BCGC Report 2018 published
The report of all activities of the BCGC programme in 2018 is now online.
News
BCGC's Anniversary, Congress and The 10th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology
The BCGC programme of IUBS celebrated its 10th anniversary during the 10th International Symposium on Integrative Zoology (ISIZ) with the 2018 World Life Science Conference (2018 WLSC) that was held on 27-31 October 2018 in the Institute of Zoology (IOZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
150 participants attended the symposium.
International Symposium on China-Mongolia Cross-border Wildlife Conservation and Management (ISCCWCM)
Some of the participants of ISCCWCM in Beijing, China. Photo: IUBSThe International Symposium on China-Mongolia Cross-border Wildlife Conservation and Management (ISCCWCM) took place in Beijing, China, from 20th to 21st November 2017.
9th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ)
Plenary lecture speakers at the ISIZ, Xining, China. Top from left: Yanping Zhang, Nils Christian Stenseth (IUBS's former president), Anthony Barnosky, Larry Young, Yvon Le Maho. Bottom from left: Raymond Huey, Elizabeth Hadly, John Buckeridge, Xiquan Zhao, Susan Healy. Photo: ISIZBCGC co-organized the 9th ISIZ.
9th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ)
More than 150 scientists from more than 20 countries attended the International Symposium on Integrative Zoology. Photo: ISIZ, IUBSBCGC co-organized the 9th ISIZ in Xining, Qinghai province, China on 27-31 August 2017.
Activity Report 2017
The report of all activities in the BCGC programme 2017 is online now.
Biological Consequences of Global Change (BCGC)
Triennium: 2016-2018
Leader
Zhibin Zhang
Steering Committee
John Buckeridge, Nils Chr. Stenseth, Mauricio Lima, Zhibin Zhang, David B. Wake, Yury Yu. Dgebuadz, Alain Roques, Hari C. Sharma, Abraham Haim, Jürgen Heinze, Sarita Maree, Chunxu Han, Yvon Le Maho, Anthony Barnosky, Guangshun Jiang*, Chun Yan*
* early career scientists
List of the IUBS National Committees involved in the project
China National Committee for IUBS
National Natural Science Foundation of China
China Association for Science and Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Russian National Committee for IUBS
IUBS Scientific Members involved in the project
International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS)
Field of research
Zoology, botany, ecology, statistics, biography, meteorology, anthropology, morphology, anatomy, biogeography, evolution, time series analysis, bio-matrix, molecular biology, biodiversity and conservation, risk assessment, biomathematics and modelling, etc.
Questions addressed by the project
- Impact of global change on outbreaks of biological disasters, such as diseases, insect and rodent pests, etc.
- Impact of global change on biological invasion of alien species
- Impact of global change on abundance and range shift of endangered species
- Impact of global change on community structure and biodiversity of different ecosystems
- Nonlinearity and interactions of global change in affecting biological populations