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would like to invite you to participate in the World Conference on
Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning (BIOLIEF). The BIOLIEF
conference will be devoted to the presentation of works concerning the
biology, ecology and population dynamics of biological invasions. Those
works relating biological invasions and changes on the functioning of
ecosystem will be highly considered.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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BIOLIEF conference will try to cover as many ecosystems and kingdoms as
possible, giving each one of them equal importance in the definition of
the final program.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">So,
we would like to invite you to submit an abstract to BIOLIEF. The deadline
to submit an abstract, either for poster or oral communications, is May
31st 2009.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">If
you make your pre-registration and payment until <STRONG>January 31st
2009</STRONG>, you will pay a registration fee of only
<STRONG>200€</STRONG>. This fee is valid both for students and
non-students participants. After this date, registration fees will
increase.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
BIOLIEF conference will be held in Porto, Portugal The old city center of
this northern Portuguese city was classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage
Site. The river Douro divides the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia,
where you can find the world renowned cellars of Oporto
Wine.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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further details you can visit the webpage <A
href="http://www.ciimar.up.pt/biolief">www.ciimar.up.pt/biolief</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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hope to count with your participation in BIOLIEF
conference.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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organization committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Carlos
Antunes, Ester Dias, Pedro Morais and Ronaldo
Sousa</SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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