Conference Description
Due to its critical role in shaping ecological and evolutionary processes, the movement of organisms has been studied extensively and intensively since the early days of scientific inquiry. Movement Ecology recently emerged as an independent discipline that integrates movement, its consequences and its origins across taxonomic groups. It specifically considers individual behavioral responses to environmental variation, while taking into account key life-history traits and evolutionary constraints on navigation and motion capacities. As such, movement ecology links three major research disciplines: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB). This conference will explore these links by presenting the most recent discoveries in this exciting field of research, covering four major themes and a closing synthesis.
Starting at the level of the individual, our first theme will present emerging insights into two fascinating questions: what is the role of conspecific variation in movement behavior, its origin and consequences? (session 1), and what are the neural/cognitive mechanisms that underlie movement decisions (session 2). Our second theme will explore how biotic interactions among individuals shape movement patterns, both within species, focusing on social groups and collective motion (session 3) and among species, focusing on dispersal systems involving multiple interacting species (session 4). The third theme is methodological, focusing on the interface between moving organisms and their environment, covering emerging technologies (session 5) and data analysis tools (session 6). The fourth theme will be devoted to the consequences of movement for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem function (session 7), along with some global perspectives on the pervasive impacts of humans on movement patterns and related processes (session 8). To conclude (session 9), we will invite opinion lectures from leading experts in related EEB disciplines to synthesize insights from the different themes and to broaden the perspectives in movement ecology as a field linking EEB research.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by November 3, 2018. Please check back for updates.
Individualistic Variation in Movement Behavior, Its Origin and Consequences
Discussion Leaders
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Allison Shaw (University of Minnesota, USA)
Speakers
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Jonathan Pruitt (McMaster University, Canada)
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Ophélie Ronce (University of Montpellier, France)
Neural Basis of Movement, Learning and Memory
Discussion Leaders
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Francesca Cagnacci (Edmund Mach Foundation, Italy)
Speakers
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Joah Madden (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
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Henri Weimerskirch (CNRS, France)
Social and Collective Moves
Discussion Leaders
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Andrew Berdahl (University of Washington, USA)
Speakers
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Margaret Crofoot (University of California, Davis, USA)
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Anders Hedenström (Lund University, Sweden)
Animal-Mediated Dispersal and Other Associated Interspecific Movements
Discussion Leaders
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Karen McCoy (IRD, CNRS / Université de Montpellier, France)
Speakers
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Sonia Altizer (Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA)
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Mauro Galetti (São Paulo State University, Brazil)
Emerging Technologies for Tracking Animals and Their Environment
Discussion Leaders
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Yossi Yovel (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Speakers
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Steven Cooke (Carleton University, Canada)
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Judy Shamoun-Baranes (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Analyzing the Movement-Environment Interface
Discussion Leaders
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Luca Giuggioli (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
Speakers
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Simon Benhamou (Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), CNRS, France)
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Joanna Mills Flemming (Dalhousie University, Canada)
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Sergei Petrovskii (University of Leicester, United Kingdom)
Movement Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Functioning
Discussion Leaders
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Mark Boyce (University of Alberta, Canada)
Speakers
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Barbara Block (Stanford University, USA)
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Florian Jeltsch (University of Potsdam, Germany)
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Matthew Kauffman (U.S. Geological Survey, USA)
Moving in the Anthropocene
Discussion Leaders
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Thomas Mueller (Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany)
Speakers
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Daniel Costa (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
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Mark Hebblewhite (University of Montana, USA)
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Ellen Ketterson (Indiana University, USA)
Keynote Session: Traditional, Emerging and New Perspectives for Movement Ecology
Discussion Leaders
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Ran Nathan (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Speakers
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Joel Brown (Moffitt Cancer Center, USA)
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Jérôme Chave (CNRS, France)
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Ralf Metzler (University of Potsdam, Germany)
