Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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 COS 47 - Aquatic Ecology: Lakes and Ponds COS 48 - Behavior: Foraging and Diet COS 49 - Community Disturbance and Recovery COS 50 - Dispersal and Colonization COS 51 - Invasion: Control and Management I COS 52 - Invasion: Mechanisms and Process I COS 53 - Land-Use and Land-Use History COS 54 - Mutualism and Facilitation COS 55 - Mycorrhizae and Ecosystem Function COS 56 - Nitrogen Cycling I COS 57 - Paleoecology COS 58 - Phenotypic Plasticity COS 59 - Plant-Insect Interactions: Pollination COS 60 - Predation and Predator-Prey Interactions COS 61 - Resource Allocation and Partitioning 8:00 AM-12:00 PM FT 12 - Riveredge Nature Center - Lake Sturgeon Restoration in the Milwaukee River - Linking Ecological Research and Education - CANCELLED 8:00 AM-4:00 PM ESA Panel on Vegetation Classification 11:30 AM-1:15 PM ESA Environmental Justice Section Business Mtg ESA Science Committee Mtg 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 COS 62 - Agriculture, Agroecology, and Agroforestry I COS 63 - Aquatic Ecology: Limnology COS 64 - Assessment in Education COS 65 - Behavior COS 66 - Biofuel Ecology and Cropping Systems COS 67 - Climate Change and Carbon II COS 68 - Community Ecology: Plants II COS 69 - Disease Ecology and Epidemiology I COS 70 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity I COS 71 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses COS 72 - Invasion: Control and Management II COS 73 - Invasion: Mechanisms and Process II COS 74 - Microbial Ecology COS 75 - Nitrogen Cycling II COS 76 - Spatial Scale and Scaling 5:00 PM-6:30 PM PS 34 - Arctic, Alpine, and Antarctic Systems PS 35 - Abundance and Rarity PS 36 - Aquatic-Terrestrial Linkages PS 37 - Arid and Semi-Arid Systems PS 38 - Biodiversity PS 39 - Classification PS 40 - Community Assembly and Neutral Theory PS 41 - Community Disturbance and Recovery PS 42 - Competition PS 43 - Distributions and Range Limits PS 44 - Education: Active Learning PS 45 - Education: K-12 PS 46 - Education: Public Outreach PS 47 - Education: Undergraduate PS 48 - Environmental Gradients PS 49 - Fisheries Management PS 50 - Land Use and Land-Use History PS 51 - Paleoecology PS 52 - Urban Ecosystems Musicians Central 6:30 PM-8:00 PM NEON Town Hall Meeting: Community Update Colorado State University Ecologists ESA Biogeosciences Section Mixer ESA Diversity Mixer ESA Mexican Chapter Business Mtg ESA Physiological Ecology Section 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 US 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