COS 108 - Ecosystem Services Assessment I

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E141, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Phenology of green infrastructure in cities: A window into ecosystem services in urban environments
Carol A. Wessman, University of Colorado-Boulder; Brian Muller, University of Colorado; Brian Justin Buma, University of Alaska Southeast; Mahda M. Bagher, University of Colorado; Travis Flohr, University of Colorado; Mehdi P. Heris, University of Colorado
1:50 PM
 Participatory mapping of ecosystem services for marine spatial planning in Vancouver Island, Canada
Sarah C. Klain, University of British Columbia; Kai Ming A. Chan, University of British Columbia
2:10 PM
 Carbon benefits from forested protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the conterminous United States
Linda S. Heath, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Daolan Zheng, The University of New Hampshire; Mark J. Ducey, The University of New Hampshire
2:30 PM
 Ecological indicators of agroecosystem function in the rapidly developing eastern plains of Colombia
Patrick Lavelle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie VI, Paris; Nubia Rodríguez, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria; Edgar Rodríguez, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Maria del Pilar Hurtado, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Sandra Loaiza, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Cesar Botero, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Steven J. Fonte, Colorado State University
2:50 PM
 ECOSEL, an online market-based tool for monetizing ecosystem services: Pack Forest A Case Study
Gregory J. Ettl, University of Washington; Sándor Tóth, University of Washington; Nora Konnyu, University of Washington; Jeffrey Comnick, University of Washington; Kevin Ceder, University of Washington; Sergey Rabotyagov, University of Washington; Aaron Wirsing, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington; Luke Rogers, University of Washington
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Water management, native plant communities and air quality in Owens Valley, California: A cost-effective ecological economic analysis of maintenance or restoration of alkali meadow communities
John J. Gutrich, Southern Oregon University; Keith Gigliello, Southern Oregon University; Lance Woods, Southern Oregon University; Kimberly R. Vest, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Andrew J. Elmore, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
3:40 PM
 Incorporating ecosystem services into an urban scenario planning package
Sarah J. Hinners, Metropolitan Research Center; Martin P. Buchert, Metropolitan Research Center
4:00 PM
 Using MCMC parameterization to improve accuracy of an ecologically-scaled landscape index of pollinator abundance
Eric Lonsdorf, University of Minnesota; Christina M. Kennedy, The Nature Conservancy; Maile C. Neel, University of Maryland; Neal M. Williams, University of California; Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley
4:20 PM
 Description of multiple ecosystem services in temperate forest ecosystem in Mexico
Leopoldo Galicia Sr., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Alba E. Zarco-Arista Sr., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
4:40 PM
 Non-economic ecosystem services assessment of urban land in the New York City social-ecological system
Timon McPhearson, The New School; Peleg Kremer, The New School; Zoe Hamstead, The New School