| Speakers |
Dr Mattia Brambilla, Lombardy Foundation for the Environment, Milano (IT)
Dr Dan Chamberlain, Università di Torino (IT)
Dr Manuela d'Amen, University of Lausanne (CH)
Prof Miska Luoto, University of Helsinki (FI)
Dr Jean-Nicolas Pradervand, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach (CH)
Dr Daniel Scherrer, University of Lausanne (CH)
Davide Scridel, University of Pavia (IT)
Prof Nick Zimmerman, WSL, Birmensdorf (CH) |
| Description |
Global change is already affecting biodiversity, but its impact is expected to increase dramatically in the future, with unclear effects on ecosystems, especially in mountain environments that are characterized by rugged topography and wide environmental gradients over short distances. Farming activities have either increased in intensity in accessible terrain or decreased in difficult topography where they have become economically unviable. In the same time, recreational activities and infrastructures have spread. And the whole is furthermore influenced by ongoing climate change. Different forces are at play, the effects of which upon biodiversity remain difficult to disentangle.
Models predicting the effects of global change on species distributions are mostly based on coarse-grained mapped environmental data, available across wide areas. These data, however, are not necessarily linked causally to species’ ecological requirements and thus are difficult to downscale to the local conditions, i.e. to the scale at which management action usually takes place. This represents an impediment to adaptive conservation management. In addition, locally measured variables are often lacking when it comes to accurately predict species distribution for pragmatic management at the local scale. Useful predictions for managers should therefore integrate both climate and landuse changes at scales relevant for management, and make better use of all existing information about ecological requirements of species and interactions within communities.
In this workshop we will focus on the opportunities to upscale models from locally gathered, fine-grained ecological information about species requirements towards comprehensive spatial predictions about range shifts, with the objective to better orient biodiversity conservation management. Its counterpart, downscaling from broad scale to local will also be addressed.
Provisionnal Schedule Thursday 10th November | Until 17h30 | Arrivals and registration at hotel Victoria | | 17h30 – 18h15 | Welcome address – Introduction to the workshop topic and organisation – Expectations towards the workshop | VB, AG, RA | 18h15 – 18h30 | Short pee break | Those in need | 18h30 – 19h00 | Presentation of the students (research interest, expectations from the workshop, etc.). | Students | 19h00 – ………… | Dinner & free evening | All | Friday 11th November | 07h00 – 08h30 | Breakfast | 08h30 – 09h00 | 1. The importance of side-scaling: model consistency and transferability across different Alpine regions | Dan Chamberlain | 09h00 – 09h30 | 2. Modelling the fine-scale distribution of habitats required for different uses: testing upscaling for avian species with different spatial requirements | Mattia Brambilla | 09h30 – 10h00 | 3. Coarse or very high-resolution predictors in species distribution models? An example from the Alps and its implications for upscaling | Jean-Nicolas Pradervand | 10h00 – 10h30 | Discussion around topics 1-3 | All | 10h30 – 11h00 | Coffee break | 11h00 – 11h30 | 4. Snow persistence is necessary for predicting arctic-alpine species distributions | Miska Luoto | 11h30 – 12h00 | 5. Perspectives in cross-scale community modelling for biodiversity conservation management | Manuela d’Amen | 12h00 – 12h30 | Discussion around topics 4 & 5 | All | 12h30 – 14h00 | Lunch break | 14h00 – 14h30 | 6. Matching response with predictor variables in species distribution models: issues of (up-)scaling | Nick Zimmermann | 14h30 – 15h00 | 7. Integrating small scale habitat heterogeneity & atmospheric decoupling into coarser scale species range predictions | Daniel Scherrer | 15h00 – 15h30 | Discussion around topics 6 & 7 | All | 15h30 – 16h00 | Coffee break | 16h00 – 16h30 | General presentation of exercise topics: upscaling from locally collected information | VB, AG, RA | 16h30 – 17h00 | Topic presentations by field specialists about locally collected data about foraging habitat selection by ring ouzel and snow finch, two endangered Alpine passerines | Arnaud Barras, Matthia Brambilla, Jaime Resano Mayor and Davide Scridel | 17h00 – 18h45 | Working groups depending on number of students: developing a study design and analytical framework to address the examplary case study problem | VB, AG and RA as moderators Speakers 1-7 as discussion group leaders | 19h00 – ………… | Dinner | Saturday 12th November | 07h00 – 08h30 | Breakfast | 08h00 – 10h00 | Continuation of groups’ work, preparation of a short slide presentation (10-20’ each) | | 10h00 – 10h30 | Coffee break | | 10h30 – 12h00 | Presentation of study designs and analytical frameworks by the different working groups, each time followed by a 15’ discussion | | 12h00 – 12h30 | Final discussion and feedback from the audience | | 12h30 – ………… | Lunch and departure | | |
| Expenses |
Fees:
Free for PhD students of the DPEE
Participants from CUSO universities (Lausanne, Bern, Neuchâtel, Geneva and Fribourg: 350CHF
All other participants: 400CHF
Reimbursement:
PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please send the original tickets (no copies, except for the general abonnement) with the reimbursement form to:
Caroline Betto-Colliard
Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution
DEE- Biophore Building
University of Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne |
| Registration |
CUSO PhD students: through your MyCUSO account.
External participants (non-CUSO PhD students, post-docs, etc...): use the icon "registration" at top of page and the last gray box "non-CUSO student" ("personne hors myCUSO"). |
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