Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award
Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award Each year IAVS recognizes the young scientist (a student, or a graduate within three years of completion of a degree) who has made the most outstanding oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Association. The winner is awarded 1000€ to be used to attend one of the subsequent two annual meeting of the Association.
2011
First Prize: N. t
2010
First Prize: N. t
2009
First Prize: N. t
2008
First Prize: Gerald Jurasinski. University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany. Upward shift of alpine plants increases floristic similarity of mountain summits. (Co-authors: J. Kreyling, C. Beierkuhnlein)
Honorable mention:Marina Semchenko. University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia. Foraging for space by plant roots: a comparative study of grasses from contrasting habitats. (Co-authors: K. Zobel, M.J. Hutchings)
Honorable mention:Kuo-Jung Chao. National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Vegetation of the lowland tropical rainforests in Taiwan. (Co-authors: W.-C. Chao, C.-F. Hsieh)
South African Development Community Prize: Peter le Roux. Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Rapid altitudinal range expansion and the formation of no-analog communities in response to warming. (Co-author: M.A. McGeoch)
2007
No award was given
2006
Joint First Prize: Jonathon Lenoir. French Institute of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Engineering, AgroParisTech – ENGREF, France. Western European forest plant species move up in response to climate change. (Co-authors: J.C. Gegout, P.A. Marquet, P. De Ruffray, H. Brisse)
Joint First Prize: Michael Forster. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Sclerophyllous response to complex environments in the heterophyllous species Acacia implexa (Benth.). (Co-author: S.P. Bonser)
