SPECIES ON THE MOVE 2019
International Conference Series

SOTM was hosted by Rhodes University, South Africa, and UTAS, Australia

On behalf of the 2019 Conference Convenors and Conference Organising Committee, it was our great pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to Kruger National Park for what was a rewarding, diverse and engaging Species on the Move International Conference Series held from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th July 2019.

The conference brought together scientists and natural resource managers working in the disciplines of global change, biogeography and evolution, and relevant in contexts of natural resource management, biodiversity management and conservation, and theoretical ecology.

We thank all those who made the long journey to join us in Kruger National Park, South Africa and hope you had an enjoyable and educational experience, we look forward to seeing you at the next Species on the Move Conference in the United States of America.

Professor Warwick Sauer & Professor Gretta Pecl
Conference Co-Convenors

2019 PRIZE WINNERS

Frontiers of Biogeography Poster Prize

Poster 29. Root and above-ground trait variation across a water availability gradient in woody Fynbos shrubs

Nicola Kuhn

MDPI Diversity Journal Student Poster Prize

Poster 11. ShinyBIOMOD: A new R application for modelling species distribution

Ian Ondo

Best Impact Presentation

Climate-mediated threats to temperate reef resilience: quantifying the mechanisms that limit kelp forest recovery

Sahira Bell

Best Overall Presentation

Shifting daylength regimes associated with range shifts alter aphid-parasitoid community dynamics

Rachel Kehoe

Commended Presentation

Ocean warming compresses the 3D habitat of marine biota

Gabriel Jorda