We
would like to invite you to participate in the World
Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem
Functioning (BIOLIEF). The BIOLIEF conference will be
devoted to the presentation of works concerning the
biology, ecology and population dynamics of biological
invasions. Those works relating biological invasions and
changes on the functioning of ecosystem will be highly
considered.
The
BIOLIEF conference will try to cover as many ecosystems
and kingdoms as possible, giving each one of them equal
importance in the definition of the final program.
So, we
would like to invite you to submit an abstract to
BIOLIEF. The deadline to submit an abstract, either for
poster or oral communications, is May 31st 2009.
If you
make your pre-registration and payment until
January 31st 2009, you will pay a registration
fee of only 200€. This fee is valid
both for students and non-students participants. After
this date, registration fees will increase.
The
BIOLIEF conference will be held in Porto, Portugal The
old city center of this northern Portuguese city was
classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The river
Douro divides the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia,
where you can find the world renowned cellars of Oporto
Wine.
For
further details you can visit the webpage
www.ciimar.up.pt/biolief.
We hope
to count with your participation in BIOLIEF conference.
Best
regards,
The
organization committee
Carlos
Antunes, Ester Dias, Pedro Morais and Ronaldo Sousa