Time: Every Tuesday 4.00 pm (except holidays)
 
Venue: XTBG 3rd floor meeting room, with video-link to Kunming
 
Format:
* 45 min. research talk
* ~15 min. questions
* reconvening to ground floor at 5.00 pm for social gathering with speaker
 
Arrangements:
Please email Rhett Harrison (rharrison@xtbg.org.cn) and Ms Fang (fcy@xtbg.org.cn) with:
Name of speaker:
Institution:
Title:
Proposed date:
 
Available dates in first three months include:
May 11  May 18  May 25
Jun 1  Jun 22  Jun 29
 
Current schedule:
6 Apr Ferry Slik, XTBG, “What can tropical tree diversity, composition and biomass modelling tell us about possible climate change impacts on tropical forests”
 
20 Apr Hong Qian, University of British Columbia, “Macro-ecology: Comparisons between Asia and America” (To be confirmed)

 Cao Kun-Fang, XTBG “Evolution of xylem structure and ecological adaptation”
 
27 Apr Matthew Helmus, XTBG, “Phylogenetics and community structure”
 
4 May Chuck Cannon, XTBG “Comparative genomics of tropical tree species”
 
8 Jun Yang Xiaodong, XTBG “Below ground foodwebs and nutrient cycling: A comparison between Ailoshan and XTBG”