Workshop in Paleoecology and Ecology: Evaluating ecological possibility - past, present, and future

古生态和生态学研讨会：评估生态可能性--过去、现在和未来A·K·贝伦斯迈尔、W·A·迪米歇尔和C·V·卢史密森古生物学ETE小组将主持一个为期3天的研讨会，题为《陌生人比我们可以假设：评估生态可能性过去、现在和未来》，从古生物学和生态学两个不同科学学科的角度讨论与地球生态有关的具体主题。该研讨会以2007年9月“陆地生态系统的演化”研讨会的成果为基础，题为“十大古生物的力量：古生态中的规模问题”，是促进生态学和古生物学之间进行生产性交流的更广泛倡议的一部分。研讨会将包括海洋无脊椎动物、陆地植物和陆地脊椎动物方面的专家。讲习班的目的是制定在古生态学家和生态学家之间传播知识的战略，并针对具体问题和主题开展新的合作。研讨会将加强智力知识共享，促进来自两个主要科学研究领域的生态知识的综合。这次会议共有45名与会者，包括研究生、博士后、年轻和成熟的专业人员，其中四分之一的受邀者是ETE科学家。

Workshop in Paleoecology and Ecology: Evaluating ecological possibility - past, present, and futureA.K. Behrensmeyer, W.A. Dimichele and C.V. LooyThe Smithsonian Paleobiology ETE group will host a 3-day workshop entitled Stranger than we can suppose: Evaluating ecological possibility past, present, and future, to discuss specific topics relating to the Earths ecology from the standpoint of two different scientific disciplines paleobiology and ecology. This workshop builds upon the results of the September, 2007, Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (ETE) workshop, Paleontological Powers of Ten: Issues of Scale in Paleoecology, and is part of a broader initiative to stimulate productive exchange between ecology and paleobiology. The workshop will include specialists in marine invertebrates, terrestrial plants, and terrestrial vertebrates. The workshop is intended to build strategies for transmitting knowledge among paleoecologists and ecologists and to generate new collaborations directed at specific problems and theme topics. The workshop will strengthen intellectual knowledge sharing and promote synthesis of ecological knowledge from both major areas of scientific enquiry. The meeting will involve a total of 45 attendees including graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, young and established professionals, with one-quarter of the invitees being ETE scientists.