Presentation Award
Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award
Each year IAVS recognizes the young scientist who has made the most outstanding oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Association. Starting with the 2008 competition, the competitors must be under 35 years of age and the winner is awarded 1500€ to be used to attend one of the subsequent two annual meeting of the Association.
2008 (Less than 35 years old)
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 (Student)
No award was given
2006 (Student)
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)
