Island Biology 2019 - Sciencesconf.org

Opening session

Welcoming breakfast and onsite registration

Plenary session

Amphi Bioclim.

Chair: Vincent Florens

› Introduction to natural history of the Mascarene islands - Dominique Strasberg, Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical 09:30-10:30 (1h)

Coffee break

Chapiteau

Plant conservation on oceanic islands: scientific needs and examples of good practice to solve imminent challenges (Symp.)

Amphi Bioclim.

J. Caujapé-Castells / M. Kiehn / M. Moura

› Identifying a network of Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) in the British Virgin Islands - Michele Dani Sanchez, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› The transition to selfing and its implications for the conservation of small insular plant populations: a case study from Tolpis succulenta in the Azores - M. Moura, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Universidade dos Açores 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Conserving the threatened Puerto Rican endemic plant, Varronia bellonis (Cordiaceae) - Martin Hamilton, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› The conservation of New Caledonian rare and endangered species threatened by mining activities, the need of a global approach for a big challenge - Bruno Fogliani, Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien 12:00-12:20 (20min)

› Ex situ seed conservation of Hawaiian ‘exceptional species' as a case study for tropical island floras - Marian M. Chau, Lyon Arboretum – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 12:20-12:40 (20min)

› The IUCN Plant specialist group for Macaronesia: Using transnational cooperation and updated scientific data to better understand and mitigate the threats to oceanic island floras. - Mónica Moura, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Pólo dos Açores, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade dos Açores - Juli Caujapé-Castells, Jardin Botanico Canario "Viera y Clavijo"-Unidad Asociada al CSIC 12:40-13:00 (20min)

Synthesizing island biodiversity theory for community-wide genetic data (Symp.)

Amphi Cadet

H. Morlon / B. Emerson

› Origins of diversity on islands: the nexus of ecology and evolution in community assembly - Rosemary Gillespie, University of California [Berkeley] 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Island biogeography and the distribution of genetic variation in ecological communities - Isaac Overcast, Graduate Center of the City University of New York 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Assessing the drivers of biodiversity patterns using environmental DNA data: macroecology and macroevolution of the oceanic plankton - Hélène Morlon, Institut de biologie de l'ENS Paris (UMR 8197/1024) 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Diversifying as a holobiont: macroevolutionary patterns of microbiota in an island archipelago - Benoît Perez-Lamarque, Institut de biologie de l'ENS, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité UMR 7205 12:00-12:20 (20min)

› Whole-community assembly from metabarcoding data reveals the structure of the soil mesofauna at multiple genetic levels and spatial scales - Paula Arribas, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología-CSIC 12:20-12:40 (20min)

Evolutionary trends in island plants: is everything lost on islands? (Symp.)

Amphi D1

C. García-Verdugo / K. Burns

› The loss of size diversity in island plants - Kevin Burns, School of Biological Sciences 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Loss of defenses on island plants: from theory to evidence - Carlos Garcia-Verdugo, Universitat de les Illes Balears – Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Are genetic diversity patterns cogent with a generalized loss of dispersal in island plants? Insights from Macaronesia - Juli Caujapé-Castells, Jardín Botánico Canario 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Loss of pollination syndromes after island colonization - T Pailler, Université de la Réunion 12:00-12:20 (20min)

› What do wind-dispersed species tell us about loss of dispersal potential on islands? - Mario Mairal, Stellenbosch University 12:20-12:40 (20min)

Biogeography

Amphi D2

S. Irl

› Functional disharmony of the flora of New Caledonia: filtering effect of ultramafic soils and metal accumulation syndrome - Sandrine Isnard, Herbarium of New Caledonia, Botanique et Modélisation de lÁrchitecture des Plantes et des Végétations 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› A functional biogeography approach to insular bird communities with mixed-origin species - Jean-Yves Barnagaud, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive – UMR 5175 CEFE, CNRS, PSL Research University, EPHE, University of Montpellier, SupAgro, IND, INRA 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Dispersal modality determines the relative partitioning of beta diversity in spiders on a subtropical land-bridge archipelago - lingbing wu, Hubei University 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Phylogeography of coronavirus in bats in the Western Indian Ocean - Léa Joffrin, Université de La Réunion, UMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT) INSERM 1187, CNRS 9192, IRD 249 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› The forgotten hotspot: a decade of research into the herpetofauna of the Comoros Archipelago - Oliver Hawlitschek, Zoologische Staatssammlung 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› The role of ecological specialization in patterns of insular communities - Spyros Sfenthourakis, University of Cyprus, Dept. of Biological Sciences 12:15-12:30 (15min)

› Systems, landscapes and vegetation of the Iles Eparses (South-West Indian Ocean): geobotanical survey of Europa island - Vincent Boullet, Université de Bretagne Occidentale 12:30-12:45 (15min)

Interdisciplinary island studies

Room D10

A. Wiefels

› Detecting burnt scars from space: A case study of the January 2019 wildfires along the eastern flank of Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, La Réunion - Thibault Catry, ESPACE-DEV, UMR228 IRD/UM/UR/UG/UA, IRD 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Spatial footprint of natural disasters: opportunities and challenges for remote sensing in the south-western Indian Ocean - Christophe Révillion, ESPACE-DEV, UMR228 IRD/UM/UR/UG/UA, Université de La Réunion 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Anoles & Drones: Revealing controls on distribution and microhabitat use of Anolis lizards in a changing island landscape using emerging remote sensing technologies - Emma Higgins, University of Nottingham, UK 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› An open network to monitor marine environment and species - Sylvain Bonhommeau, IFREMER Délégation de l'Océan Indien 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Marine sponges from Indian Ocean, a highly promising source for the discovery of novel bioactive compounds to fight against ageing and age-related diseases - Pierre-Eric Campos, Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› Monitoring of fish communities and benthic habitats from unbaited underwater video techniques with applications to Indian Ocean conservation and fisheries management challenges - David Roos, Délégation Océan Indien 12:15-12:30 (15min)

› Isolated Indian Ocean islands: little POPs, some heavy metals, and much plastics - Hindrik Bouwman, North-West University [Potchefstroom] 12:30-12:45 (15min)

› Unsanctioned imports: the problem of plastic debris in small island states - April Burt, Seychelles Islands Foundation, University of Oxford [Oxford] 12:45-13:00 (15min)

Workshop

Amphi Charpak

Sophie Marinesque - 10th European Development Funds (EDF) project for the Western Indian Ocean region: Sustainable management of the Eparses islands and Mayotte marine living ressources

Lunch & opening cocktail for the conference village

Chapiteau

Plenary session

Amphi Bioclim.

Chair: Dominique Strasberg

› The history, current status, and future of the protected areas of Madagascar - Steven M. Goodman, Association Vahatra, Field Museum of Natural History 14:00-15:00 (1h)

Coffee break

Chapiteau

Plant conservation on oceanic islands: scientific needs and examples of good practice to solve imminent challenges (Symp.)

Amphi Bioclim.

J. Caujapé-Castells / M. Kiehn / M. Moura

› The IUCN Seed Conservation Specialist Group: Connecting experts, identifying gaps, and developing best practices - Uromi M. Goodale, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Forest Ecology and Conservation 15:30-15:50 (20min)

› Red Lists and open data: how the New Caledonia Plant Red List Authority has brought together environment professionals, scientists and amateur experts - Shankar Meyer, Association Endemia 15:50-16:10 (20min)

› Strategies for conservation of endemic species in protected areas of Cabo Verde islands - Herculano Andrade Dinis, Associação Projecto Vitó, National Direction of the Environment 16:10-16:30 (20min)

› Conservation of crop wild relatives of Macaronesian Islands: current status and outlook - Maria Romeiras, LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, ISA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes 16:30-16:50 (20min)

A tale of two islands: Reunion and Kauaʿi, similar conservation challenges and solutions (Symp.)

Amphi Cadet

A. Raine / P. Pinet

› Integrating predator control efforts to achieve landscape level protections for native birds & their habitats on Kauai Island - Sheri Mann, State of Hawaii, Division of Forestry & Wildlife 15:30-15:55 (25min)

› Improving effectiveness of alien plant clearing on Reunion Island through partnership - Elise Amy, Parc national de La Réunion 15:55-16:10 (15min)

› Race against time: research and conservation efforts to save Kauai's endangered song birds - Lisa Crampton, Division of Forestry and Wildlife 16:10-16:25 (15min)

› LIFE BIODIV'OM – An ambitious program (2018 – 2023) for the conservation of a critically endangered forest bird , the Reunion Cuckooshrike - D Fouillot, Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques de La Réunion 16:25-16:40 (15min)

› Human caused mortality crisis for the endangered seabirds of Kaua'i: quantifying the impact of power line collisions and light attraction - Marc Travers, Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project-University of Hawaii 16:40-16:55 (15min)

› Unexpected advances for endangered endemic petrels conservation on Reunion Island - Patrick Pinet, Parc national de La Réunion, Life+ Pétrels 16:55-17:10 (15min)

Marine ecology

Amphi D1

M. Dawson

› Long-term monitoring of coral reefs in the Mozambique Channel (Indian Ocean): paving the way towards integrative regional management - Pascale Chabanet, ENTROPIE 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› Functional vulnerability in Western Indian coral reef fishes: indicator species and conservation priorities - François Guilhaumon, Ecologie marine tropicale dans les Océans Pacifique et Indien, MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Energy packing of reef fish communities in isolated oceanic islands - Diego Barneche, University of Exeter 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Multi-scale effects of environmental stress on reef fish communities of the Galapagos islands - Robert W. Lamb, Brown University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› A continent-island model of gene flow in a marine fish from the Western Indian Ocean - Thierry Hoareau, University of Pretoria 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) on coral reefs at Europa Island: How are they connected with other soft coral communities in the Mozambique Channel? - Michael Schleyer, Oceanographic Research Institute 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Environmental drivers effects on the structure and functioning of rhodolith marine habitats in Central-Eastern Atlantic Islands - Otero Ferrer Francisco, Biodiversity & Conservation Research Group 17:00-17:15 (15min)

› What functional space to use to characterize species functions in ecosystems? - Thomas Claverie, Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche de Mayotte, MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation 17:15-17:30 (15min)

Evolution on islands

Amphi D2

C. Beierkuhnlein

› Genetic structure of two genera of Sumatran frogs trace back to ancient volcanic islands origins rather than paleodrainage systems - Umilaela Arifin, Centrum für Naturkunde-Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Universität Hamburg 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› Factors of population divergence and past demographic history in an endemic tree (Coffea mauritiana) from Reunion Island - Edith Garot, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Niches in time: Molecular gut content analysis reveals changing ecological relationships among Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders along a chronosequence - Susan Kennedy, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California [Berkeley], Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› The genomics of founder events in an island colonising bird - Sonya Clegg, University of Oxford 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Chloroplast haplotype analysis of Canary islands Micromeria indicate inter-island colonization as factor to explain genetic diversity patterns - Harald Meimberg, Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Adaptive consequences of introgression during the differentiation of Micromeria in the Canary islands - Manuel Curto, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences [Wien] 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Evolution of reproductive barriers in sympatric Arctic charr morphs in Thingvallavatn (Iceland) - Kalina Kapralova, University of Iceland 17:00-17:15 (15min)

Poster session I

Atrium

European Outermost regions: living labs of the ongoing European ecological and energy transition, FORWARD public conference

Hemicycle of the Regional Council

NEXA

Cocktail at Regional Council

Hemicycle of the Regional Council

Program > Detailed program