The final scientific conference of the EVOLTREE Network of Excellence, 9-11 June, 2010, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
Diversity is one of the key elements to preserve the adaptive potential and the capacity of organisms to adapt to new environmental conditions. There is therefore growing concern over erosion of all forms of biological diversity under increased human impacts and global change. Moreover, the complexity of the ecosystems is tremendous and we are only beginning to describe the structure of biodiversity and are still largely ignorant of the mechanisms underlying its evolution.
The aim of this international conference is to present new scientific findings in the area of ecosystem genomics, which addresses the structure and evolution of gene diversity at the population and community level. The conference will focus on the function and diversity of genes of adaptive significance in the context of climate change. Adaptation of forest ecosystems will be analyzed from an evolutionary perspective and illustrated by examples on trees and their associated species.
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