Registration is now open for the 4th workshop on ?Trait Based Approaches  to Ocean Life?, to be held
18-21 August, 2019 at Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
The workshop brings together a broad range of ecologists and marine  scientists to study how organism traits shape ecosystem structure,  biodiversity, and function.
Key topics for the 4th workshop include:
?The traits of non-competitive interactions (e.g. predation, symbioses,  parasitism)
?Linking bioinformatics, traits, and ecosystem function
?Trait evolution and its effects on community and ecosystem dynamics
?Quantifying fitness
?Are trait-based approaches /objectively/ better?
Keynote speakers:
?Sandra Diaz (Universidad Nacional de C?rdoba, Argentina)
?Brian Enquist (University of Arizona, USA)
?Alexandra Worden (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA)
?Lionel Guidi (Laboratoire d’Oc?anographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France)
?Neil Banas (University of Strathclyde, UK)
The program will include a mixture of:
?Invited keynote talks
?Contributed talks
?Posters
?Chalk-talks and break-outs
?Thematic round-table discussions
?Tutorials
We hope that you will join us at Chicheley Hall.
To register and for more information about the workshop please see  traitspace.com <http://www.traitspace.com>