Ecological Evolution Group 生态进化组
Posted in Announcements, News on Apr 4th, 2011
Ms. Yi was welcomed back to the Conservation Science Group in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge in late March for a two month internship, hosted by Dr. Ruth Swetnam. She will be learning how to properly integrate ecosystem service evaluations into a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of rubber plantations in Xishuangbanna Prefecture. [...]
Posted in Announcements, Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2010
XTBG has been granted a Visiting Professorship and a Young Scientist Fellowships by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, both to be hosted by the Ecological Evolution group. Prof. Manuel T. Lerdau from the University of Virginia and Dr. Jeremy A. Miller from National Museum of Natural History of the Netherlands have been recently granted the [...]
Posted in Announcements, News on Jun 7th, 2010
近日，由我园推荐的两名外国高级研究人员—美国弗吉尼亚大学环境科学系的Manuel T. Lerdau教授和荷兰国家自然史博物馆的Jeremy A. Miller博士分别获得中科院“外国专家特聘研究员计划”和“外籍青年科学家计划”资助，并获得由中科院院长路甬祥签署的聘任证书。 Lerdau教授毕业于美国哈佛大学（学士学位）和斯坦福大学（博士学位）。主要研究植物微量元素气体的排放，以及这些化合物和植物生理及群落生物多样性之间的相互作用。在他早期的研究中，他开发了许多用于分析这些化合物的技术和仪器，对于发现植物微量元素气体排放对植物生理的意义至关重要。在近期的研究中，他发现异戊二烯(isoprenes)，一种高度活性微量气体，在帮助植物减少短期高温和氧化造成的损害中起到关键作用。 Lerdau教授将与我园的Charles Cannon研究员领导的生态进化研究组和由曹坤芳研究员带领的植物生理研究组进行合作。 外国专家特聘研究员计划是中国科学院2009年推出并实施的引进海外优秀科技人才计划的重要组成部分之一，其宗旨是通过吸引外国优秀高级研究人员参与我院的研究项目，加强与国外国立科研机构、大学和企业研究人员的合作，充分利用国际智力资源，提升我院科技创新能力。 外国专家特聘研究员计划连续资助期限为2-12个月，资助金额为40-50万元/年。 Jeremy T. Miller博士是国际公认的蜘蛛分类、进化生物学和生物调查专家。他将通过中科院外籍青年科学家计划的资助与我园的Charles Cannon 研究员领导的生态进化研究组开展合作。Miller博士在与我园开展合作研究期间，将在几种不同的土地利用类型，如：从密集的单一种植区（如橡胶林）、不 同片段混合的景观，到自然的原始森林使用统计上严格的抽样技术，开展整个景观上的比较。Miller博士在设计和应用等调查技术方面是一位知名的国际先 驱，并已成功地完成了几个大型项目。Miller博士还将利用他的分类学专业知识，对蜘蛛生物多样性建立一个稳健的DNA条形码测试。此外，Miller 博士还将把调查期间收集到的样品和数据通过互动网站、高质量摄影和显微、以及易于理解的资源公之于众。 “外籍青年科学家计划”是“海外智力引进与人才国际交流培养计划”的重要组成部分，面向具有博士学位40岁以下的取得突出研究成果的外籍优秀青年科学家，资助期限为12个月，资助强度为15-25万元/年。
Posted in Announcements, News on May 3rd, 2010
With the support of the Key Lab for Tropical Ecology (Chinese Academy of Sciences), a new office for regional field courses has been established. We are currently seeking candidates for two full-time positions. Scientific Coordinator: Candidates should have a Ph.D or equivalent experience in ecology or conservation biology or related field, and be familiar with [...]
Posted in Announcements on Apr 10th, 2010
LIU Song, MSc student in the EcoEvo group, attended held at Tech Building of Yunnan University from 4-9 April, jointly held by Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Yunnan University (YU). 40 students attended the AEPEW, 6 from XTBG, over half from YU and the rest from KIB. The workshop was [...]
Posted in Announcements, News on Apr 6th, 2010
Thanks to the organization of Dr. Rhett Harrison and the support of the leaders of XTBG, Dr. Ferry Slik gave the first seminar this afternoon (April 6) in the new weekly seminar series to be hosted at XTBG. His seminar was entitled: “What can tropical tree diversity, composition and biomass modelling tell us about possible [...]
Posted in Announcements on Mar 30th, 2010
Two students from the Ecological Evolution Group, XTBG, were invited to present their work at the Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) held in Cambridge, UK during 23-25 March 2010, the biggest student- oriented conservation conference in the world. The international meeting brought together 220 students from 63 countries and included 4 plenary talks, 33 [...]
Posted in Announcements, News on Mar 27th, 2010
Professor Ferry Slik gave an invited keynote lecture at the ‘International Workshop Biodiversity and its Management in East and Southeast Asia’ at Kagoshima University, Japan on March 23, 2010. His lecture was entitled: ‘Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation in Asia, New Developments in a Time of Crisis’. After the one day workshop, Professor Yoneda and [...]
Posted in Announcements, News on Mar 14th, 2010
Prof. Manuel Lerdau visited the Ecological Evolution group for one week (Mar. 2-8) to develop research ideas and proposals. Manuel and Chuck has a common history as they both worked at the Cabang Panti Research Station in the Gunung Palung National Park in its early days. Dr. Lerdau was actually part of the “A Team” [...]
Posted in Announcements on Jul 12th, 2009
The Advanced Fieldcourse in Ecology and Evolution started on July 9, 2009 in Kunming. All of the students arrived safely and the first night of registration and meeting went off smoothly. The course brings together advanced undergraduates and graduate students from many different universities and institutions in China plus international students from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, [...]
Posted in Announcements on Jun 21st, 2009
Prof. Cannon is lead author on a recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.) that presents a spatially explicit model of rainforest distribution through the last million years in Sundaland. Sundaland is the ‘sub-continent’ of the major islands of Indonesia and Malaysia which were joined during previous ice ages but [...]
Posted in Announcements, Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2009
The Ecological Evolution group at the Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Yunnan invites applications for a junior research assistant position. Established in 2007, the Ecological Evolution Group in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens aims to promote research and conservation of the Asian tropics within the Chinese Academy of Sciences and internationally. Through [...]
Posted in Announcements on Dec 11th, 2008
One of our dreams has come true: the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation has just been awarded a grant to purchase thousands of acres of precious, imperiled tropical forest habitat in the foothills of sacred Mount Tompotika, Indonesia. These forests are home to myriad unusual and threatened species like the Sulawesi giant civet, the babirusa deer-pig, [...]
Posted in Announcements on Nov 11th, 2008
Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit Dr. Kingston would like to announce the availability of fellowships for three students or young researchers to join her in Malaysia from February 16th to March 15th 2009. Full details and the application form can be found on the website: http://www.seabcru.org/?q=node/21, but please note that the deadline for applications [...]
Posted in Announcements on Oct 23rd, 2008
We have a new website! Thanks, Loren!
Posted in Announcements on Oct 23rd, 2008
Every other Friday at 4 PM, including Nov 7. Come down to the main lobby of the lab building, have a drink, eat a snack, relax, and get to know your colleagues in a friendly atmosphere. It’s also a very good opportunity to practise your English.
