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Program
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The School will take place in Venice in June 08-15, 2012 and will be organized around a set of three cycles of lectures of four units each and a series of topical lectures. Attendees will also be engaged in focused group work, co-ordinated by each lecturer and by appointed assistants. The objective of the group work is to foster the interaction with the lecturers and among attendees specifically toward the production of a scientific paper to be finalized through coordinated efforts after the end of the School.
Lecturers and lectures
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Bridget Emmett
Bridget Emmett is Professor and Deputy Director of the Biogeochemistry Programme, Section Head and Head of Site, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at Bangor Natural Environment Research Council.
For more information: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/staffwebpages/BridgetEmmett.html
Topic: Spatial and temporal controls of soil function
Lecture 1: Soils: spatial and temporal patterns
Lecture 2: New understanding in soil processes
Lecture 3: Soil C processes & models
Lecture 4: Ecosystem services
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Axel Kleidon
Axel Kleidon is leading the Max Planck Research Group in Biospheric Theory and Modelling, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
For more information: http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgc-theory/index.php/Group/Akleidon
Topic: Thermodynamics of the Earth System
Lecture 1: Foundations and Limits
Lecture 2: Earth system processes
Lecture 3: Maximization by structure
Lecture 4: Limits to the Anthropocene
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Ehud Meron
Ehud Meron is Professor of Physics at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
For more information: http://www.bgu.ac.il/~ehud/
Topic: Linking pattern formation and spatial ecology
Lecture 1: A glimpse into pattern formation theory
Lecture 2: Self-organized vegetation patchiness
Lexture 3: Patchiness and biodiversity: the roles of ecosystem engineers
Lexture 4: Desertification: mechanisms, warning signals and rehabilitation
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Herman H. (Hank) Shugart
Hank Shugart is W.W. Corcoran Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, and Director of the Center for Regional Environmental Studies.
For more information: http://www.uvacres.org/faculty_page.php?id=1
Topic: Complex Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems at Different Scales: From 100 square meters to the Global Scale
Lecture1: On the Modeling of Forest Ecosystems
- 1a. Individual-based Models of Forest Dynamics: History and Concepts
- 1b. Model Testing: Verification and Validation
Lecture 2: A Theory of Forest Dynamics
- 2a. Fine-Scale Dynamics of Forests
- 2b. Larger-Scale Dynamics of Forests
Lecture 3: On the Mosaic Nature of Forested Landscapes
- 3a. Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Landscapes
- 3b. Responses to Mosaic Landscapes to Stress
Lecture 4: Global responses to Climate Change
- 4a. The Truth as a Confederation of Lies: Robust Predictions of Climate Change Effects
- 4b. Global Scale Positive Feedbacks between Vegetation and Climate |
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