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Programme
Day 1
( 02/04/2025 )
Day 2
( 02/05/2025 )
Day 1
09:00
09:10
Opening address
Ayco Tack, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology,
Environment & Plant Sciences
Location: Stora Hörsalen
Environment & Plant Sciences
Location: Stora Hörsalen
09:10
10:00
Keynote Lecture 1
“Cutting Edge: The role of forestry in riparian and stream ecology”
Chair: Caroline Greiser, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography
Chair: Caroline Greiser, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography
10:00
10:30
Coffee break
Swedish Museum of Natural History
10:30
12:00
Parallel session 1
12:00
13:30
Lunch
Bistro at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
13:30
13:40
Introduction to Planetary Biology, SciLifeLab
Anders Andersson and Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Planetary Biology Capability at SciLifeLab
Location: Stora hörsalen
Location: Stora hörsalen
13:40
14:40
Keynote lecture #2 โ Planetary Biology Lecture
“Sensors and AI for seabird research and monitoring”
Chair: Anders Andersson, Scientific co-Lead for Planetary Biology
Location: Stora hörsalen
Chair: Anders Andersson, Scientific co-Lead for Planetary Biology
Location: Stora hörsalen
14:40
17:40
Poster session, incl. fika
Posters will be displayed in the welcome hall of the museum. Posters eligible for the poster price competition are marked with a sticker, and will be judged by an independent anonymous panel of judges.
19:00
21:00
Conference dinner
Conference dinner
Restaurant Proviant, Albano Campus
Albanovägen 24, Stockholm
Restaurant Proviant, Albano Campus
Albanovägen 24, Stockholm
Parallel session 1a
Location: Stora Hรถrsalen10:30
12:00
Climate change ecology
Chair: Ayco Tack, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
10:30 – 10:45 Lars Hillström, Universtity of Gävle - “The timing of winter fur change in the mountain hare in relation to elevation and latitude”
10:45 – 11:00 Hana Merchant, Royal Holloway University of London - “Extreme arid adaptation in South African mole-rat populations along an environmental gradient”
11:00 – 11:15 Theodore Squires, University of Akureyri
“Genomic vulnerability of north Atlantic ptarmigan in response to climate change”
11:15 – 11:30 Xiao-Ru Wang, Umeå University - “Landscape of genetic diversity in Scots pine across Eurasia”
11:30 – 11:45 Göran Englund, Umeå University - “Why we disagree about the climate impact of forestry - A quantitative analysis”
11:45 – 12:00 Caroline Greiser, Stockholm University - “Warmer waters - Riparian buffers protect boreal streams from heating up on clearcuts”
10:30 – 10:45 Lars Hillström, Universtity of Gävle - “The timing of winter fur change in the mountain hare in relation to elevation and latitude”
10:45 – 11:00 Hana Merchant, Royal Holloway University of London - “Extreme arid adaptation in South African mole-rat populations along an environmental gradient”
11:00 – 11:15 Theodore Squires, University of Akureyri
“Genomic vulnerability of north Atlantic ptarmigan in response to climate change”
11:15 – 11:30 Xiao-Ru Wang, Umeå University - “Landscape of genetic diversity in Scots pine across Eurasia”
11:30 – 11:45 Göran Englund, Umeå University - “Why we disagree about the climate impact of forestry - A quantitative analysis”
11:45 – 12:00 Caroline Greiser, Stockholm University - “Warmer waters - Riparian buffers protect boreal streams from heating up on clearcuts”
Parallel session 1b
Location: Lilla Hรถrsalen10:30
12:00
Conservation ecology
Chair: Kristel van Zuijlen, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology
10:30 – 10:45 Mette Lillie, Uppsala University - “Large scale, low coverage conservation genomics of the vulnerable Swedish sand lizard”
10:45 – 11:00 Ellinor Ramberg, SLU Uppsala - “Local deadwood abundance and surrounding landscape composition shape saproxylic beetle assemblages in burnt forests”
11:00 – 11:15 Edmond Sacre, SLU Aqua
“Identifying priority areas for the expansion of the Swedish MPA network to conserve connectivity and vulnerable habitats”
11:15 – 11:30 Elin Myrenås, SLU Aqua - “Restocking, the rescue or demise of the European eel?”
11:30 – 11:45 Obsu Hirko Diriba, Stockholm University - “The impact of agriculture and agroforestry on down-stream water quality and biodiversity in tropical mosaic landscape”
11:45 – 12:00 Malin Tälle, SLU Uppsala - “The usefulness of indicator species in conservation”
10:30 – 10:45 Mette Lillie, Uppsala University - “Large scale, low coverage conservation genomics of the vulnerable Swedish sand lizard”
10:45 – 11:00 Ellinor Ramberg, SLU Uppsala - “Local deadwood abundance and surrounding landscape composition shape saproxylic beetle assemblages in burnt forests”
11:00 – 11:15 Edmond Sacre, SLU Aqua
“Identifying priority areas for the expansion of the Swedish MPA network to conserve connectivity and vulnerable habitats”
11:15 – 11:30 Elin Myrenås, SLU Aqua - “Restocking, the rescue or demise of the European eel?”
11:30 – 11:45 Obsu Hirko Diriba, Stockholm University - “The impact of agriculture and agroforestry on down-stream water quality and biodiversity in tropical mosaic landscape”
11:45 – 12:00 Malin Tälle, SLU Uppsala - “The usefulness of indicator species in conservation”
Day 2
09:00
10:00
Keynote lecture #3
“Plants and pollinators: what we know from space, time, and experiments about how the Arctic is changing”
Chair: Kalle Gotthard, Stockholm University, Department of Zoology
Location: Stora hörsalen
Chair: Kalle Gotthard, Stockholm University, Department of Zoology
Location: Stora hörsalen
10:00
10:30
Coffee break
Swedish Museum of Natural History
10:30
12:00
Parallel session 1
12:00
13:30
Lunch
Bistro at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
13:30
14:30
Keynote lecture #4
“Ecological Niche dynamics during adaptive radiation on Oceanic Islands”
Chair: Irene Bisang, Swedish Museum of Natural History,
Department of Botany
Location: Stora hörsalen
Chair: Irene Bisang, Swedish Museum of Natural History,
Department of Botany
Location: Stora hörsalen
14:30
16:00
Parallel session 2
16:00
17:00
Keynote Lecture #5
“Climate, calendars and crystal balls: Long-term studies of phenology, climate and abundance in the US and Sweden”
Chair: Johan Ehrlén, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
Location: Stora hörsalen
Chair: Johan Ehrlén, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
Location: Stora hörsalen
17:00
17:15
Closing address & Poster competition results
Ayco Tack and Agnes Karlsson, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology,
Environment & Plant Sciences
Location: Stora hörsalen
Environment & Plant Sciences
Location: Stora hörsalen
Parallel session 1a
Location: Stora Hรถrsalen10:30
12:00
Biodiversity across space and time
Location: Stora hörsalen
Chair: Matilda Arnell, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences
10:30 – 10:45 Tim Horstkotte, Umeå University - “15 years of monitoring – can we detect changes in tundra plant communities?”
10:45 – 11:00 Ditte Marie Christiansen, University of Copenhagen - “Competitive interactions modify the direct effects of climate”
11:00 – 11:15 Olle Lindestad, Stockholm University - “Invasive lupines in Sweden: limited by climate, or by dispersal?”
11:15 – 11:30 Robert Björk, Gothenburg University - “Plant abundance drives beta-diversity changes
in a warmer Arctic”
11:30 – 11:45 Lukas Rimondini, Stockholm University - “Responses to extinction drivers vary among specialist plants in Baltic coastal meadows”
11:45 – 12:00 György Barabas, Linköping University - “Trait-based higher-order interactions and species coexistence”
Chair: Matilda Arnell, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences
10:30 – 10:45 Tim Horstkotte, Umeå University - “15 years of monitoring – can we detect changes in tundra plant communities?”
10:45 – 11:00 Ditte Marie Christiansen, University of Copenhagen - “Competitive interactions modify the direct effects of climate”
11:00 – 11:15 Olle Lindestad, Stockholm University - “Invasive lupines in Sweden: limited by climate, or by dispersal?”
11:15 – 11:30 Robert Björk, Gothenburg University - “Plant abundance drives beta-diversity changes
in a warmer Arctic”
11:30 – 11:45 Lukas Rimondini, Stockholm University - “Responses to extinction drivers vary among specialist plants in Baltic coastal meadows”
11:45 – 12:00 György Barabas, Linköping University - “Trait-based higher-order interactions and species coexistence”
Parallel session 1b
Location: Lilla Hรถrsalen10:30
12:00
Microbial diversity & processes
Location: Lilla hörsalen
Chair: Maria Faticov, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
10:30 – 10:45 Krzysztof Jurdzinski, KTH Royal Institute of Technology - “Distinct bacterial and protist plankton diversity dynamics uncovered through DNA-based monitoring in the Baltic Sea area”
10:45 – 11:00 Elizabeth Sands, Umeå University - “Phytoplankton adaptation to a browning light spectrum in the Baltic Sea area - community competition”
11:00 – 11:15 Ruud Rijkers, Stockholm University - “Carbon cycling below three common plants encroaching the Low Canadian Arctic”
11:15 – 11:30 Cole Brachmann, Gothenburg University - “Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic”
11:30 – 11:45 Stefano Manzoni, Stockholm University - “How do decomposers face nutrient limitation?”
11:45 – 12:00 Rike Stelkens, Stockholm University - “The evolution of thermal performance curves in response to rising temperature across the model genus yeast”
Chair: Maria Faticov, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
10:30 – 10:45 Krzysztof Jurdzinski, KTH Royal Institute of Technology - “Distinct bacterial and protist plankton diversity dynamics uncovered through DNA-based monitoring in the Baltic Sea area”
10:45 – 11:00 Elizabeth Sands, Umeå University - “Phytoplankton adaptation to a browning light spectrum in the Baltic Sea area - community competition”
11:00 – 11:15 Ruud Rijkers, Stockholm University - “Carbon cycling below three common plants encroaching the Low Canadian Arctic”
11:15 – 11:30 Cole Brachmann, Gothenburg University - “Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic”
11:30 – 11:45 Stefano Manzoni, Stockholm University - “How do decomposers face nutrient limitation?”
11:45 – 12:00 Rike Stelkens, Stockholm University - “The evolution of thermal performance curves in response to rising temperature across the model genus yeast”
Parallel session 2a
Stora hรถrsalen14:30
16:00
Evolutionary ecology
Chair: Yannick Woudstra, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
14:30 – 14:45 Alex Hart, Uppsala University - “Adapting fast and slow: The repeatability and molecular basis of plastic and genetic responses to temperature extremes”
14:45 – 15:00 Audrey Bras, University of Helsinki - “What can museomics reveal on temporal changes of genetic diversity in Finnish butterflies with varying population trends”
15:00 – 15:15 Martina Bovolenta, Stockholm University - “Local adaptation of life cycle regulation in a range expanding butterfly”
15:15 – 15:30 Martin Lind, Halmstad University - “Sex-specific growth and lifespan effects of germline removal in the dioecious nematode Caenorhabditis remanei”
15:30 – 15:45 Suzie Derminon, SLU - “Time in urban ecology: Effect of urban trajectories on bird and plant population trends”
15:45 – 16:00 Brian Inouye, Florida State University - “Distributional thinking and the HerbVar project”
14:30 – 14:45 Alex Hart, Uppsala University - “Adapting fast and slow: The repeatability and molecular basis of plastic and genetic responses to temperature extremes”
14:45 – 15:00 Audrey Bras, University of Helsinki - “What can museomics reveal on temporal changes of genetic diversity in Finnish butterflies with varying population trends”
15:00 – 15:15 Martina Bovolenta, Stockholm University - “Local adaptation of life cycle regulation in a range expanding butterfly”
15:15 – 15:30 Martin Lind, Halmstad University - “Sex-specific growth and lifespan effects of germline removal in the dioecious nematode Caenorhabditis remanei”
15:30 – 15:45 Suzie Derminon, SLU - “Time in urban ecology: Effect of urban trajectories on bird and plant population trends”
15:45 – 16:00 Brian Inouye, Florida State University - “Distributional thinking and the HerbVar project”
Parallel session 2b
Lilla hรถrsalen14:30
16:00
Trophic interactions
Location: Lilla hörsalen
Chair: Francesco Masnadi, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
14:30 – 14:45 Kinlan Jan, Stockholm University - “Resource competition between small pelagic fish in the central Baltic Sea”
14:45 – 15:00 Peter Hambäck, Stockholm University - “Community filtering in wetlands: the role of hydrological processes and dry refuges at different spatial scales”
15:00 – 15:15 Lisette van Kolfschoten, Uppsala University - “Ants protect against fig crop devastation by a community of specialist fig-eating moths”
15:15 – 15:30 Marianne Stoessel, Stockholm University - “Where do reindeer graze? A study of the interplay between abiotic factors and human presence in the mountain tundra”
15:30 – 15:45 Liyenne Hagenberg, Umeå University - “Reindeer grazing counterbalances the treeline expansion in the Scandinavian subarctic”
15:45 – 16:00 Håkan Rydin, Uppsala University - “Pan Svecicus – Linnaeus’s innovative large-scale
feeding experiment”
Chair: Francesco Masnadi, Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences
14:30 – 14:45 Kinlan Jan, Stockholm University - “Resource competition between small pelagic fish in the central Baltic Sea”
14:45 – 15:00 Peter Hambäck, Stockholm University - “Community filtering in wetlands: the role of hydrological processes and dry refuges at different spatial scales”
15:00 – 15:15 Lisette van Kolfschoten, Uppsala University - “Ants protect against fig crop devastation by a community of specialist fig-eating moths”
15:15 – 15:30 Marianne Stoessel, Stockholm University - “Where do reindeer graze? A study of the interplay between abiotic factors and human presence in the mountain tundra”
15:30 – 15:45 Liyenne Hagenberg, Umeå University - “Reindeer grazing counterbalances the treeline expansion in the Scandinavian subarctic”
15:45 – 16:00 Håkan Rydin, Uppsala University - “Pan Svecicus – Linnaeus’s innovative large-scale
feeding experiment”