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November 4, 2024 - November 8, 2024
ECOTUMN 2024 | Exploring the Legacy and Future of Mountain Biodiversity
Exploring the Legacy and Future of Mountain Biodiversity
November 4–8, 2024. A doctoral training course in English for doctoral students, postdocs, and young scientists exploring the heritage and future of biodiversity in mountain regions. 30 places available. Training and meals provided. Travel and accommodation at the participants' expense.

Walking through history, evolution, and environmental changes

Embark on a scientific journey into the heart of mountain ecology with ECOTUMN, a research school organized by doctoral students from the Grenoble Alpine Ecology Laboratory (LECA). This immersive program is designed for doctoral students interested in studying mountain ecosystems in the broadest sense.

If you want to understand the origins of biodiversity in the mountains, how it has evolved over time (climate variations, impacts of human activities), and how ecology can help implement environmental conservation policies, this themed week is for you.

The program includes a series of lectures given by French and European researchers specializing in fields as varied as paleoenvironments, functional ecology, ecotoxicology, and population genetics, with a primary focus on mountain ecosystems.

The week will end with a two-day field ecology excursion at an altitude of 2,100 meters at jardin du Lautaret, an exceptional botanical garden and a site for scientific experimentation and research support that is unique in France.

Detailed program

Monday, November 4 | Long-term history of mountain ecosystems

Tuesday, November 5 | Trajectories of mountain ecosystems in a context of global change

Wednesday, November 6 | Threatened mountain biodiversity and human impacts

Thursday, November 7 | Field ecology at Lautaret Garden

Friday, November 8 | Field ecology at Lautaret Garden

Published on October 30, 2024
Updated on November 26, 2024