Final Program Listing


Monday, August 4, 2008
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
SYMP 1 - Why Is Ecology Hard To Learn: K-16 Through Graduate Students
SYMP 2 - The Theory of Ecology
SYMP 3 - Ecology and Economics: A New Literacy for Sharing Approaches to Achieve Synergy.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
8:00 AM-11:30 AM
SYMP 4 - Ecology Education and Outreach Programs at North American Field Stations: Natural Resource Islands to Improve Ecological Literacy and Outdoor Learning Experiences for a K-20+ Urbanized Society
SYMP 5 - The Ecological and Economic Impacts of Nonnative, Invasive Forest Insects and Pathogens
SYMP 6 - New Approaches to the Evolution of Social Behavior
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
SYMP 7 - Ecological Processes Across the Salinity Divide: Contrasts and Comparisons in Marine and Great Lakes Ecosystems
SYMP 8 - Tracking Ecological Change: Using Large-Scale, Long-Term Datasets
SYMP 9 - Linking Scientists With Non-Traditional Public Audiences to Enhance Ecological Thought

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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
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

Thursday, August 7, 2008
8:00 AM-11:30 AM
SYMP 16 - Combining Ecological and Archaeological Knowledge to Better Understand the Reciprocal Dynamics of People and the Ecosystems That Sustain Them
SYMP 17 - Forecasting Future Ecosystem States in a Time of Global Change: From Models to Management
SYMP 18 - Citizen Science in Ecology: The Intersection of Research and Education
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
SYMP 19 - Good Ideas at the Time: Historians Look at Ecology
SYMP 20 - Using Urban Ecological Research as a Tool for Enhancing Ecological Literacy
SYMP 21 - Environmental Fluctuation, Temporal Dynamics and Community Processes

Friday, August 8, 2008
8:00 AM-11:30 AM
SYMP 22 - Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change: Contrasting Views of Science and Policy
SYMP 23 - Toward Ecological Forecasting: Applications of Model-Data Fusion Techniques
SYMP 24 - Research and Education About Ecosystem Functioning: Linking Perspectives From Ecology, Social Sciences, and the Humanities