Wednesday, August 5, 2009

7:00 AM-8:00 AM ESA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting 7:00 AM-9:00 AM ESA Development Committee Business Meeting ESA Meetings Committee Meeting ESA Publications Committee Meeting 7:00 AM-11:00 AM FT 14 - Exploring the Urban Gradient of Albuquerque 8:00 AM-9:00 AM ESA Education and Human Resources Committee Business Meeting 8:00 AM-11:30 AM SYMP 10 - The Rainforest Within: Biodiversity of the Human Body and its Relationship to Health and Disease SYMP 11 - The Interplay of Ecology and Evolution at 'Micro' and 'Macro' Scales: Empirically-Motivated Theory SYMP 12 - Managed Relocation (aka Assisted Migration): An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of a Newly Proposed Conservation Strategy OOS 22 - Providing Ecological Knowledge to High Schools and Professional Organizations OOS 23 - Your Big Backyard Ecosystem: Lawns and Gardens as Foci for Understanding Urban Ecology and Sustainability OOS 24 - Integrating Science and Policy for Watershed Sustainability: Balancing Hydrological Services, Quality of Life, and Economic Vitality OOS 25 - Ecological Knowledge to Enhance Stewardship and Restoration of Sagebrush Steppe Communities OOS 26 - Special Series on Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles (2 of 3): Interactions Between CBC and Large-Scale Variations in Climate COS 49 - Aquatic Ecology: Lakes and Ponds COS 50 - Behavior: Migration and Movement II COS 51 - Biodiversity: Patterns COS 52 - Biogeochemistry: Biogeo Patterns Along Environmental Gradients I COS 53 - Climate Change: Plants II COS 54 - Community Assembly and Neutral Theory I COS 55 - Competition: Interspecific COS 56 - Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment COS 57 - Evolutionary Ecology COS 58 - Invasion: Invasibility, Stability, and Diversity COS 59 - Modeling: Case Studies COS 60 - Mutualism and Facilitation COS 61 - Physiology: Plant Respiration and Transpiration II COS 62 - Population Biology COS 63 - Population Dynamics: Metapopulations COS 64 - Restoration Ecology I COS 65 - Species Interactions I 8:00 AM-2:00 PM ESA Panel on Vegetation Classification 8:30 AM-3:30 PM FT 15 - Sandia Peak Tramway 11:30 AM-12:00 PM ESA Presider/AV Training 11:30 AM-1:15 PM ESA Environmental Justice Section Business Meeting ESA Public Affairs Committee Meeting ESA Southeastern Chapter Brown Bag Lunch 12:15 PM-1:15 PM ESA Plenary 3: Recent Advances Lecture: Urban Ecosystem Services: Advances and Uncertainties 1:30 PM-5:00 PM SYMP 13 - What Should Ecology Education Look Like in the Year 2020? SYMP 14 - Phenology, the Interdisciplinary Canary: Linkages between Ecology and Sustainable Decision Making in a Dynamic Environment SYMP 15 - Sustainable Urban Design: What Do Ecologists Have to Offer? OOS 27 - Application of Molecular Knowledge of Microbes to Studies of Ecological Processes: Why the Integration is so Challenging OOS 28 - Projection Matrix Models: Investigating General Patterns in Plant Demography OOS 29 - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Current Trends and Future Directions OOS 30 - Forest Sustainability Lessons and Future Directions: Twenty Years of Ecology in the Sierra Nevada OOS 31 - Evolutionary Ecology of Invertebrate Host-Parasite Interactions OOS 32 - Special Series on Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles (3 of 3): CBCs Over Time and Ecosystem Boundaries OOS 33 - Natural History: The Basis for Ecological Understanding and a Global Sustainable Society COS 66 - Amphibian Decline and Chytridiomycosis COS 67 - Biogeochemistry: Biogeo Patterns Along Environmental Gradients II COS 68 - Biogeography and Macroecology COS 69 - Community Assembly and Neutral Theory II COS 70 - Ecosystem Stability and Resilience COS 71 - Fire Management COS 72 - Fisheries Management and Models COS 73 - Invasion: Prevention and Management COS 74 - Life History Theory and Evolution COS 75 - Modeling: General Concepts COS 76 - Mycorrhizae and Plant-Fungal Interactions COS 77 - Population Dynamics and Regulation COS 78 - Restoration Ecology II COS 79 - Rhizophere and Root Function COS 80 - Species Interactions II COS 81 - Woodland/Savanna 5:00 PM-6:30 PM PS 1 - NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) PS 42 - Agricultural Landscapes PS 43 - Arctic, Alpine, and Antarctic systems PS 44 - Biogeochemistry: Atmospheric N Deposition Effects PS 45 - Biogeochemistry: C and N Cycling in Response to Global Change PS 46 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure and Ecosystem Function PS 47 - Coastal, Estuarine, and Marine Habitats PS 48 - Conservation PS 49 - Ecoinformatics PS 50 - Evolution: Genetic Isolation and Differentiation PS 51 - Evolution: Selection and Adaptation PS 52 - Forest Habitats: Temperate PS 53 - Forest Habitats: Tropical and Seasonal Tropical PS 54 - Herbivory PS 55 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses PS 56 - Paleoecology PS 57 - Population Dynamics and Regulation PS 58 - Predation and Predator-Prey Interactions PS 59 - Sampling PS 60 - Scaling: Body Size and Allometry 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Musicians Central 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Colorado State University Ecologists Mixer ESA Diversity Mixer ESA Microbial Ecology Section Business Meeting and Mixer ESA Physiological Ecology Section Business Meeting and Mixer ESA Plant Population Biology Section Mixer ESA South American Chapter Inaugural Business Meeting Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Mixer University of California, Davis Mixer 8:00 PM-10:00 PM SS 18 - Public Participation in Research (i.e., Citizen Science) and Ecological Literacy: Future Directions SS 19 - The Schoolyard Children's Book Series: Ecology Stories for Outreach and Education SS 20 - Photography for Conservation: Exploring How Visual Tools Improve Ecological Research, Literacy, and Sustainability SS 21 - Alternate Ecology: An Exploration of Ecological Counterfactuals SS 22 - Scenario-Based Analysis as a Focus for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources on Federal Lands WK 27 - Special Series on Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles: Panel Discussion and Group Forum WK 28 - Next Steps Toward a Natural History Renaissance WK 29 - CANCELLED - Toward an Integrated Understanding of Ecosystem Processes in Urban Grasslands SEEDS Fellowship Meeting