Dear colleagues,

we are organizing a symposium 'Evolutionary rescue: theory, data,
and pressing applications' at the 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary
Biology, which is taking place July 26-30 in Montreal, Canada
(https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/). Registration for the conference
has just opened.

The goal of the symposium is to bring together theoreticians and
empiricists working on fundamental and applied questions on evolutionary
rescue. A slightly more detailed symposium description is given below.

If you do research on evolutionary rescue, we would be very happy if
you submitted an abstract to our symposium! Talks that are not selected
for a symposium will (in contrast to ESEB congresses) nevertheless be
accepted for the conference and be placed in one of the general sessions.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
 
Matthew Osmond (mm.osmond@utoronto.ca)
Hildegard Uecker (uecker@evolbio.mpg.de)

Symposium abstract:

Rapid evolution can rescue populations from extinction. In conservation
this is desired, in agriculture (pesticide resistance) and medicine (drug
resistance) it is often not. To better understand and manage evolution's
effect on persistence there has now been nearly 30 years of research
under the banner of "evolutionary rescue", ranging from mathematical
models to experimental tests to natural observations. The increasing
threats of climate change and drug resistance are only accelerating
these efforts. In an attempt to unite and propel the growing field of
evolutionary rescue, this symposium aims to bring together researchers
across basic science, conservation, agriculture, and medicine.

Matthew Osmond <mm.osmond@utoronto.ca>

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