Jan Lagerlöf 2008-11-07
Programme for the BGBD Workshop Collembola Ecology and Systematics
24-28 November 2008 in Nairobi
Venue: National Museum of Kenya, Training Laboratory at Dept of Entomology
Invited teacher: Dr. Arne Fjellberg, Norway
Mond 24/11
9.00 Welcome and introduction of participants.
10.00 Introduction to Collembola systematics, diversity and ecology.
13.00 Methods for sampling, identification and laboratory work with Collembola.
Tuesd 25/11
9.00 Practical identification exercises, mostly with collembolans collected by the work
shop participants in Kenya, Uganda and Ivory Coast as working material.
13.00 Short presentations of the participants’ projects in relation to Collembola and other
soil organisms.
14.30 Practical identification exercises continued.
Wednesday 26/11
9.00 Practical identification continued.
13.00 Presentation of a soil food-web study (Jan L).
Continuation of the participants’ presentations of their work.
14.30 Practical identification exercises continued.
Evening: Informal come together
Thursd 27/11
9.00 Practical identification continued.
13.00 Discussion of studies in progress and in the future.
14.30 Practical identification exercises continued.
Friday 28/11
9.00 Continuation of Thursday's programme.
13.00 Evaluation of the work shop.
13.00 Continuation of the morning’s activities and closing of the workshop.