Wednesday, August 6, 2008

7:00 AM-8:00 AM ESA Educator day breakfast: Inquiry approaches to ecological principles in the classroom (by invitation) 7:00 AM-9:00 AM ESA Meetings Committee ESA Publications Committee Business Mtg 8:00 AM-11:30 AM SYMP 10 - The Evolutionary Ecology of Metacommunities SYMP 11 - Global Climate Change and Agriculture: Interactions, Land Use Patterns, and Educational Connections SYMP 12 - Ecological Literacy for All OOS 12 - Ecohydrological Consequences of Aeolian Processes: Local to Global Scale Perspectives OOS 13 - Towards a Synthetic Theory of Tree-Grass Coexistence in Savannas OOS 14 - Ecological Education Furthering Environmental Justice 8:00 AM-12:00 PM FT 12 - Riveredge Nature Center - Lake Sturgeon Restoration in the Milwaukee River - Linking Ecological Research and Education 8:00 AM-4:00 PM ESA Panel on Vegetation Classification 9:00 AM-11:30 AM ESA Educator day discussion: How can teachers and students develop an ecological voice? 11:30 AM-12:15 PM ESA Educator day discussion: Informal table topic discussions 11:30 AM-1:15 PM ESA Environmental Justice Section Business Mtg ESA Science Committee Mtg Resources for Ecology Education * Fair & Share (REEFS) 11:45 AM-12:15 PM Presider/AV Training 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Carleton College Alumni & Friends Brown Bag Lunch 12:00 PM-1:15 PM ESA Southeastern Chapter Brown Bag Business Mtg 12:15 PM-1:15 PM PL 3 - Recent Advances Lecture - Moving beyond ecological to educational research: What are the questions? How do we answer them? What have we learned? Diane Ebert-May 1:30 PM-5:00 PM SYMP 13 - Evolution in a Community Context SYMP 14 - Transient Dynamics and its Implications for Ecological Theory SYMP 15 - Enhancing Ecological Thought Through Phenological Observation, Research, and Education OOS 15 - Theoretical Perspectives in Agroecology OOS 16 - Grinnellian Niches or Just Statistical Correlates?: Opportunities for Ecological Inference From Species Distribution Models OOS 17 - Training Biology Teachers in Ecological Research 2:15 PM-5:00 PM ESA Educator day discussion: Population halved as invasive mussle rule 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Musicians Central 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Colorado State University Ecologists ESA Biogeosciences Section Mixer ESA Diversity Mixer ESA Educator day discussion: Wrap-up discussion: What did we learn? ESA Mexican Chapter Business Mtg ESA Plant Population Ecology Section Mixer Nutrient Network Business Mtg University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology Reception USGS Meet and Greet Yale University - F&ES Alumni/ae Reception 8:00 PM-10:00 PM SS 18 - Ecological Practices and Public Awareness - A dialogue between the U.S. and China SS 19 - Prioritizing Wildlife-Friendly Agricultural Research SS 20 - Phenology as a Tool to Enhance Ecological Understanding through Integration of Research and Education SS 21 - "No Child Left Indoors": An Action Plan for Future Involvement by ESA Members SS 22 - Bridging Ecohydrological Research from Arid Lands to Humid Environments ESA SEEDS Undergraduate Research Fellowship Mtg