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

古生态学与生态学研讨会：评估生态学的可能性-过去，现在和未来。Behrensmeyer， W.A. Dimichele和C.V. looy史密森尼古生物学专家组将举办一个为期3天的研讨会，题为“比我们可以想象的更奇怪：评估过去、现在和未来的生态可能性”，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。本次研讨会以2007年9月陆地生态系统进化（ETE）研讨会的成果为基础，题为“古生物学的十次方：古生态学中的尺度问题”，是促进生态学和古生物学之间有效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、陆生植物和陆生脊椎动物方面的专家。研讨会旨在为古生态学家和生态学家之间的知识传播建立策略，并针对具体问题和主题主题产生新的合作。研讨会将加强知识共享，促进两个主要科学探究领域的生态知识的综合。本次会议将有45名与会者参加，包括研究生、博士后、年轻和成熟的专业人士，其中四分之一的被邀请者是电子商务科学家。

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.