Network for Neotropical Biogeography

Scientific interactions across disciplines and taxa

 

Tropical America – the Neotropics – is the most species-rich region on Earth. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the historical assembly and evolution of this extreme biodiversity constitutes a major challenge in biology, and will require hitherto unrealized inter-disciplinary scientific collaboration.


The primary goals of this network are to:

  1. •Promote scientific interaction

  2. •Stimulate the exchange of material, students and researchers

  3. •Increase inter-disciplinarity between different fields

  4. •Discuss and plan joint projects and grant applications

  5. •Stimulate collaborative field work and reciprocal help with field collection of research material

  6. •Inform on upcoming events, recent papers and other relevant material


Previous meetings of the Network for Neotropical Biogeography:

  1. •The NNB was established during a symposium at the BioSystematics conference in Berlin in February 2011.

  2. •A second meeting (see site), with the theme “Integrating Neotropical Research,” was held at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA, on January 14th, 2013 immediately after the 6th Biennial meeting of the International Biogeography Society.


For more information on the Network for Neotropical Biogeography,

visit: http://nnb.myspecies.info