membership cornerupcoming events21 st Workshop of the European VegetationSurvey (EVS)24–27 May 2012 – Vienna, Austriahttp://evs2012.vinca.at/Web of life in a changing world5 June 2012 – Montpellier, Francehttp://www.weblife.univ-montp2.fr/<strong>International</strong> Symposium on Invasive Plantsand Global Change13–17 June 2012 – Urumqi, Xinjiang, Chinahttp://www.egi.cas.cn/2012/49 th Annual Meeting of the Association forTropical Biology and Conservation18–22 June 2012 – Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazilhttp://www.tropicalbio.org/12 th <strong>International</strong> Congress on the Zoogeographyand Ecology of Greece and AdjacentRegions18–22 June 2012 – Athens, Greecehttp://www.zoologiki.gr/12iczegar/BES Macroecology Group Inaugural MeetingWhat is Macroecology?20 June 2012 – London, UKhttp://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/meetings/VertNet biodiversity informatics trainingworkshop24–30 June 2012 – Boulder, USAhttp://vertnet.org/about/BITW.phpEvolution 2012First joint congress on evolutionary biology6–10 July 2012 – Ottawa, Canadahttp://www.confersense.ca/Evolution2012/index.htm97th ESA Annual MeetingLife on Earth: Preserving, utilizing, and sustaining ourecosystems5–10 August 2012 – Portland, USAhttp://esa.org/meetings/3 rd European Congress of Conservation BiologyConservation on the edge28 August – 1 September 2012 – Glasgow, UKhttp://www.eccb2012.org/8 th EuropeanConference on Ecological Restoration9–14 September 2012 – Česke Budějovice, Czech Republichttp://www.ecer2012.eu/NEOBIOTA 2012 — 7th Conference on BiologicalInvasionsHalting biological invasions in Europe: from data todecisions12–14 September 2012 – Pontevedra, Spainhttp://neobiota2012.blogspot.com/6th Evolutionary Biology Meeting18–21 September 2012 – Marseilles, Francehttp://sites.univ-provence.fr/evol-cgr/BES Annual Meeting 201218–20 December 2012 – Birmingham, UKhttp://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/meetings/6th <strong>International</strong> Conference of the IBS9–13 January 2013 – Florida, USAhttp://www.biogeography.org/INTECOL 2013Ecology: Into the next 100 years18–23 August 2013 – London, UKhttp://www.intecol2013.org/If you want to announce a meeting, event or job offer that could be of interest for (some) biogeographers,or you want to make a call for manuscripts or talks, please contact us atibs@mncn.csic.es and frontiersofbiogeography@gmail.com.44 © 2012 the authors; journal compilation © 2012 <strong>The</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Biogeography</strong> <strong>Society</strong> — frontiers of biogeography 4.1, 2012
table of contentsfrontiers of biogeographythe scientific magazine of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Biogeography</strong> <strong>Society</strong>volume 4, issue 1 - april 2012editorialISSN 1948-6596editorial: Advancing Frontiers, with a prospective, by M.N Dawson et al. 1news and updateupdate: A cure for seeing double? Convergence and unification in biogeography and ecology, by M.N Dawson & J. Hortal 3workshop summary: <strong>The</strong> application of species distribution models in the megadiverse Neotropics poses a renewed set ofresearch questions, by L.H.Y. Kamino et al. 7symposium summary: Towards new directions and collaborations in macroecology, by C. Graham & M. Winter 11book review: Avian history is written by the winners, by D.W. Yalden 13book review: Everything changes – especially on islands, by S. Sfenthourakis 15book review: Headwaters in the clouds, by M. Richter 17books noted with interest, by M. Eichhorn 19thesis abstract: Ecology and biogeography of island parasitoid faunas, by A.M.C. Santos 20opinion and perspectivesperspective: Losing time? Incorporating a deeper temporal perspective into modern ecology, by F.A. Smith & A.G. Boyer 26membership cornerfrom the society: Your IBS peers – An overview, by K. Faller 40from the society: Update on the 6 th Biennial Conference of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Biogeography</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, by D. Gavin 41from the members: Contribute to “<strong>The</strong> Alfred Russel Wallace Page” Website, by C.H. Smith 42Job announcements 43Upcoming events 44frontiers of biogeography copyright noticeCopyright © 2011 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Biogeography</strong> <strong>Society</strong> (IBS) under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CCANCND)license. All rights reserved. It is strictly forbidden to alter the journal contents in any manner without the express written permission of the IBS. Itis also strictly forbidden to make copies of whole issues of this journal for any commercial purpose without the express written permission of theIBS. <strong>The</strong> IBS holds the right for the passive distribution (i.e. through its publication on the Internet) of any part or the whole issue of the journalduring one year after its publication. Such right is explicitly transferred to eScholarship trhough an agreement with the journal and the IBS. Anyactive distribution of any part or the whole issue of the journal is explicitly permitted since the date of publication, and any passive distribution isexplicitly permitted after one year of the date of publication. Any individual and/or institution can download, read and/or print a copy of anyarticle or the whole journal for non-commercial educational or non-commercial research purposes at any time. This includes an express permissionto use articles for non-commercial educational purposes by making any number of copies for course packs or course reserve collections.Academic institutions/libraries may also store copies of articles and loan them to third parties. All copies of articles must preserve their copyrightnotice without modification. All articles are copyrighted by their authors under a universal Creative Commons Attribute License (CCAL), which isalso explicitly included in the agreement made betwen the journal and eScholarship. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproductionin any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. All authors endorse, permit and license the IBS to grant any thirdparty the copying and use privileges specified above without additional consideration or payment to them or to the IBS. <strong>The</strong>se endorsements, inwriting, are on file in the office of the IBS. Consult authors for permission to use any portion of their work in derivative works, compilations or todistribute their work in any commercial manner.From the IBS constitution: "Bylaw 10. Publications. All titles, copyrights, royalties or similar interests in tape recordings, books or other materialsprepared for the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Biogeography</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Inc activities will be held solely by the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Biogeography</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Inc and in the nameof the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Biogeography</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Inc.". And "Article 8. Publications. <strong>The</strong> publications of the <strong>Society</strong> shall include journals, newsletters, andsuch other publications as the Governing Board of Directors may authorize."We gratefully acknowledge Evolutionary Ecology, Ltd. and Mike Rosenzweig in particular for the advice on copyright matters.