An ISZS/IUBS Internation research program

Background

Global change is now one of the most discussed topics in the world. Understanding the impact of global change is extremely important for the sustainable development of human society.

 

Therefore, in 2008, the International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS) initiated an international research program, Biological Consequences of Global Change (BCGC). It was first supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 2009, BCGC was adopted by the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) as a new international research program. In 2012, the program was evaluated highly at IUBS and was considered as the core of IUBS scientific programs. Currently, there are over 20 scientists from Australia, Chile, China, France, India, Norway, Russia, Israel, Germany, South Africa and the United States involved.

 

The focus of the BCGC program is to organize a diverse group of international experts, with expertise in many scientific disciplines, and develop an understanding of the consequences of global change and human activity on evolutionary mechanisms, biological structures, endangered species and biological disasters.

 

The BCGC program provides a platform for scientists around the world to collaborate on topics, such as the impact of global change on biodiversity, ecological infectious diseases, agricultural pests, invasive species and many other topics of interest. The program is expanding its research networks to include more scientists and scientific disciplines from various places around the globe.

 

Goals

Promote understanding of BCGC and improve management of the earth

Promote international collaboration

Promote influence and leadership of IUBS and ISZS through the BCGC program

 

Questions to address

Impact of global change on of biological disasters like disease and pest outbreaks

Impact of global change and its relation to alien species invasion

Impact of global change on abundance and range shifts of endangered species

Impact of global change on community structure and biodiversity of various ecosystems

Nonlinearity and interactions of global change in affecting biological populations

 

Action plan for 2013–2015

Program network expansion

·         Attract more scientists and partners

·         Promote program influence and increase research capabilities

Website and database construction

·         Build an open access database

·         Promote data sharing among scientists

International symposia or workshops

·         Organize 2 international symposia or workshops

·         Discuss range shifts of species under global warming

·         Examine biodiversity change due to human disturbance

Publications

·         Publish 2 special issues of BCGC in Integrative Zoology

International training courses

·         Organize 2 international training classes under the theme of BCGC

 

Get involved

To find out more information about how to get your research team involved

·         Visit www.globalzoology.org

·         Or email iszs2@ioz.ac.cn

WORKING GROUPS

 

The ISZS facilitates working groups comprised of researchers and others from across the world.

 

Any member of the ISZS can propose the establishment of a new working group or become a member of an existing group. For each approved group, the ISZS will provide administrative and some financial supports pending to ISZS's financial status. Proposals for new groups always welcome!

 

Terms

2 years which is possible for an extension for another 2-year term pending on their performance assessment by ISZS Executive Committee Members (EC).

 

Existing working groups

  

Researchers	Nation	E-mail
Rodent Biology and Management
Jens Jacob	Germany	jens.jacob@jki.bund.de
Jiqi Lu*	China	roadjq@163.com
Deng Wang	China	wangdeng@cau.edu.cn
Dawei Wang	China	dwwang@ippcaas.cn
Xiaohui Liu	China	lxiaohui2000@163.com;WHWEI@yzu.edu.cn
Wanhong Wei	China	whwei@yzu.edu.cn
Jianghui Bian	China	bjh@nwipb.cas.cn
Jiapeng Qu	China	jpqu@nwipb.cas.cn
Lyn A Hinds	Australia	lyn.hinds@csiro.au
Steve R Belmain*	UK	s.r.belmain@gre.ac.uk
Grant R Singleton	Philippines	g.singleton@irri.org
Charles Krebs	Canada	krebs@zoology.ubc.ca
Yong Wang	China	wangy@isa.ac.cn
Yanming Zhang	China	zhangym@nwipb.cas.cn
Muhammad Mushtaq	Pakistan	mushtaq@uaar.edu.pk
Wildlife Borne Diseases
Hongxuan He*	China	hehx@ioz.ac.cn
Lei Xu	China	xulei@icdc.cn
Chengmin Wang	China	wangcm@ioz.ac.cn
Qiyong Liu	China	liuqiyong@icdc.cn
George Christakos	UK	gchristakos@zju.edu.cn;fchrist@live.unc.edu
Ruifu Yang	China	ruifuyang@gmail.com
Herwig Leirs*	Denmark	herwig.leirs@uantwerpen.be
Kenneth L. Gage	USA	klg0@cdc.gov;KGage@cdc.gov
Bird Evolution
Fumin Lei*	China	leifm@ioz.ac.cn
Yanhua Qu	China	quyh@ioz.ac.cn
Wei Liang	China	liangwei@hainnu.edu.cn
Fasheng Zou	China	zoufs@gdei.gd.cn
Yanyun Zhang	China	zhangyy@bnu.edu.cn
Ping Ding	China	dingping@zju.edu.cn;dingping@zju.edu.cn
Yuehua Sun	China	sunyh@ioz.ac.cn
Xin Lu	China	luxinwh@163.com;luxinwh@163.com
Frank Rheindt	Singapore	dbsrfe@nus.edu.sg
Scott Robinson	USA	srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu
Per G. P. Ericson	Sweden	per.ericson@nrm.se
Per Alström*	Sweden	Per.Alstrom@artdata.slu.se
Jon Fjeldså	Denmark	jfjeldsaa@snm.ku.dk
Anders Pape Møller	France	anders.moller@u-psud.fr
Invasive Species
Xuan Liu	China	liuxuan@ioz.ac.cn
Min Lu	China	lumin@ioz.ac.cn
Shusheng Liu	China	shshliu@zju.edu.cn
Jianqing Ding	China	dingjianqing@yahoo.com
Alain Roques*	France	alain.roques@orleans.inra.fr
Rebecca Butcher	USA	butcher@chem.ufl.edu
Jianghua Sun*	China	sunjh@ioz.ac.cn
Eco-physiology
Dehua Wang*	China	wangdh@ioz.ac.cn
Xiang Ji	China	xji@mail.hz.zj.cn; jixiang@njnu.edu.cn
Shi-Jian Fu	China	shijianfu9@hotmail.com; shijianfu9@cqnu.edu.cn
Xueying Zhang	China	zhangxy@ioz.ac.cn
Zhijun Zhao	China	zhao73@foxmail.com
Abraham S. Haim*	Israel	ahaim@research.haifa.ac.il
Allan Degen	Israel	degen@bgu.ac.il
Francisco Bozinovic	Chile	fbozinovic@bio.puc.cl
Noga Kronfeld-Schor	Israel	nogaks@tauex.tau.ac.il
Nina Vasilieva	Russia	nyv1@yandex.ru
Fritz Geiser	Australia	fgeiser@une.edu.au
David M. Scantlebury	UK	m.scantlebury@qub.ac.uk
William H. Karasov	USA	wkarasov@wisc.edu
Wei-Guo Du	China	duweiguo@ioz.ac.cn
Jinsong Liu	China	ljs@wzu.edu.cn
Ming Yang	China	yangming@synu.edu.com
Biological Consequences of Global Change
Zhibin Zhang*	China	zhangzb@ioz.ac.cn
Nils Chr. Stenseth*	Norway	n.c.stenseth@ibv.uio.no
Fuwen Wei	China	weifw@ioz.ac.cn
Yiming Li	China	liym@ioz.ac.cn
Xinhai Li	China	lixh@ioz.ac.cn
Guangshun Jiang	China	jgshun@126.com
John Buckeridge	Australia	John.Buckeridge@rmit.edu.au
Yury Yu. Dgebuadze	Russia	yudgeb@gmail.com
Hari C. Sharma	India	h.sharma@cgiar.org
Jürgen Heinze	Germany	Juergen.Heinze@biologie.uni-regensburg.de
Yvon LE MAHO	France	yvon.lemaho@iphc.cnrs.fr
Sarita Maree	South Africa	smaree@zoology.up.ac.za
Anthony Barnosky	USA	barnosky@berkeley.edu
Eric I. Ameca y Juárez	Mexico	eric.ameca08@alumni.imperial.ac.uk
Muhammad Naeem Awan	Pakistan	ajkwildlife@gmail.com
Plant-animal Interactions
Hongmao Zhang*	China	zhanghm@mail.ccnu.edu.cn
Jin Chen	China	cj@xtbg.org.cn
Lin Cao	China	caolin@xtbg.org.cn
Gang Chang	China	snow1178@snnu.edu.cn
Chuan Yan	China	yanchuan@ioz.ac.cn
Chao-Dong ZHU	China	zhucd@ioz.ac.cn; zhucd2005@gmail.com
Xianfeng Yi	China	ympclong@163.com
Zhishu Xiao	China	xiaozs@ioz.ac.cn
Youbin Zhou	China	zhouyb@ibcas.ac.cn
Shuangquan Huang	China	sqhuang@whu.edu.cn
Marcel Holyoak*	USA	maholyoak@ucdavis.edu
Kevin Chase Burns	New Zealand	kevin.burns@vuw.ac.nz
Michael A Steele	USA	Michael.steele@wilkes.edu
Patrick Jansen	Netherlands	patrick.jansen@wur.nl
Caprinae Genomics
Meng-Hua Li*	China	menghua.li@ioz.ac.cn
Hans Lenstra	Netherlands	J.A.Lenstra@uu.nl
Olivier Hanotte	Ethiopia	o.hanotte@cgiar.org
Paolo A. Marsan	Italy	paolo.ajmone@unicatt.it
Michael W. Bruford	UK	BrufordMW@Cardiff.ac.uk
Juha Kantanen	Finland	juha.kantanen@luke.fi
Hugh T. Blair	New Zealand	H.Blair@massey.ac.nz
Ming-Jun Liu	China	xjlmj2004@aliyun.com
Zhi-Qiang Shen	China	bzshenzq@163.com
Feng Wang	China	caeet@njau.edu.cn
Li-Xin Du	China	lxdu@263.net
Jian-Lin Han	Kenya	H.JIANLIN@CGIAR.ORG
Jin-Quan Li	China	lijinquan_nd@126.com
Protected Areas
Yan XIE *	China	xieyan@ioz.ac.cn
John MacKinnon*	UK	arcbc_jrm@hotmail.com
Zhongyan XIE	China	cbmief@163.com
Zhihong LI	China	cbslzh@163.com
Ding Wang	China	wangd@ihb.ac.cn
Jiang Feng	China
Jeff McNeely	USA	jam@iucn.org
Anthony D. Barnosky	USA	barnosky@berkeley.edu
Elizabeth Hadly	USA	hadly@stanford.edu

 * Coordinators

 

Procedure for establishing a new group

If you are not an existing member, please prepare a proposal for your new group, including the rationale and its objectives. The proposal is also encouraged to include the activities and a working plan.

 

Each working group should consist of 10-15 scientists with a reasonable diversity, i.e. less than 50% from just one country and young scientists (with PhD degree, and < 45 yrs old) ideally about 50%. Each group should have one or two coordinators.

 

Submit your proposal to Mr Chunxu Han, Secretary General, ISZS, at iszs2@ioz.ac.cn. The ISZS EC will review your proposal. Once it is approved, your proposal will be listed on the ISZS website.

 

Procedures for joining an existing working group

If you want to join an existing working group, please contact the coordinators of the working group and cc the message to Mr Chunxu Han, Secretary General, ISZS, at iszs2@ioz.ac.cn. If you are accepted by the working group coordinators, your inforamtion will be added to the member list of that group.