Organized Oral Sessions

Monday, August 11, 2014

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1:30 PM-5:00 PM


OOS 1 - Ecosystem and Community Effects of Native and Invasive Diseases

OOS 2 - 20 years of Restoration following Cessation of Livestock Grazing: Lessons from Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

OOS 3 - Partnering With Community Colleges In Encouraging Future Ecologists

OOS 4 - The National Ecological Observatory (NEON): Opportunities and models for building synergistic partnerships with the community to advance continental scale ecology.

OOS 5 - Shrubland Resilience and Recovery After Disturbance

OOS 6 - Ecological Drought in California Forests: Linking Climate Science and Resource Management

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM


OOS 7 - Understanding Climate, Disturbance, and Forest Dynamics from Regional to Individual Tree Scales in the Sierra Nevada

OOS 8 - Achieving Energy and Ecological Literacies for All: Towards Best Practices in Science Education and Outreach at the Interface

OOS 9 - Understanding Woody Plant Encroachment as a Coupled Human and Natural System

OOS 10 - Ecological Genomics As an Emerging Field: Opportunities for Non-Model Organisms

OOS 11 - Nurturing Ideas and Scientists in Ecology: A Tribute to Bill Robertson

OOS 12 - Biota of the Los Angeles River, New Studies and Insights in 2014

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


OOS 13 - Innovations for Endangered Species Recovery

OOS 14 - Breaking from the Center: Increasing Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Events from the Sierra Nevada to the Atlantic Ocean

OOS 15 - Phenology, Ontogeny and the Timing of Species Interactions: Building a Temporally-Explicit Framework

OOS 16 - Looking Back and Looking Forward: Results and Advice from the World’s Forest Warming Experiments

OOS 17 - 50 Years of Wilderness Science: What Have Wilderness Areas Taught Us About Ecosystems?

OOS 18 - Enhancing Urban Sustainability: Social and Ecological Dimensions

OOS 19 - Probing the Microbial World of Flowers: Impacts on Plants and Animals

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM


OOS 20 - Ungulate Population Dynamics in Multi-Prey, Multi-Predator Systems

OOS 21 - A Path Forward for Improved Representation of Fine Roots in Large-Scale Models: Linking Models, Data, and Experiments

OOS 22 - Islands in Space and Time: Population and Community Ecology of Temporary Aquatic Habitat

OOS 23 - The Value of Comparative Approaches for Understanding Ecosystem Responses to Global Change

OOS 24 - Ecosystem Resilience and Lessons Learnt from Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments

OOS 25 - Implementing Collaborative Adaptive Management from Multiple Perspectives: Scientists, Agencies, and Public Stakeholders

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


OOS 26 - Communities Writ Small: Integrating Microbial Systems into Community Ecology

OOS 27 - Climate Warming, Changing Disturbance Regimes, and Forest Resilience

OOS 28 - Environmental Conservation on Private Lands – Planning, Implementation, Benefits and Motives of Conservation Measures in the Unprotected Landscape Matrix

OOS 29 - Citizen Science from Sea to Sky: Investigating Ecological Responses to Global Environmental Change

OOS 30 - Rhizosphere Interactions: An Exploration of Patterns Across Systems

OOS 31 - Quantifying the Role of Species in Restoration of Ecological Processes and Conservation Decision-Making

OOS 32 - Backing It Up: Science at Non-Profit Conservation Organizations

Thursday, August 14, 2014

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM


OOS 33 - Modeling Microbial Processes: From the Earth Down or the Microbe up?

OOS 34 - From Bacteria to the Biosphere: Nitrogen Isotope Applications Across Systems and Scales

OOS 35 - Whether in Life or in Death: Fresh Perspectives on How Plants Affect Biogeochemical Cycling

OOS 36 - Drought and Tree Mortality: Linking Experimental Results and Observations With Predictive Models.

OOS 37 - Indigenous Culture, Language, and Ecology

OOS 38 - Advancing Knowledge of Alpine and Arctic Treeline Ecotones and Responses to Environmental Change

OOS 39 - Mapping with the National Vegetation Classification: Purpose, Value, and Method

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


OOS 40 - Experimental Forests and Ranges As a Research Network

OOS 41 - Restoration, Distribution, and Ecology of Tamarix, A Ubiquitous Exotic Species

OOS 42 - ESA's Struggle for Identity Over the First 100 Years: Lessons for the Future?

OOS 43 - The Fray Jorge Project (1989-2014): A 25-year Window on Species Interactions and Climate Change in a Semiarid South American Community

OOS 44 - Riparian Ecology, Management, and Restoration in California’s Great Central Valley

OOS 45 - The Role of the Skin Microbiome in Amphibian Health, from Ecology and Immunology to Conservation Applications

OOS 46 - Agroecology and Its Applications, from Marine Kelp to Mountain Coffee

Friday, August 15, 2014

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM


OOS 47 - Anoxic Microsites in Unsaturated Soils: Drivers of Soil Biogeochemistry, Greenhouse Gas Flux, and Microbial Diversity

OOS 48 - Understanding the Structure and Function of Fire Maintain Ecosystems: Honoring the Research Influences of Dr. Robert Mitchell

OOS 49 - From Mountains to the Saline Lakes of the Great Basin: Ecosystems at Risk

OOS 50 - Causes and Consequences of Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in a Changing World

OOS 51 - The Ecological Research As Education Network (EREN): Merging Teaching and Research through Continental-Scale Collaborative Projects

OOS 52 - Novel Approaches for Process-Based Species Distribution Models