meeting will be "Linking Tropical Biology with Human Dimensions" and will be held at the Convention and Exposition Center of the Morelia City.
Based on the mission, objectives and principles of ATBC, the meeting at Morelia will pursue key research avenues reviewed by Bawa et al (2004, Biotropica 36: 437-446) in "Beyond Paradise" to help building bridges needed to link tropical biology and conservation with human dimensions (social, cultural, and economical), grasping this urgent task. The meeting will cover a wide array of basic and applied research topics including: origin, evolution, and maintenance of tropical biodiversity (TBD), structure, dynamics and functioning of tropical ecosystems (TEs), anthropogenic effects on TBD and TEs, and socio-cultural-economical drivers of such effects. The meeting will review and promote the current vision of ATBC.
The organizing committee encourages members of ATBC to organize symposia for presentation, and welcomes tropical biologists in general to this interesting and friendly meeting.
Proposals highlighting the main theme with the follow information will be
accepted until January 15, 2007:
(1) a proposed symposium title;
(2) the goal of the symposium;
(3) names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of organizers; and
(4) a list of potential speakers and topics
Please direct questions about symposia and other aspects of the meeting to:
M. en C. Claudia Nepote/Biól. Gumersindo Sánchez
Tel. + 52-55-56232821 or + 52-443-56222821
Fax. + 52-55-56232719 or + 52-443-3222719
Email:
atbc2007@oikos.unam.mx
Official website for ATBC 2007 annual meeting is http://www.oikos.unam.mx/atbc/
The annual meeting in 2006 will be held, for the first time ever in China, from July 18-21, 2006. The theme of the meeting will be "Tropical Biology: meeting the needs of changing tropical ecosystems". Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will host the meeting at the Harbour Plaza-Kunming.
The organizing committee encourages members of ATBC to organize symposia for
presentation, and welcomes tropical biologists in general to this important
meeting.
Proposals highlighting the main theme with the follow information will be
accepted
until November 15, 2005:
(1) a proposed symposium title;
(2) the goal of the symposium;
(3) names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of organizers; and
(4) a list of potential speakers and topics
Please direct questions about symposia and other aspects of the meeting to:
Ms. Liming Li
Tel. 00 86 871 5171169
Fax. 00 86 871 5160916
Email:
atbc2006@xtbg.ac.cn
The official website for ATBC 2006 annual meeting is
http://atbc.xtbg.ac.cn
The annual meeting for 2005 is scheduled for 24-28 July 2005, under the theme "Frontiers in Tropical Biology and Conservation". Organized for the first time in the southern hemisphere the meeting will be hosted in the heart of Brazil. Uberlândia is a university city and the main center of goods distribution in South America, possessing a good airport and highway services. We will have a tourism agency working with us to help direct visitors interested in our natural ecosystems, beaches and many other beautiful places. By the end of Miami meeting (2004), we will open our meeting homepage, but we are already encouraging everyone to propose symposia. Be welcome to this important meeting to the Latin America community of biologists, held in the state of Minas Gerais, famous for its delicious typical foods, hospitality and respect to people. Visit the ATBC 2005 home page here. You can contact the meeting organisers at : atbc2005@inbio.ufu.br
Call for Program Symposia. The ATBC 2005 program schedule includes allocated time for sixteen program symposia. Each symposium should be of interest to a broad range of tropical biologists and the organizing committee encourages members of ATBC, and tropical biologists in general, to participate in the development of a program meeting that highlight the frontiers of tropical biology and conservation. We are hoping to hear from the symposia speakers about their most recent research results and further ideas. Proposals must include (1) a proposed symposium title; (2) the goal of the symposium; (3) names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of organizers; and (4) a list of potential speakers and topics.
The proponents need to know that the organizing committee can not offer direct financial support to any symposia.
The symposia will be presented during the afternoons, four each day, between 13:30 - 16:15 hours. Each symposium should include a maximum of seven speakers, each one with 20 minutes presentation (DataShow - presentations in PowerPoint or Flash Player). During the five initial minutes the organizer should introduce the audience to the main theme and importance of the symposium. Questions may be addressed after each talk for three-five minutes.
Proposals for program symposia will be accepted until November 10, 2004. The Program Committee will select the sixteen program symposia for the 2005 meeting and notify their organizers by December 10, 2004. Submit proposals for program symposia to the Scientific Committee through the e-mail: atbc2005@inbio.ufu.br.
Further questions should be addressed to Kleber Del-Claro, Chairman of the ATBC 2005 meeting, by the e-mail: delclaro@ufu.br
The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) will hold its annual meeting in Miami, Florida, on July 12-15, 2004. Our venue will be the James L. Knight International Center in downtown Miami. The theme of the meeting will be "Geographic and Conceptual Frontiers of Tropical Biology."
Located at the edge of the tropics and the Caribbean, Miami and south Florida are biologically and culturally diverse. In addition to two national parks (Everglades NP and Biscayne Bay NP), the area offers the following venues of interest to tropical biologists: Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Montgomery Botanical Center, The Kampong (the residence of David Fairchild), Metrozoo, Parrot Jungle, and Monkey Jungle. Two universities, University of Miami and Florida International University, will co-sponsor the meeting, along with other members of CETROB (the Center for Excellence in Tropical Biology).
The Knight Center is easily accessed from Miami International Airport and is located adjacent to public transportation (Metrorail and Metromover). It is close to downtown shopping, dining, and cultural facilities and is only a short distance from Miami's famous Coconut Grove and South Beach tourist destinations. The Knight Center is associated with the Hyatt Regency Miami hotel, which will be offering rooms at off-season summer rates. The Knight Center website is: www.miami.edu/scsfacilities.
Members of ATBC are encouraged to organize symposia for presentation at the annual meeting. Symposia are theme-based and typically include either a half-day or a full-day program of speakers. Individual papers are usually 30 minutes in length (including questions). In addition, the symposium program can include other components, including a separate introduction, summary, panel discussion, etc. Deadline for symposium proposals is 15 October 2003.
ATBC 2004: Critical Deadlines & Other Information
Poster dimensions will be 3'x4' in portrait orientation.
Length of oral presentations of contributed papers will be 15 mins each.
May 14 : Submission of titles and abstracts for oral presentations and posters.
May 31 : Early Registration.
Late registration fees will be in effect after May 31.
One day only registration will be available in Miami.
Cancellation of registration fees will be possible before May 31. Fee is $50
for students & scientists from
developing countries & $75 for all others.
For more information kindly use the following links:
ATBC 2004: Abstract Submission (link opens in new window)
ATBC 2004: Detailed Information. Spanish translation of opening page (link opens in new window)
ATBC 2004: Detailed Information (link opens in new window)
ATBC 2004: Registration Information (link opens in new window)
ATBC 2004: Official Meeting Hotel (link opens in new window)
ATBC 2004: Advisory. Foreign delegates who need a US visa should apply for it ASAP.
Please direct questions about symposia and other aspects of the meeting to the following two Program Directors: Theodore H. Fleming, Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 (telephone: 305-284-6881; fax: 305-284-3039; email: tfleming@fig.cox.miami.edu or David Lee, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, FL 33199 (telephone: 305-348-3111; fax: 305-348-1986; email: leed@fiu.edu.
A joint meeting of the British Ecological Society (BES) and the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) was held 7-10 July 2003 at Aberdeen University, Scotland. This meeting comprised, collectively, the 2003 Special Symposium of the BES and the Annual Meeting of the ATBC. The BES Symposium reviewed recent developments in research on biotic interactions in tropical forests and prospects for the future and featured 12 keynote speakers whose research interests cover the plant-plant, plant-animal, plant-microbe and multi-trophic interactions relevant to the maintenance of high diversity in tropical forests. The annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) included 21 symposia and 10 contributed sessions. Over 450 delegates were registered for the meeting, contributing 290 oral papers and 130 posters. Affiliations of first authors was as follows: 42% European, 26% North American, 19% Latin American, 9% Asian, and 4% African.
For additional information on ATBC 2003 Click Here
For all correspondence regarding ATBC 2003 contact
m.a.pinard@abdn.ac.uk
An International Conference on Tropical Forests: Past, Present, Future was held from July 29 th to August 2 nd , 2002 at Panama City, Panama. The conference synthesized recent advances in tropical biology with an emphasis on ecology and evolution and focused on perspective to be gained through an understanding of past and future changes in climate and human populations. This Conference served as the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology (ATB) and was co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS), and the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS).
For more details about ATB 2002 Click Here.
The 2001 meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology was organized as an International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare at Bangalore, India from 15 to 18 th July 2001. The meeting was organized along with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India; co-sponsored by the Organization for Tropical Studies and co-hosted by leading national scientific institutions and organizations of India. It was the first time that an ATB meeting was held in Asia. The addressed three major theme areas : a) Global change and tropical forest ecosystems, b) Tropical forests: structure, diversity and function, and c) Biodiversity Hot-spots.
The Conference web site which includes details about the themes, program, symposia and paper titles, contact particulars of symposia organizers and contributors is available at www.atb2001.org. (Kindly note that the site has not been updated since the conclusion of the Conference). To obtain the book containing papers and abstracts of the papers presented at the Conference Click Here.