Island Biology 2019 - Sciencesconf.org

›8:30 (1h)

Plenary session
Chair: Paolo Borges

› Amphi Bioclim.

8:30 - 9:30 (1h)

Plenary session

Amphi Bioclim.

Chair: Paolo Borges

› The Island Biogeography of Alien Species - Tim Blackburn, University College London 08:30-09:30 (1h)

›9:30 (30min)

Coffee break

› Chapiteau

9:30 - 10:00 (30min)

Coffee break

Chapiteau

›10:00 (2h)

Future steps to fight against invasive species on islands (Symp.)
M. López-Darias / J.-Y. Meyer

› Amphi Bioclim.

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Future steps to fight against invasive species on islands (Symp.)

Amphi Bioclim.

M. López-Darias / J.-Y. Meyer

› The new IUCN Guidelines for invasive species planning and management on islands - Michael Kiehn, Botanical Garden, University of Vienna 10:00-10:20 (20min)

› Island Biodiversity in the Anthropocene - 10:20-10:40 (20min)

› Predicting and preventing the arrival of invasive non-native species on islands globally - Helen Roy, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [Wallingford] 10:40-11:00 (20min)

› The “French Connection”: lessons learned from the management of invasive plants in French Overseas Tropical Island Territories - Jean-Yves Meyer, Délégation à la Recherche, Gouvernement de la Polynésie française 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Invasive species management in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) : past efforts and future challenges - David Ringler, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Past, present and future of invasive alien species on the Macaronesian islands - MARTA LOPEZ-DARIAS, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología CSIC 11:40-12:00 (20min)

›10:00 (2h)

Island rewilding with giant tortoises: state of the art and future directions (Symp.)
D. Hansen / J. Juvik / C. Griffiths

› Amphi Cadet

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Island rewilding with giant tortoises: state of the art and future directions (Symp.)

Amphi Cadet

D. Hansen / J. Juvik / C. Griffiths

› Wild and rewilded: Giant Aldabra tortoises in the Western Indian Ocean - Dennis Hansen, Universität Zürich, Zoological Museum and the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies 10:00-10:30 (30min)

› Pleistocene Rewilding of the Bahama Islands - David Campbell, Grinnell College 10:30-10:50 (20min)

› The world's largest rewilded tortoise herd and its island ecosystem: The Frégate Island experience - Richard Baxter, University of Zürich, Fregate Island Private 10:50-11:10 (20min)

› A fire-fighting perspective on rewilding Madagascar with giant tortoises - Christine Griffiths, Ebony Forest Ltd 11:10-11:30 (20min)

› Potential Giant tortoise rewilding on La Réunion: restoration of a recently extinct keystone ecosystem engineer - 11:30-11:50 (20min)

›10:00 (2h)

Community / Functional ecology
P. Birnbaum

› Amphi D1

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Community / Functional ecology

Amphi D1

P. Birnbaum

› Niches and neutrality on a tropical oceanic island: explaining diversity and turnover in moth assemblages in island rainforests - Robert Kitching, Griffith University [Brisbane] 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Diversity and community composition of herbivorous thrips vary along environmental gradients, but plant effects remain an important driver - Niry T. Dianzinga, Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical 10:15-10:30 (15min)

› A trait-based approach to assess functional responses of epiphytic liverworts to environmental gradients - Lovanomenjanahary Marline, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town - Claudine AH-PENG, Université de la Réunion - Olivier Flores, Université de la Réunion - Terry Hedderson, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town 10:30-10:45 (15min)

› Ecosystem services associated with water: the role of the liverwort Frullania tamarisci along an elevation gradient in Terceira Island (Azores) for one year - Rosalina Gabriel, cE3c/GBA – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores – Faculty of Agriculture and Environment 10:45-11:00 (15min)

› Functional diversity of the flora of the Canary Islands - Dagmar Hanz, Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› The importance of accounting for imperfect detection when estimating functional and phylogenetic structure of bird communities on land-bridge islands - Xingfeng Si, East China Normal University 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Landscape structure influences niche-based and neutral mechanisms of community assembly in a fragmented insular dry forest - grégoire blanchard, Botanique et Modélisation de lÁrchitecture des Plantes et des Végétations, Institut Agronomique Néo-Calédonien, équipe Sol & Végétations (SolVeg) 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Resilience of tropical forests to cyclones: an individual-based model simulation approach - E-Ping Rau, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique 11:45-12:00 (15min)

›10:00 (2h)

Evolution on islands
L. Valente

› Amphi D2

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Evolution on islands

Amphi D2

L. Valente

› Endemism within island ecosystems - Functional drivers of speciation - Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Diversification analysis of a songbird lineage within a remote archipelago suggests a role for intra-island speciation - Maëva Gabrielli, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique 10:15-10:30 (15min)

› Human-driven extinctions have erased the evolutionary history of flightlessness in island birds - Ferran Sayol, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg 10:30-10:45 (15min)

› Multiple colonizations and parallel radiations of Peperomia (Piperaceae) on the Hawaiian Islands suggest context-dependent role of niche preemption in diversification on oceanic islands - Junying Lim, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley 10:45-11:00 (15min)

› Towards a comprehensive understanding of Oxera's island life - Gildas Gâteblé, Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Unraveling the stages of ant diversification in Madagascar - Evan Economo, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Unraveling the history of Apis mellifera in the islands of the South-West Indian Ocean: what we have learned from genetic, genomic, morphometric and ecological approaches - Johanna Clémencet, UMR Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Evolution of dengue viruses on islands - Shannon Bennett, California Academy of Sciences 11:45-12:00 (15min)

›12:00 (1h)

Lunch

› Chapiteau

12:00 - 13:00 (1h)

Lunch

Chapiteau

›13:00 (1h)

SIB Board

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

SIB Board

meeting, Room D2

›13:00 (1h)

Visit the conference village!

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Visit the conference village!

›14:00 (1h)

Plenary session
Chair: Roger Kitching

› Amphi Bioclim.

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

Plenary session

Amphi Bioclim.

Chair: Roger Kitching

› What can we learn about invasion ecology from ant invasions of islands ? - Lori Lach, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University 14:00-15:00 (1h)

›15:00 (30min)

Coffee break

› Chapiteau

15:00 - 15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Chapiteau

›15:30 (2h)

Island Biogeography, macroecology, evolution and conservation of marine organisms (Symp.)
S. Floeter

› Amphi Cadet

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Island Biogeography, macroecology, evolution and conservation of marine organisms (Symp.)

Amphi Cadet

S. Floeter

› Marine island biogeography: an overview of patterns and mechanisms involved in endemism and community assembly - Sergio Floeter, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› Evolution and biogeography of marine organisms on seamounts and oceanic islands - Raphael Macieira, Universidade Vila Velha 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Reef fish endemism and functional diversity in oceanic islands - Juan Pablo Quimbayo, Center for Marine Biology, University of São Paulo 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› The rise of politics-based marine conservation in oceanic islands - Luiz Rocha, California Academy of Sciences 16:15-16:35 (20min)

› Marine lakes: A view of what is possible in marine islands - Michael Dawson, University of California, Merced 16:35-16:55 (20min)

› Fish as indicators of biodiversity change in coral reefs of the Indian Ocean - Melita Samoilys, Department of Zoology, CORDIO East Africa 16:55-17:15 (20min)

› Temporal patterns of reef fish communities in South Atlantic oceanic islands - Carlos Eduardo Ferreira, Associate professor 17:15-17:30 (15min)

›15:30 (2h)

Island palaeontology (Symp.)
A. van der Geer

› Amphi Bioclim.

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Island palaeontology (Symp.)

Amphi Bioclim.

A. van der Geer

› Island Life before Man - Alexandra van der Geer, Naturalis Biodiversity Center 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› Pleistocene-Holocene environmental changes on Madagascar and associated extinctions - Steven Goodman, Field Museum of Natural History, Association Vahatra 16:00-16:20 (20min)

› Quaternary extinction of large rainforest herbivores on Indonesia's largest island, Sumatra - Julien Louys, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution 16:20-16:40 (20min)

› Early colonisation of the Philippine islands - Thomas Ingicco, Muséum National d\'Histoire Naturelle 16:40-17:00 (20min)

› How long would it take to recover the number of bird species lost due to humans in New Zealand? - Luis Valente, Museum für Naturkunde [Berlin], Naturalis Biodiversity Center 17:00-17:20 (20min)

›15:30 (2h)

Conservation
C. Baider

› Amphi D1

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Conservation

Amphi D1

C. Baider

› Who really benefits from the worsening human-wildlife conflict and mass-culling of an endangered island flying fox on Mauritius? - Vincent Florens, University of Mauritius 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› Ten years of monitoring and conservation of an endemic island parrot - Monica Griffith, Seychelles Islands Foundation - Terance Payet, Seychelles Islands Foundation - Jennifer Appoo, Seychelles Islands Foundation 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Five phases of long-term invasive species management: Lessons from the Amami mongoose eradication project - Yuya Watari, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› The value of the long-term Seychelles White-eye Recovery programme and challenges faced by the species - elvina henriette, Island Biodiversity & Conservation, University of Seychelles 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Population dynamics of an endangered endemic seabird of Réunion Island, the Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui): implications for conservation - emilienne grzegorczyk, UMR Ecologie Marine Tropicale des Océans Pacifique et Indien 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Metabarcoding analysis of endemic lizards' diet for guiding reserve management in the Macaronesian islands - Raquel Vasconcelos, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Endemic plant species are more palatable to introduced herbivores than non-endemics - Severin Irl, Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt 17:00-17:15 (15min)

› Great genetic diversity but high selfing rates and short-distance gene flow characterize populations of a tree (Foetidia; Lecythidaceae) in the fragmented tropical dry forest of the Mascarene islands - Florent Martos, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité UMR 7205 17:15-17:30 (15min)

›15:30 (2h)

Biogeography
S. Hugel

› Amphi D2

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Biogeography

Amphi D2

S. Hugel

› Why theory in island biogeography needs to integrate within-island heterogeneity and non-neutral species - Manuel Steinbauer, Geozentrum Nordbayern, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› An extended framework for the general dynamic theory of biogeography - Mark Carey, University of South Australia 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Effects of current and historical geography on island biodiversity revealed by an agent-based computer simulation - Madli Jõks, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› The small island effect: an appraisal of mechanisms - Tom Matthews, University of Birmingham [Birmingham] 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Isolation by elevation promotes speciation on islands globally - Richard Field, University of Nottingham, UK 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› The role of habitat heterogeneity in the taxonomic and functional diversity of Macaronesian spider communities - Paulo A. V. Borges, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› A roadmap for island bryophyte biogeography and evolution - Jairo Patiño, Universidad de La Laguna 17:00-17:15 (15min)

›15:30 (2h)

Social sciences on islands
P. Corral

› Room D10

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Social sciences on islands

Room D10

P. Corral

› Global law as an analysing tool of climate change adaptation: what relevance for justice assessment of coastal governance? - Anne-Sophie Tabau, University of Reunion Island - Marie Thiann-Bo-Morel, University of Reunion Island 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› Addressing the research-management implementation gap at two UNESCO sites in the Seychelles - Nancy Bunbury, Seychelles Islands Foundation 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› An approach to assess the socio-economic impact of conservation projects - Jose Benedicto, Consulta Europa Projects and Innovation 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Breaking the “Poor data poor decision” loop. Strategies to balance geographic data- knowledge biases in marine spatial planning - Ateret Shabtay, University of Reunion Island 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Legitimacy of the scientific expertise and its media coverage in an island context: analysis of media corpus on the theme of shark risk in La Réunion - Barbara Losen, University of Reunion Island 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› SEGA One Health: planning for the future of effective integrated health surveillance in the Indian Ocean - Harena Rasamoelina, RESEAU SEGA ONE HEALTH 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Unpacking the controversies around the management and control of the invasive plant, Rubus alceifolius, in Réunion Island: preliminary elements for a sociological research - Cathleen Cybele, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement - Unité Mixte de Recherche Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical, Université de la Réunion 17:00-17:15 (15min)

› Sacred groves as habitat islands: biodiversity conservation through cultural practices - Alison Ormsby, University of North Carolina Asheville 17:15-17:30 (15min)

›17:30 (1h)

Poster session II

› Atrium

17:30 - 18:30 (1h)

Poster session II

Atrium