[Genetics] Fwd: workshop: Demogenetics in fragmented populations

[Jouni Aspi]

 Subject: workshop: Demogenetics in fragmented populations
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Meeting / workshop
Demogenetics in fragmented populations

Dates: 14-17. Sept. 2005
Site: La Fouly (VS, Switzerland) http://www.dolent.ch/

Small and fragmented populations incur large viability risks in terms 
of dynamics (demographic stochasticity, Allee effects) and genetics 
(genetic drift, inbreeding load). Up to now, analytical models were 
developed mostly under simple geographic (island or lattice) and 
demographic (patch occupancy) conditions. But the non-equilibrium 
dynamics of metapopulations is obviously important, for both 
practitioners and theoreticians.
Recent approaches have succeeded in introducing more realistic features 
of landscape and demography to investigate their effects on population 
genetics (e.g. effective population size), population viability (e.g. 
metapopulation capacity), and their interactions.

We have invited the 6 following people who will present their research 
and lead discussion groups: Otso Ovaskainen (Helsinki), Denis Couvet 
(Paris), Oscar Gaggiotti (Grenoble), Xavier Lambin (Aberdeen), Andrew 
Young (Sidney) and Etienne Rampal (Haren)

Participants will have the opportunity to present their own research.
Ample time will be allowed for discussions.

Registration and further info at: http://www.unil.ch/dee/page11644.html

Attendance limited to 30 participants
Registration fees (including food and accommodation) are CHF 250.-, 
except for students from the Swiss universities affiliated to the CUSO 
(Genève, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg and Bern), who will be given 
priority.
Deadline for registration 30th June 2005.

Organizers:
Jerome Goudet (Lausanne)
Nicolas Perrin (Lausanne)
Laurent Excoffier (Bern)





Nicolas Perrin
Dept. Ecology & Evolution
University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
http://www.unil.ch/dee/page5090_en.html
Tel (0041) 21 692 41 84
new mail: nicolas.perrin@unil.ch

Nicolas Perrin <Nicolas.Perrin@unil.ch>

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