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	SUNDAY 9
3.00	Registration
5.30	Welcome Reception – UWA Club Guest Speaker: Kingsley Dixon
7.30	Close

	MONDAY 10
8.30	Registration
8.45	Opening address: Derek Bewley
	Advances in Seed Germination and Dormancy
	Chair: Kingsley Dixon
9.00	Keynote speaker: Carol and Jerry Baskin Dormancy classification as a basis for phylogenetic and biogeographical studies in seeds
9.30	Robin Probert Germination phenology in lowland and mountain populations of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa L.) from Northern Italy
9.50	Jeffrey Walck Is the degree of morphophysiological dormancy conserved among populations of Viburnum opulus in North America, Europe and Asia?
10.10	Sean Bellairs Seed banks and dormancy of three native riparian grasses with contrasting life histories
10.30	MORNING TEA
	Chair: Robin Probert
11.00	David Merritt How do we efficiently define seed germination techniques in diverse floras? Some methods for resolving temperature and moisture cues for dormancy loss and the use of the smoke stimulant
11.20	Michael Thorpe Variation in germination response to fire related germination treatments of buried seeds of the endangered Slender Bell Fruit (Codonocarpus pyramidalis)
11.40	Hiromasa Koyama Role of seeds on habitat expansion in Robinia pseudoacacia L. - seed dimorphism and its importance
12.00	Gemma Hoyle Mimicking a semi-arid tropical environment for physiological dormancy alleviation of Australian native Goodeniaceae and Asteraceae species
12.20	LUNCH
	Chair: John Koch
1.30	Keynote speaker: Costas Thanos Dormancy types vs germination strategies - can we do without seed dormancy?
2.00	Jason Stevens Optimising karrikinolide (KAR1) stimulated germination of weed and native soil seed banks
2.20	Majid Mohammad Esmaeili Effects of stratification treatment, dormancy pattern, temperature and salinity on seed germination of Carex divisa Huds
2.40	Jitka Kochanek The effects of provenance and plant growth environment on the seed longevity of the genus Wahlenbergia in Australia
3.00	AFTERNOON TEA
	Chair: Derek Bewley
3.30	Shane Turner Physical dormancy in Australian Sapindaceae
3.50	Mark Ooi Predicting plant population response to changing fire season: the role of seed dormancy
4.10	POSTER SESSSION
5.00	CLOSE

	TUESDAY 11
8.30	Registration
	Dispersal Ecology
	Chair: Ken Thompson
9.00	Keynote Speaker: Peter Poschlod Why do plants occur where they occur - the role of the dispersal potential and the dispersal infrastructure
9.30	Majid Iravani The bigger the better...? The importance of difference sized animal species (red deer; narrow-headed ants) for seed dispersial in a subalpine grassland
9.50	Prasit Wangpakapattanawong Dispersal molecular ecology of some tree species in forest restoration areas in Northern Thailand
10.10	MORNING TEA and POSTER SESSION
	Chair: Ed Witkowski
11.00	Anne Horn Impact of land use on long-distance dispersal potential of Southern Kalahari plants
11.20	Debra Wotton The consequences of dispersal failure: effects on predation, germination and seedling survival in large-seeded New Zealand trees
11.40	Kieren Beaumont Combining distance of ballistic and ant seed dispersal in Adriana quadripartita
12.00	Haruko Ochi The importance of seed size variation for recruitment - In the case of woody plant in riparian forest
12.30	LUNCH
	Conservation and Restoration Seed Ecology
	Chair: Costas Thanos
1.30	Keynote Speaker: Robert Marrs Seed banks in ecological restoration: Source and potential target for success
2.00	Kim Hamilton Effects of natural distribution of Australian wild Citrus on phase transitions of seed oils and cryopreservation
2.20	Anne Cochrane [No] Temperature limits to recruitment in montane SW Australian narrow range endemics
2.40	Aaron Shiels Fruit/seed vulnerability to introduced rats in Hawaiian forest
3.00	AFTERNOON TEA
	Chair: Carol Baskin
3.30	John Koch Effect of fire and time since fire on natural soil seedbanks in the jarrah forest of Western Australia
3.50	Laurent L’Huillier Assessment of soil seed banks for rehabilitation of nickel mines in New Caledonia
4.10	Lucy Commander Seed germination and dormancy of arid zone species of Australia
4.30	Khwankhao Sinhaseni Natural establishment of tree seedlings in forest restoration trails in the upper Mae Sa Valley, Chiang Mai, Thailand
4.50	Close
5.00	Bus departs for Kings Park
5.30	Kings Park Laboratory Sunset Supper and Drinks (click here for more info)
8.30	Close

	WEDNESDAY 12 – FIELD TRIPS (click here for more info)
8.45	Buses depart University Club, UWA 1. Swan Coastal Plain and Hills Tour 2. Jarrah Forest and Restoration Tour
5.15	Buses return to University Club, UWA

	THURSDAY 13
8.30	Registration
	Seed Bank Dynamics
	Chair: Rob Mars
9.00	Keynote Speaker: Ken Thompson Why (and how) do seeds persist in the soil? The role of seed production, seed mass, germination requirements, defence and storage chemistry, dormancy and longevity in dry storage
9.30	Jaime Kigel Is seed germinability of annual species in the soil seed-bank a stable trait across years?
9.50	S. Olajide Oke Seed bank dynamics and regeneration in a secondary lowland rainforest in Nigeria
10.10	Begoña Peco Seed size and response to rainfall patterns in annual grasslands: 16 years of permanent plots
10.30	MORNING TEA
	Chair: Tony Auld
11.00	Susan Meyer Bromus tectorum seed banks: Impact of the pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda
11.20	Zhimin Liu Aerial seed bank and its ecological significance in the annual psammophyte Agriophyllum squarrosum (Chenopodiaceae)
11.40	Eila Tillman-Sutela Are unusual seed structures in Cembrae pines key to a persistent soil seed bank?
12.00	Alois Honek Mortality factors during seedling establishment in dandelion
12.20	LUNCH
	Applied Seed Ecology
	Chair: Peter Poschlold
1.30	Keynote Speaker: Tony Auld Developing an understanding of seed ecology to inform biodiversity conservation
2.00	Kenji Seiwa Importance of timing of seed germination and seed size in the establishment of tree species in a temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest
2.20	Peter Kotanen Impacts of seed pathogens on invasive plants
2.40	Phillip Nichols Exploiting germination traits in annual pasture legumes adapted to southern Australia
3.00	AFTERNOON TEA
	Chair: Jerry Baskin
3.30	Rosemary Pendleton Germination, seedling survival, flowering phenology, and seed production of heterocarpic Crytantha crassisepala (Torr. & Gray) Greene from central New Mexico, USA
3.50	Martijin Kos Germination speed and its relation to habitat and functional traits in Kalahari ephemerals
4.10	Melanie Norman How to optimise field establishment of Zamia (Macrozamia riedlei) by varying seed age, sowing season and burial depth
4.30	Gwendal Restoux How do genetic and ecological factors explain the number of empty seeds for a European conifer (Abies alba, Mill.)?
4.50	Closing Address: Ken Thompson
5.00	Close
7.00	Conference Dinner
12.00	Finish

Keynote Speakers Monday 10th September 2007 • Advances in Seed Dormancy and Germination Keynote Speaker: Associate Professor Costas Thanos, University of Athens, Greece. Title: Dormancy types vs Germination strategies - can we do without seed dormancy?
	Associate Professor Costas A. Thanos. Dr Costas A. Thanos, is currently Associate Professor of Plant Physiology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. His current fields of research interest include physiology and ecology of seed germination (with emphasis on the role of light); ex situ (seed banking) and in situ (microreserves) conservation of threatened plant taxa; climate change and ecophysiology of seed germination and postfire regeneration of Mediterranean vegetation. Email : cthanos@biol.uao.gr Website: www.biology.uoa.gr/~cthanos/
Keynote Speaker: Professors Carol and Jerry Baskin, University of Kentucky, USA. Title: Dormancy classification as a basis for phylogenetic and biogeographical studies on seeds. 1. Historical review of studies on classification and phylogeny of seed dormancy (Jerry M. Baskin) 2. Constructing seed dormancy profiles for whole biomes (Carol C. Baskin)
	Professors Carol and Jerry Baskin Professors Carol and Jerry Baskin obtained their Ph.D.'s in biology from Vanderbilt University in 1968 and 1967, respectively. They have been at the University of Kentucky since 1968, where Carol is Professor of Biology and of Plant and Soil Sciences, and Jerry is Professor of Biology. Their primary research interests are the ecology, biogeography, and evolution of seed dormancy and germination. Their current research focus is all aspects of seed dormancy, especially seeds of species with physical dormancy and of those with morphophysiological dormancy. They are also revising their book on " Seeds: Ecology, biogeography and evolution of dormancy and germination" that was originally published in 1998 by Academic Press. Email Professor Carol Baskin: ccbask0@uky.edu Website: www.as.uky.edu/Biology/faculty/cbaskin/cbaskin.htm Email Professor Jerry Baskin: jmbask0@uky.edu Website: www.as.uky.edu/Biology/jbaskin/jbaskin.htm

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Tuesday 11th September 2007 • Dispersal Ecology Keynote Speaker: Professor Peter Poschlod, University of Regensburg, Germany. Title: Why do plants occur where they occur - the role of the dispersal potential and the dispersal infrastructure. • Conservation and Restoration Seed Ecology Keynote Speaker: Professor Robert Marrs, University of Liverpool, UK. Title: Seedbanks in ecological restoration: source and potential target for success.
	Professor Peter Poschlod Professor Poschlod currently holds the chair of botany at the University of Regensburg where he has been since 2001. Prior to this appointment, he was Professor of Nature conservation at Philipps University Marburg, a position that he held for seven years. His main interest is to understand the mechanisms of a plant’s occurrence (frequency, rarity, threat) and species coexistence especially in European man-made landscapes and to develop from this knowledge effective conservation and restoration management practices. Of particular interest is seed ecological traits related to dispersal in space (author with Susanne Bonn of the German text book “Ausbreitungsbiologie der Pflanzen”) and time as well as germination, with a recent focus on traits related to seed persistence (author with Fritz Schweingruber of “Growth rings in herbs and shrubs: life span, age determination and stem anatomy”). Experimental work including the floristic survey of Bavaria as well as many long-term experiments are currently underway to search for the mechanisms of seed persistence in specific habitats including; nutrient poor dry and wet, acidic and calcareous grasslands but also peatlands, rivers, lakes and ponds. Email: peter.poschlod@biologie.uni-regensburg.de Website: www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Botanik/Poschlod/index.html
	Professor Robert Marrs Dr Marrs is currently Professor of Applied Plant Biology at the University of Liverpool. His main interest is in developing an understanding of how to manipulate vegetation towards a defined endpoint for management purposes. This research area originally started through an interest in developing ecosystems on raw mineral wastes during restoration, but has since developed into a broader interest in the manipulation of mid-seral communities and specifically restoring and maintaining heathlands and grasslands for conservation purposes. This has resulted in research on the use of herbicides to remove invasive species, acidificaiton and impoverishment of soils and vegetation manipulations. The model system that has been used for much of our research is mid-seral systems invaded by bracken (Pteridium aquilinum). As part of this research Dr Marrs and his research team have extensively investigated the impact of management on propagule banks and designed statistically rigorous approaches to analysing the data. Email: calluna@liv.ac.ukWeb Website: www.appliedvegetationdynamics.co.uk

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Thursday 13th September 2007 • Soil Seed Bank Dynamics Keynote Speaker: Dr Ken Thompson, University of Sheffield, UK. Title: Why (and how) do seeds persist in the soil?
	Dr Ken Thompson Ken Thompson is a senior lecturer at Sheffield University, where he has been since 1990. Dr Thompson is interested in most aspects of plant ecology, including the ecology of seeds, plant traits and functional types, biodiversity and ecosystem function, biological invasions, urban ecology, commonness and rarity, changing climate and land use. He is currently editor of two international journals: Functional Ecology and Seed Science Research, and the author (with Jan Bakker and Renée Bekker) of ‘The Soil Seed Banks of North-West Europe: Methodology, Density and Longevity’ (1997, Cambridge University Press) and (with Mike Fenner) of ‘The Ecology of Seeds’ (2005, Cambridge University Press). Email: Ken.Thompson@sheffield.ac.uk Website: www.shef.ac.uk/aps/contacts/acadstaff/thompson.html
• Applied Seed Ecology Keynote Speaker: Dr Tony Auld, Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) Australia. Title: Developing an understanding of seed ecology to inform biodiversity conservation
	Dr Tony Auld Dr Tony Auld is currently a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Environment and Conservation NSW (formerly NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. He has spent over 20 years studying aspects of seed ecology and applying research findings to the management of biodiversity. In particular, he has investigated seed germination in relation to fire, seed dispersal, seed predation and seedling recruitment and survival. Much of his work has focused on the diverse flora of coastal southeastern Australia and arid and semi-arid Australia. Currently, he is also undertaking risk assessment of ecological communities and species, and investigating the role of plant dispersal in persistence or mobility of species under changing climates and disturbance regimes through to targeted investigations of particular species or places of high conservation value, including the ecology of the iconic Wollemi Pine and the maintenance of plant recruitment and conservation risk assessment in the Lord Howe Island World Heritage Area. Dr Auld is also an Honorary Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong and an Honorary member of the Institute for Conservation Biology and Law at the University. He is also a member of the Institute for Wildlife research at the University of Sydney. Email: Tony.Auld@environment.nsw.gov.au

Website: www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Dr+Tony+Auld+Principal+Research+Scientist

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Social Program

** Special Notice** Kings Park Laboratory Sunset Supper and Drinks

Delegates are invited to visit the new seed and conservation research facilities in Kings Park for an evening tour of the seed research and conservation biology facilities. The tour includes cocktails and supper. Please be at the entrance to The University Club at 5pm for bus transfer. There will be a shuttle every 20 minutes. The drive to Kings Park will take delegates through the bushland reserve, botanic gardens and parklands of Kings Park. Delegates will need to make their own arrangements to return to their accommodation.

** Special Notice** Mid Week Tours – Wednesday 12th September

All conference attendees are encouraged to attend the mid-conference tour (included in full conference standard and ISSS member fee) that will start in Perth and head into the Darling Range to experience the wildflowers and scenery on Perth’s doorstep. Delegates have a choice of two tours, and will be asked to nominate which tour they wish to attend when they register at the conference. Places are limited, so allocations will be made on a first come, first serve basis.

1. Swan Coastal Plain and Hills Tour
This tour will traverse the Swan Coastal Plain and Hills and will feature a number of ecosystems including wetlands, Banksia woodland, Eucalyptus woodland and some recently burnt sites, highlighting the diversity of Western Australian flora and stimulating discussion on germination strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems. Stops will include the Brixton St Wetlands, Lesmurdie Falls, UWA’s Alison Baird reserve and Kalamunda zigzag. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

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2. Jarrah Forest and Restoration tour
The Darling Range is an ancient geological formation that, due to its elevation experiences more rainfall than the adjacent coastal sandplain. Winding our way through the range we will stop at Alcoa World Alumina Australia Huntly Mine to see their seed processing and propagation facilities and experience first hand some of the impressive and world class restoration work Alcoa undertakes following bauxite extraction. After the Alcoa visit the trip will then make its way back to Perth stopping at several spots to visit unique wildflower areas, arriving back in Perth by late afternoon. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

 

Lechenaultia-biloba	Drosera-macrantha
Hibbertia and Clematis	Stylidium-affine
Stypandra-glauca