Island Biology 2019 - Sciencesconf.org

›8:30 (1h)

Plenary session
Chair: José María Fernández-Palacios

› Amphi Bioclim.

8:30 - 9:30 (1h)

Plenary session

Amphi Bioclim.

Chair: José María Fernández-Palacios

› Orchids, moths, and birds on Madagascar, Mauritius, and Reunion: island systems with well-constrained timeframes for species interactions and trait change - Susanne Renner, Systematische Botanik und Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 08:30-09:30 (1h)

›9:30 (30min)

Coffee break

› Chapiteau

9:30 - 10:00 (30min)

Coffee break

Chapiteau

›10:00 (2h)

Functional island biogeography - concepts and prospects (Symp.)
Holger Kreft

› Amphi Bioclim.

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Functional island biogeography - concepts and prospects (Symp.)

Amphi Bioclim.

Holger Kreft

› Functional island biogeography: the next frontier in island biology - Holger Kreft, Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Göttingen, Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen 10:00-10:30 (30min)

› A global review of insular woodiness and its potential functional significance - Alexander Zizka, German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research 10:30-10:50 (20min)

› Drivers of woody alien invasions across spatial scales in the Hawaiian Islands - Dylan Craven, University of Gottingen 10:50-11:10 (20min)

› Predicting the functional trait composition of insular communities: an application to tropical reef fishes - Claire Jacquet, Swiss Federal Insitute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Dübendorf], University of Zürich [Zürich] 11:10-11:30 (20min)

› Extinction-Driven Changes in Insular Frugivore Communities: Worldwide and in Mauritius - Julia Heinen, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate 11:30-11:50 (20min)

›10:00 (2h)

Plant-animal interactions as drivers of biodiversity conservation on islands (Symp.)
A. González Castro / S. Hervías Parejo

› Amphi D2

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Plant-animal interactions as drivers of biodiversity conservation on islands (Symp.)

Amphi D2

A. González Castro / S. Hervías Parejo

› A global review of frugivory and seed dispersal on islands - Manuel Nogales, Spanish National Research Council 10:00-10:20 (20min)

› Double mutualisms: a global island phenomenon - Anna Traveset, Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies , Spanish Research Council 10:20-10:40 (20min)

› The forgotten fauna: native seed predators on islands - Donald Drake, University of Hawaii 10:40-11:00 (20min)

› Threatened plant seeks pollinator (or when conservation practices prevent mutualistic interactions) - Aarón González Castro, Spanish National Research Council 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› The role of morphological traits in mutualistic interactions among plants and vertebrates in the Galápagos - Sandra Hervias-Parejo, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› A Fijian rainforest tree requires bats to open its flowers - the strange evolutionary case of chiropteropisteusis, a new pollination system - S. Topa Petit, University of South Australia [Adelaide] 11:40-12:00 (20min)

›10:00 (2h)

Biological invasions on islands
C. Leppanen

› Room D10

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Biological invasions on islands

Room D10

C. Leppanen

› New insights on the origin and dispersion history of invasive populations of the small Indian mongoose, Urva auropunctata, in the Caribbean islands - Vivien Louppe, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité UMR 7205 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Invasive predator ecology and impacts in a biodiversity hotspot. The feral cat Felis catus in the New-Caledonian archipelago - Pauline Palmas, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université, Europôle de l'Arbois, BP 80, 13545, Aix-en-Provence, France, Unité Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Equipe Ecologie des Populations et des Communautés, Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR 8079/UPS/CNRS/AgroParisTech, Bât. 362, 91405 Orsay cedex, France, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université, Centre IRD de Nouméa, BPA5, 98848 Nouméa cedex, Nouvelle-Calédonie 10:15-10:30 (15min)

› Is reproductive ecology behind the success of an invasive snake on a Mediterranean island? - Elba Montes, Universitat de València 10:30-10:45 (15min)

› Twenty years of the invasion of the California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae) in Gran Canaria island - Julien C. Piquet, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 10:45-11:00 (15min)

› Invasion dynamics of an amphibian with frequent human-mediated translocations on the Andaman archipelago - Nitya Prakash Mohanty, Center for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Global distributions of three highly invasive bird species under climate change - Martin THIBAULT, Massey University, IAC 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Varroa destructor invasion in the South West Indian Ocean islands and its mortality impacts on the endemic honeybee subspecies Apis mellifera unicolor in Madagascar, Mauritius and La Réunion - Olivier Esnault, GDS Réunion & CIRAD UMR PVBMT 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Towards island-specific scenarios of biological invasions in the 21st century - Bernd Lenzner, Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University Vienna 11:45-12:00 (15min)

›10:00 (2h)

Conservation
F. Martos

› Amphi Cadet

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Conservation

Amphi Cadet

F. Martos

› Are humans decreasing species diversity or only phylogenetic diversity in mammals on islands? - Søren Faurby, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Systematic conservation planning in New Caledonia: supporting sustainable land-use policies with reserve selection models - Dimitri Justeau-Allaire, Institut Agronomique Néo-Calédonien, Botanique et Modélisation de lÁrchitecture des Plantes et des Végétations 10:15-10:30 (15min)

› A science and conservation success story: insights from 30 years of research on Seychelles warblers - Martijn Hammers, University of Groningen [Groningen] 10:30-10:45 (15min)

› Biodiversity conservation needs on European overseas islands: lessons from Macaronesia - Jose Azevedo, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & Azores Biodiversity Group 10:45-11:00 (15min)

› Evidences of global warming on island coastal biota: lessons from the Azores - Ana Isabel Neto, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change/ Azorean Biodiversity Group 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› A model-based evaluation of reefs connectivity and habitat degradation scenarios - Implications for future marine spatial planning and marine conservation policies in the Western Indian Ocean - Estelle Crochelet, Agence de Recherche pour la Biodiversité à la Réunion, IRD / ESPACE-DEV (UMR 228), IRD 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Individual variation in invasive island predators: consequences and management implications - Thomas Bodey, University of Auckland, University of Exeter 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Impacts of climate change on invasive plants in small islands: the case of Azores - Maria Teresa Ferreira, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group 11:45-12:00 (15min)

›10:00 (2h)

Marine ecology
P. Chabanet

› Amphi D1

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Marine ecology

Amphi D1

P. Chabanet

› Monitoring one of the world's largest breeding populations of frigatebirds - Lorraine Cook, Seychelles Islands Foundation 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Population decline in key oceanic seabird colony of the Eastern Indian Ocean: Could illegal egg harvesting be the prime cause? - RAVICHANDRA MONDRETI, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Pondicherry University - Priya Davidar, Pondicherry University - David Grémillet, Percy Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology NRF-DST Centre of Excellence at the University of Cape Town, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive 10:15-10:30 (15min)

› Tracking tropical seabirds at sea: intra- and interspecific differences in the foraging ecology of white-tailed and red-tailed tropicbirds on Indian Ocean islands - Annette Fayet, University of Oxford [Oxford] 10:30-10:45 (15min)

› Unravelling the relative importance of top-down and bottom-up environmental effects driving vital rates according to sex, colony and experience in long lived species, the snow petrel - Christophe Sauser, Centre d'étude biologique de chizé 10:45-11:00 (15min)

› Exploring what movements matter in a critical eco-epidemiological situation, the case of avian cholera in seabirds of Amsterdam island - Jérémy Tornos, Ceva Biovac, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Genetic diversity and colony isolation in one of the world's most endangered seabirds, the Mascarene petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima), endemic to Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) - Jade Lopez, UMR ENTROPIE. Université de La Réunion 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Connectivity within an oceanic seamount system: comparative phylogeography of widely-distributed benthic invertebrates from the Indo-West Pacific - Magalie Castelin, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité UMR 7205 11:30-11:45 (15min)

›10:00 (2h)

Workshop
Anne Bialecki / Jamal OUAZZANI - The TASCMAR EU H2020 Project

› Room D2

10:00 - 12:00 (2h)

Workshop

Room D2

Anne Bialecki / Jamal OUAZZANI - The TASCMAR EU H2020 Project

›12:00 (1h)

Lunch

› Chapiteau

12:00 - 13:00 (1h)

Lunch

Chapiteau

›13:00 (45min)

Workshop
NEXA - Introduction to European funding opportunities for Biodiversity and Conservation projects

› Amphi Bioclim.

13:00 - 13:45 (45min)

Workshop

Amphi Bioclim.

NEXA - Introduction to European funding opportunities for Biodiversity and Conservation projects

›14:00 (1h)

Plenary session
Chair: Brent Emerson

› Amphi Bioclim.

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

Plenary session

Amphi Bioclim.

Chair: Brent Emerson

› Ecology of rain forests on a large tropical island: lessons from New Guinea - Vojtech Novotny, Biology Center, Czech Academy of Science 14:00-15:00 (1h)

›15:00 (30min)

Coffee break

› Atrium

15:00 - 15:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Atrium

›15:30 (2h)

Island reptiles: the rich diversity of continental and oceanic islands (Symp.)
K. Tolley

› Amphi Bioclim.

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Island reptiles: the rich diversity of continental and oceanic islands (Symp.)

Amphi Bioclim.

K. Tolley

› Biogeography of Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Island Reptiles - Luis Ceríaco, Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto 15:30-15:50 (20min)

› Biodiversity growth on the volcanic ocean islands and the roles of in situ cladogenesis and immigration: case with the reptiles - Jason Ali, The University of Hong Kong 15:50-16:10 (20min)

› Ecological and evolutionary determinism in Greater Antillean reptiles - Graham Reynolds, University of North Carolina Asheville 16:10-16:30 (20min)

› The evolution of an island phenotype: results from an experimental introduction - Anthony HERREL, UMR 7179 - Mécanismes adaptatifs et Évolution 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› Lizard discoveries and rediscoveries in the New Caledonian region - Aaron Bauer, Villanova University 16:50-17:10 (20min)

›15:30 (2h)

New insights into the assembly of island biota, filtering effects and disharmony (Symp.)
A. Taylor / P. Weigelt

› Amphi Cadet

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

New insights into the assembly of island biota, filtering effects and disharmony (Symp.)

Amphi Cadet

A. Taylor / P. Weigelt

› Disharmony of the world's island floras - Christian König, Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography Group, University of Goettingen 15:30-15:50 (20min)

› Drivers of orchid diversity, endemism and disharmony on islands - Amanda Taylor, Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen 15:50-16:10 (20min)

› Using islands to understand the dynamics of ecological networks: 1st lessons from Hawaii - Natalie Graham, University of California [Berkeley] 16:10-16:30 (20min)

› Functional traits and life history dimensions explain filtering in island communities - Julian Schrader, Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› The influence of native species composition on the invasibility of island floras across spatial scales - Patrick Weigelt, Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen 16:50-17:10 (20min)

›15:30 (2h)

Restoration ecology / ecological restoration
J.-Y. Meyer

› Amphi D1

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Restoration ecology / ecological restoration

Amphi D1

J.-Y. Meyer

› Moving toward data-driven ecological restoration of vegetation in the Hawaiian islands - Jonathan Price, University of Hawaii at Hilo 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› Invasion impacts and medium-term benefits of controlling invasive alien plants in one the most invaded island forests worldwide - Claudia Baider, The Mauritius Herbarium 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Ecological processes shaping community dynamics in seasonally dry tropical forests: lessons learned from a restoration program on Réunion island - Nicolas Cuénin, University of Reunion Island 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Rewinding for rewilding: Suppressing the brown tree snake to reintroduce the endangered Guam kingfisher - Christy Leppanen, The University of Tennessee [Knoxville] 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› World's first successful national eradication of ring-necked parakeets Psittacula krameri - Jennifer Appoo, Seychelles Islands Foundation 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Coral reef regeneration experiment with mineral accretion technology: a case study on Fregate Island, Seychelles - Richard Baxter, University of Zürich, Fregate Island Private - Ahmad Allahgholi, Coralive 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Restoring degraded water catchments using ecosystem-based adaptation tools for long-term benefits of downstream communities in Seychelles - Vicky Stravens, Terrestrial Restoration Action Society of Seychelles 17:00-17:15 (15min)

› Strategic rewilding to restore seed dispersal to a defaunated island - Haldre Rogers, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology 17:15-17:30 (15min)

›15:30 (2h)

Species interactions / networks / trophic ecology
D. Drake

› Amphi D2

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Species interactions / networks / trophic ecology

Amphi D2

D. Drake

› The feeding competition between the Mauritian flying fox Pteropus niger and the invasive crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis - Raphael Reinegger, University of Bristol [Bristol] 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› Depauperate seed rain but effective recruitment after reinstated dispersal evidence strong impacts of frugivore extinctions on native forest regeneration after natural disturbance - Sébastien Albert, Université de La Réunion - UMR Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Seed dispersal by chelonians and the virtually intact Aldabra seed dispersal network - Wilfredo Falcón, Bureau of Research and Conservation of Habitats and Biodiversity, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Alien ant-disrupted pollination mutualism of a declining island endemic plant varies temporally and is worsened by alien plant invasion - Prishnee Bissessur, University of Mauritius 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Effects of exotic pollinators on network structure and ecosystem function - Arturo Lonighi, University of Exeter 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Community-wide difference in floral traits between continental and oceanic island coastal plants - Atushi Ushimaru, Kobe University 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Speciation of the sect. Camellia based on pollinator shift in Japanese islands - Harue ABE, Niigata University 17:00-17:15 (15min)

›15:30 (2h)

Atmosphere - biosphere - geosphere interactions
J.-P. Cammas

› Room D10

15:30 - 17:30 (2h)

Atmosphere - biosphere - geosphere interactions

Room D10

J.-P. Cammas

› Will climate change shift tropical montane cloud forests upwards on islands? - Robin Pouteau, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation 15:30-15:45 (15min)

› The challenges of measuring cloud liquid water content and cloud water interception in tropical montane cloud forests - Thomas Giambelluca, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Cloud water interception and resilience of tropical montane bryophytes to climate change in cloud forests of La Réunion - Claudine AH-PENG, Université de La Réunion 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Preliminary results from the FARCE 2015 campaign: multidisciplinary study of the forests-gases-aerosols-clouds system in the tropical island of La Réunion - Valentin Duflot, Laboratoire de lÁtmosphère et des Cyclones, Université de la Réunion 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Climate change in the southwest Indian ocean: observations and projections - Marie-Dominique Leroux, Météo-France Direction Interrégionale pour l'océan Indien - François Bonnardot, Météo-France Direction Interregionale pour l'océan Indien 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Satellite based oceanic monitoring around Reunion Island for the years 2003 to 2017 - Alexandre Wiefels, Espace pour le développement, Université de la Réunion - Jan Christopher Fischer, Universität Bayreuth 16:45-17:00 (15min)

›17:30 (1h)

Poster session III

17:30 - 18:30 (1h)

Poster session III

›19:00 (3h)

Conference diner

19:00 - 22:00 (3h)

Conference diner