“Responding to Rapid Environmental Change”, reflects how ecologists are meeting one of the great challenges of the present: how to deal with the impact of global change on ecosystems. The EEF is most grateful to the AEET and SPECO for hosting in 2011 what promises to be an excellent meeting, advancing the science of ecology in Europe and bringing the very best scientific minds together to consider how ecology can contribute to tackling many of the challenges faced by society and the environment across the globe. Website: http://www.eefcongress2011.eu/index.php?idpagina=1&idioma=ang