Yaroslavl Province, Russia, 11-15 October 2021

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Invitation

Dear Colleagues!

We cordially invite you to participate in the Sixth International Symposium "Invasion of Alien Species in Holarctic. Borok-VI" to be held on 11-15 October 2021 (depending on the number of participants the Symposium will be held either in Borok place, on the base of Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia or in Uglich city, Russia) International Symposium "INVASION OF ALIEN SPECIES IN HOLARCTIC. BOROK-VI "was first organized 20 years ago and has become regular. In these years, the global problem of biological invasions of alien species is remaining topical for humankind.

The main goals of the Sixth Symposium are:  

• Consolidation of efforts to study the processes of spread of alien plant and animal species in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems;
• Exchange of information on the vectors, causes, scales, and regularities of species spread; changes in their properties in new aquatic and terrestrial habitats;
• Assessment of the role of the alien species in the transformation of endemic communities; evaluation of social and economic consequences of biological invasions as well as development of risk assessment approaches;
• Discussion on the issues related to terminology, theory of species spread and study methods.

Themes of presentations include the following topics:
I. Spatial and temporal dynamics of biological invasions in the Holarctic: 1) invasions in marine ecosystems; 2) invasions in freshwater ecosystems; 3) invasions in terrestrial ecosystems; 4) paleoinvasions.
II. Genetic and evolutionary aspects of biological invasions.
III. Consequences of alien species invasion for aboriginal species and ecosystems and human well being.
IV. Role of global climatic and anthropogenic factors in the processes of biological invasions, including new approaches and methods in research of invasions of alien species.
V. Information systems for monitoring invasion processes, including development of problem-oriented databases and mathematical modelling of the processes related to invasion of alien species.

It is planned that the program of the Symposium will include “Round Tables” with lectures delivered by leading scientists on the following topics:
1) invasion of alien species into urban areas;
2) social and economic aspects of the processes of biological invasions;
3) management of biological invasions: risk assessment, prevention and control.

Initiative group:
Yu.Yu. Dgebuadze – Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences – SIPEE RAS, Moscow, Russia
A.V. Krylov – Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences – IBIW RAS, Borok, Russia
V.G. Petrosyan – Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences– SIPEE RAS , Moscow, Russia
F.A. Osipov – Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences– SIPEE RAS , Moscow, Russia
D.P. Karabanov – Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences – IBIW RAS, Borok, Russia

Main Working Language — English.

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