Dr. Susana Clusella-Trullas is an Associate Professor of Physiological Ecology in the Department of Botany and Zoology and core team member of the Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University. Dr. Clusella-Trullas describes for us her experience at the “Species on the Move” conference in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

by Avni Malhotra

I am not sure why, but until this year, I had not attended the Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting. I suspect that some subconscious sense of loyalty to the American Geophysical Union was at play. In any case, excited by my passion for ecology and love of New Orleans, I headed to the 2018 ESA meeting. As soon as I entered the conference center, I noticed a high incidence of plant- and fungi-based tattoo art- I knew I was among friends!

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The 27^th International Ornithological Congress (August 19-26, 2018)

Brett K. Sandercock reports on the functional ecology of birds from the 2018 congress held in Vancouver, Canada. Brett was also the keynote speaker at a  symposium on grassland birds organised by the British Ornithological Union.

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