Andrew Hendry welcoming folks to the first MEES 2018, in collaboration with GRIL - Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie, BESS - Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability, and QCBS - Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science.
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A lively discussion following the MEES 2019 at Thomson House.
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What is the Montreal Eco-Evo Symposium?
The symposium is a unifying event that allows participants to discuss different topics on Evolutionary Ecology. The event takes the form of presentations and discussions led by both professors and graduate students involving a broad-scale topics in Biology. Join us!
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Date and Location |
Abstract Submission Closed but Registration is still open! |
The MEES 2019 will take place on December 2nd in the ballroom at the PGSS Thomson House - 3650 McTavish, Montreal, QC - on the McGill campus (http://thomsonhouse.ca/home).
Social Media
Don't hesitate to share your experience at MEES 2019 on social media! Use hashtag #MEES2019
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Registration for talks is closed but those that wish to attend are still free to register, just put that you will not be presenting in the abstract portion of the registration form.
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Eco-evolutionary dynamics, a cutting-edge new field that seeks to unify evolution and ecology into a common conceptual framework focusing on rapid and dynamic environmental and evolutionary changes.
All You Need to Know about the Course of the Symposium
Here is the current MEES 2019 program, subject to slight changes.
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Here is McGill downtown campus site plan to help you find the Thomson House where the 2019 edition of MEES will be held.
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Discussion Topics
In the morning discussion group we will break into two groups to discuss two different topics. The afternoon discussion will be the same format and topics to allow people to switch between topics if they so choose.
Let's think BIG: A new framework
Is there a disconnect between ecological and evolutionary trends at large and small spatiotemporal scales? Our discussion will seek to address questions about how eco-evolutionary (eco-evo) dynamics can be applied at large scales and how these compare with our current understanding at regional or contemporary scales. We are proposing a framework that aims to apply eco-evo dynamics to environmental and biodiversity patterns detected in the palaeontological record. It will allow analysis of eco-evo dynamics from global events in the past and present, as well as allowing comparisons between global studies conducted with past and current diversity. This discussion will allow us to gather ideas and evaluate how our current proposed framework matches up to research needs.
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Evolution and the Future WorldFaculty in the Redpath Museum are conducting a horizon scan on “Evolution and The Future World.” A horizon scan is a search for – and presentation of – currently unrecognized questions or topics that could be important in the future. Such topics should have two properties. First, they should not be well known – that is, they are coming “over the horizon” and so the vast majority of us (including evolutionary folks) aren’t even thinking about them yet. For instance, “evolution and climate change” is important, but it is also much discussed and is therefore not “on the horizon” – because it is already here. Of course, some specific aspect of evolution and climate change might not be well known and so could constitute a good topic. Second, the topics should POTENTIALLY be important in/for the future world.
Examples (just so you see the scope) could be things like:
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