International Workshop on Tropical BEF-experiments
Integrating initiatives
The TropiBEF workshop aims to integrate people, knowledge and experience about biodiversity-ecosystem-function experiments and the restoration of degraded tropical high-diversity ecosystems.
Workshop Goals
- To announce the BEF-Atlantic experiment
- To Integrate people, knowledge and experiences about existing and future tropical BEF-experiments from the TreeDivNet
- To create the Brazilian Network of BEF experiments
Registration
Keynote talks will be open to the public and transmitted live via Zoom Webinars.
Register here to get access to the workshop live talks.
Keynote talks
See the full program here
Talks
TreeDivNet: The value of integrating BEF-experiments into a global network
Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen (University of Freiburg)
Professor at University of Freiburg
Professor at University of Freiburg
BEF-Atlantic: A large-scale tree diversity and restoration experiment on the Atlantic Forest
André Amado (UFJF, Brazil)
Associate Professor at Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Associate Professor at Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Exploring the effects of tree diversity on the functioning of forest ecosystem in the Atlantic forest - the MataDiv experiment
Joannès Guillemot (ESALQ, CIRAD)
Visiting Professor at São Paulo University
Visiting Professor at São Paulo University
Planning long-term experiments: lessons from The Jena Experiment
Dr. Wolfgang Weisser (TUM)
Professor at Technical University of Munich
Professor at Technical University of Munich
BrazilDry: Challenges and solutions for BEF-experiments in dry tropical forests
Dr. Gislene Ganade (UFRN)
Associate Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Associate Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
EFForTS-BEE: A tree diversity experiment for ecological restoration in oil palm plantations
Dr. Delphine Clara Zemp (University of Göttingen)
Postdoc at University of Göttingen
Postdoc at University of Göttingen
BEF-China: Challenges and lessons from a large-scale BEF-experiment
Dr. Stefan Trogisch (Universität Halle)
Postdoc at Universität Halle (Germany)
Postdoc at Universität Halle (Germany)
Organization
Funding
The workshop was funded by TUM Global Incentive Fund 2020 (Technical University of Munich TUM Global & Alumni Office)
Institutions
The TropiBEF workshop is a joint event co-hosted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM - Germany) and the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF - Brazil).
Organization committee
The TropiBEF workshop is organized by:
- Gustavo B. Paterno (TUM)
- Leonardo H. Teixeira (TUM)
- André Amado (UFJF)
- Fabrício A. Carvalho (UFJF)
- Johannes Kollmann (TUM)
Want to get in touch?
Please send us an email at tropibef@gmail.com