Declining Hydnellum ferrugineum typical for dry pine forests (Photo: B-G. Jonsson)
Program for
the 1st Nordic Student Conference on Conservation Science SCCS-Nordic (online)
November, 17th, 2021
09.00-12.00 & 13.00-17.15 (Central European Time)
09:00-09:10 Welcome Address by Professor Åsa Berggren, President of the Nordic Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
09:10-09:30 Keynote speaker: Dr. Helen Kopnina "Exploring attitudes to biodiversity conservation and Half-Earth vision in Nigeria: study of community attitudes to conservation in Yankari Game Reserve”, Senior Lecturer at The Northumbria University, UK & The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands and coauthors Dr. Fatsuma Olaleru, University of Lagos, Nigeria and Naziru Z. Muhammad, Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi State, Nigeria
09:30-10:30 - 4 Student talks (10 min + 5 min questions) - moderator Åsa Berggren
09:30-09:45 - Dr. Peter Lampert, Karlstad University, Sweden, Postdoc - Developing Action Competence for Insect Preservation (DACIP)
09:45-10:00 - Caitlin Mandeville, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, PhD student - Opportunistic citizen science as a tool for local conservation
10:00-10:15 - Alice Fouillouze, UMS PatriNat - National Museum of Natural History, France, MSc student - Relations beyond conservation: a new way of perceiving, thinking and acting in favor of biodiversity in French golf courses
10:15-10:30 - Dr. Dipankar Lahkar, Tiger Research and Conservation Division (TRCD), India, Postdoc - Tiger recovery in the aftermath of ethno–political conflict in Manas, India
10:30-10:40 - Break (10 minutes)
10:40-11:00 - Keynote speaker: Professor Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, “Boreal forest biodiversity challenges”, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
11:00-12:00 - 4 student talks (10 min + 5 min questions) - moderator Ewa Orlikowska
11:00-11:15 - Irena Koelemeijer, Stockholm University, Sweden, PhD student - Interactive effects of drought and edge exposure on old-growth forest understory biodiversity
11:15-11:30 - Linus Söderquist, Uppsala University, Sweden, PhD student - Predicting heterosis and inbreeding depression from population size and density to inform management efforts
11:30-11:45 - Dr. Elisa Plazio, Jagiellonian University, Poland, Researcher - How topography differently affects males and females dispersal of Maculinea butterflies (cancelled)
11:45-12:00 - Vidula Varadarajan, Lund University, Sweden, MSc student - Investigating flower constancy in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris)
12:00-13:00 - Lunch (60 minutes)
13:00-14.00 - 4 student talks (10 min + 5 min questions) - moderator Bengt Gunnar Jonsson
13:00-13:15 - Samuel Boakye Yiadom, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, BSc student - Intra-African and Afro-paleartic migratory bird habitat preference in a periurban area of northern Ghana
13:15-13:30 - Amelie Laux, University of Göttingen, Germany, PhD student - Where are safe places for Grey Partridges? – Landscape context of predator activity
13:30-13:45 - Dr. Malin Undin, Mid Sweden University, Sweden, Postdoc - Kiwi of one feather do not flock together: conservation implications
13:45-14:00 - Henry Hansen, Karlstad University, Sweden, PhD student - Contextualizing fish habitat in novel riverscapes
14:00-14:20 - Keynote speaker: Dr. Malin Aronsson, “A predator of the North – past, present and future challenges for wolverine conservation”, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
14:20-14:30 - Break (10 minutes)
14:30-15:15 - 3 student talks (10 min + 5 min questions) - moderator Lina Widenfalk
14:30-14:45 - Karin Amsten, SLU Alnarp, Sweden, PhD student - Fire and herbivory driven consumer control in a savanna-like temperate wood-pasture: an experimental approach
14:45-15:00 - Heidi Rautiainen, SLU Uppsala, Sweden, PhD student - Feeding reindeer for future free-range functionality
15:00-15:15 - Carl Tamario, Linnéuniversitetet, Sweden, PhD student - Size, connectivity and edge effects of stream habitats explain spatiotemporal variation in brown trout (Salmo trutta) density
15:15-15:30 - Poster session – 3 students (5 minutes) - moderator Lina Widenfalk
15:15-15:20 - Jacqueline Hoppenreijs, Karlstad University, Sweden, PhD student - A conceptual model of current and future pressures on boreal riparian vegetation
15:20- 15:25 - Marc Filla, University of Göttingen, Germany, PhD student - Towards human-snow leopard co-existence
15:25-15:30 - Dr. William Sidemo Holm, Lund University, Sweden, Postdoc - Organic farms provide more resources to pollinators in agricultural fields – but only when yields are low
15:30-15:45 - Summary and Closing Remarks by Professor Åsa Berggren, President of the Nordic Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
15:45-15:55 - Break (10 minutes)
15:55-17:15 - Workshop: “Transferring Your Academic Knowledge into Entrepreneurship”, Professor Åsa Berggren, SLU and Dr. Lina Widenfalk, Greensway
Photos&Webpage: Ewa Orlikowska