Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Pecos, Albuquerque Convention Center
OOS 35 - Roles of Ecological Science in Combating Global Change and Natural Disasters and Working Toward Sustainability of a Global Society: Lessons from China
With increasing human disturbance, the Earth is experiencing unprecedented change. Changing climate, decreasing biodiversity, uncontrolled pollution, and increasing natural disasters are negatively affecting the balance of ecosystems and compromising a sustainable human society. Ecological science plays an important role in combating global change and natural disasters, and provides rich knowledge for sustainability. For example, understanding ecosystem carbon cycles and dynamics, with a magnitude much more than anthropogenic emissions of carbon, will inform sound policies and measures to mitigate climate change. Taking China as an example, with 1/5 of global population living in China and an increasing rate of urbanization, harmonizing nature and human beings is critically important for developing a sustainable society. The objective of this symposium is to address how ecological principles and technologies, both theoretical and applicable, are used in China to combat global change and natural disasters and to fulfill a goal of sustainability. The expected speech topics include the ecological impacts and restoration of the catastrophic Sichuan 5/12 Earthquake in 2008, climate change impacts on Tibetan Plateau, land-use change during rapid urbanization, invasive species in China, and carbon monitoring systems in China. Given the uniqueness of ecosystems, climate, history, culture, and social development in China, and also given the relatively less knowledge published on China’s ecosystems, the symposium is expected to attract large, broad, and diverse audience including those who are conducing ecological research in China and who are interested in China’s ecosystems as part of the global system.
Organizer:	Jianwu Tang, Marine Biological Laboratory
Co-organizers:	Adam Wei, University of British Columbia (Okanagan) Chao Liang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator:	Jianwu Tang, Marine Biological Laboratory
8:00 AM	OOS 35-1		Insights to the functioning of carbon balance in Eastern China ecosystems based on the monitoring network of US-China Carbon Consortium Asko Noormets, North Carolina State University, Guangsheng Zhou, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Li Zhou, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shiping Chen, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bin Zhao, Fudan University
8:20 AM	OOS 35-2		China’s water crisis and global ecological impacts Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service
8:40 AM	OOS 35-3		Environmental network: Linking China and the US Xiaojun Lu, Environment & Public Health Network for Chinese Students and Scholars
9:00 AM	OOS 35-4		China’s land-use change and its effects on GHG Hanqin Tian, Auburn University, Mingliang Liu, Auburn University, Guangsheng Chen, Auburn University, Wei Ren, Auburn University, Chaoqun Lu, Auburn University, Xiaofeng Xu, Auburn University
9:20 AM	OOS 35-5		Large-scale manipulative experiments in the temperate steppe and implication to carbon cycles Shiqiang Wan, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuli Niu, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jianyang Xia, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Weixing Liu, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
9:40 AM			Break
9:50 AM	OOS 35-6		Ecological applications to impact assessment and restoration of 2008 Sichuan earthquake Bai-Lian Li, University of California
10:10 AM	OOS 35-7		Relating habitat changes to sustainability of Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Xiaojun Kou, Beijing Normal University, Pu Mou, Beijing Normal University, Jianguo Wu, Arizona State University, Tianming Wang, Beijing Normal University, Qingxi Guo, Northeast Forestry Univesity, Anru Lou, Beijing Normal University, Rumei Xu, Beijing Normal University, Jianping Ge, Beijing Normal University
10:30 AM	OOS 35-8		Evaluating pine forest condition in SW China:  Multi-year, interdisciplinary study combining ethnography and forest ecology Keala Hagmann, University of Washington, Philip M. Chi, University of Washington, Lauren S. Urgenson, University of Washington, Sara J. Shepler, University of Washington, Zongyong Zeng, Sichuan University, Stevan Harrell, University of Washington, Thomas M. Hinckley, University of Washington
10:50 AM	OOS 35-9		Managing forest stand structures to enhance conservation of the Amur tiger in Northeastern China Xuemei Han, Yale University, Chadwick D. Oliver, Yale University

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