99th ESA Annual Meeting (August 10 -- 15, 2014)

Saturday, August 9, 2014

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7:00 AM-7:30 PM


FT 1 - North Coast Sustainable Winegrape Vineyards and Wine Tasting

7:30 AM-12:00 PM


FT 2 - Biodiversity and Agriculture at the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility and the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve

8:00 AM-3:00 PM


FT 3 - CANCELLED - Tidal Marsh and Managed Salt Ponds Surrounding San Francisco Bay

8:00 AM-5:00 PM


WK 2 - Structural Equation Modeling: An Introduction

8:30 AM-5:00 PM


- ESA Governing Board Meeting

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


FT 4 - Tribal Land and Resource Management in the Sacramento Valley-Delta: Fire and Culture

12:00 PM-5:00 PM


WK 3 - Community Data Analysis Using the Vegan Package in R

4:30 PM-8:00 PM


- ESA SEEDS Orientation Dinner (invitation only)

5:00 PM-9:00 PM


WK 4 - Saturday Night Special! Get the Job: Early-Career Professional Development in Networking, Accessing Hidden Career Opportunities, Managing Your Research Reputation, and Partnering with Mentors (refreshments)

Sunday, August 10, 2014

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7:00 AM-5:30 PM


FT 5 - McLaughlin Reserve Field Trip - Serpentine Ecology and Mining History

7:15 AM-3:30 PM


FT 6 - The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Exploring the Heart of California

7:30 AM-6:30 PM


FT 7 - Lake Tahoe: Exploration of Challenges and Solutions to Protect One of the Gems of the Sierra Nevada

8:00 AM-11:30 AM


WK 5 - Lightweight Social Data Curation and Preservation for Sustainability Research: An Introduction to SEAD Services and Tools

WK 6 - Next Generation of Methods and Techniques to Address Global Change Problems

WK 7 - Overcoming Obstacles: Working with Journalists to Get Your Science “Out There”

WK 10 - Data Visualization Using R and ggplot

WK 11 - Teach Ecological Concepts through Data Exploration Using Science Pipes

8:00 AM-4:30 PM


FT 8 - CANCELLED - A Tour of Yolo County Restoration Sites

8:00 AM-5:00 PM


WK 1 - A Brief Introduction to Bayesian and Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling in Ecology

WK 8 - Environmental Sequencing Approaches and Computational Tools for Ecologists

WK 12 - Structural Equation Modeling: Advanced Techniques

WK 13 - CANCELLED  Engaging Elementary and Middle School Students and Teachers with Project Learning Tree

8:15 AM-4:00 PM


FT 9 - Relictual Native Grass Stands and Automated Animal Tracking in the Inner Coast Range of California

8:30 AM-12:00 PM


- ESA Governing Board Meeting

8:30 AM-3:00 PM


FT 10 - Urban Bioblitz Along The American River Corridor

8:45 AM-3:30 PM


FT 11 - CANCELLED Multi-Benefit Riparian Restoration in California’s Great Central Valley: The Bear and Feather River Levee Setback Projects

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


FT: 12 - CANCELLED - Chase Indian Grinding Rocks State Park Field Trip, Volcano, California

WK 9 - Exploring Diverse Career Pathways in Ecology

9:15 AM-6:00 PM


FT 13 - Coastal Ecosystems of Northern California: Oceans, Mountains, Forests, Farms

12:00 PM-5:00 PM


WK 14 - Demography in a Continuous World: Introduction to Integral Projection Models (IPMs)

WK 15 - Beyond the Written Word: Advancing Ecology Communication Through Multimedia

WK 16 - A Hands-on Primer for Working with Big Data in R: Introduction to Common Formats & Efficient Data Visualization

WK 17 - Engaging K-12 Teachers in Authentic Ecology and Education Learning

WK 18 - Tools for Estimating Uncertainty in Ecology

1:00 PM-2:00 PM


- ESA Buell/Braun Judges Meeting

- ESA Governing Council Special Orientation and Discussion

2:00 PM-5:00 PM


- ESA Governing Council Orientation and Reception

3:00 PM-3:30 PM


- ESA Presider/AV Training Session

3:00 PM-5:00 PM


- ESA SEEDS Mentor Orientation

5:00 PM-6:30 PM


PL 1 - ESA Opening Plenary Session

6:30 PM-7:30 PM


- ESA Welcome Reception

7:00 PM-9:00 PM


- ESA SEEDS Welcome Dinner (invitation only)

Monday, August 11, 2014

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7:00 AM-9:00 AM


- ESA Ecology Editorial Board Meeting

- ESA SEEDS Breakfast (invitation only)

8:00 AM-10:15 AM


PL 2 - ESA Scientific Plenary and Awards Session

8:00 AM-1:00 PM


FT 14 - Ecological Planning and Design Along the American River Parkway

10:15 AM-11:30 AM


SS 1 - Resources for Ecology Education: Fair and Share (REEFS)

SS 2 - Ecological Concepts: Of What Value, and for Whom?

SS 3 - CANCELLED Land-Use Changes in Latin America: A Cross National Dialogue

SS 4 - Ecometagenomics

SS 5 - How to Get the Most out of ESA’s 2014 Annual Meeting: An Orientation for Student Attendees

SS 6 - The Science of Team Science: Effectively Leveraging Ecological Research Networks

SS 7 - Engaging with Business and Industry to Advance Earth Stewardship - Business and Biodiversity

SS 8 - From Studying To Shaping: A Design Charette Bridging Site Analysis To Conceptual Design

SS 9 - The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES): Natural and Social Scientists Collaborating at Global Scales

SS 10 - Sense of Place

11:30 AM-12:00 PM


- ESA Presider/AV Training Session

11:30 AM-1:15 PM


- ESA Board of Certification Meeting

- ESA Past Presidents' Forum (by invitation only)

- Joint Editors' Luncheon (By invitation only)

- Oecologia EIC Meeting

WK 19 - NEON’s Mobile Deployment Platform: Seeking Input on a Community Resource

WK 20 - Teaching Ecology Using Group Work

WK 21 - Exploring Current Funding Opportunities for Students

WK 22 - SPOCC: The Final Frontier of Online Species Occurence Data

WK 24 - Visualization with Radioisotopes Gets to the Root of Plant/Microbe Metabolite Transfer

WK 25 - Opportunities for Engagement in the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

11:45 AM-1:00 PM


- ESA Rangeland Ecology Section Business Meeting and Symposium Planning

11:45 AM-1:15 PM


- ESA Statistical Ecology Section Mixer and Business Meeting

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


IGN 1 - From Plains to Oceans to Islands: Regional Findings from the Third National Climate Assessment

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


COS 1 - Aquatic Ecology I

COS 2 - Biodiversity I

COS 3 - Biogeochemistry: Aboveground-Belowground Interactions

COS 4 - Climate Change: Plants I

COS 5 - Community Assembly And Neutral Theory I

COS 6 - Ecosystem Management

COS 7 - Ecosystem Stability And Resilience I

COS 8 - Herbivory I

COS 9 - Invasion I

COS 10 - Landscape Ecology

COS 11 - Microbial Ecology

COS 12 - Mutualism And Facilitation I

COS 13 - Paleoecology

COS 14 - Physiological Ecology I

COS 15 - Rhizosphere And Root Function

COS 16 - Spatial Analysis And GIS

COS 17 - Tropical Forests

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

SYMP 1 - ESA Early Career Fellows Symposium: New Frontiers in Ecological Research

SYMP 2 - Ecosystem Stewardship Through Traditional Resource and Environmental Management: Indigenous Management Models from Around the Globe

SYMP 3 - The View from the Trenches: Perspectives and Advice from Scientists Engaged in Science, Policy and Advocacy

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


IGN 2 - From Mountains to Coasts: Ecosystems in the Third National Climate Assessment

4:00 PM-6:00 PM


- Ecosystems, Health and Sustainability Editorial Board Meeting

4:30 PM-6:30 PM


OPS 1 - From Oceans to Mountains: Recent Findings from Phenology Data Curated By the USA National Phenology Network

PS 1 - Aquatic Ecology: Lakes And Ponds

PS 2 - Aquatic Ecology: Streams And Rivers

PS 3 - Arctic, Alpine, Antarctic Systems

PS 4 - Arid And Semi-Arid Systems

PS 5 - Climate Change

PS 6 - Climate Change: Communities

PS 7 - Climate Change: Plants

PS 8 - Climate Change: Ranges And Phenology

PS 9 - Education: Community-Based Learning

PS 10 - Education: Pedagogy

PS 11 - Education: Research And Assessment

PS 12 - Education: Tools & Technology

PS 13 - Landscape Ecology

PS 14 - Phenology

PS 15 - Spatial Analysis And GIS

PS 16 - Traditional Ecological Knowledge

PS 17 - Urban Ecology

PS 18 - Wetlands

5:00 PM-5:45 PM


- ESA Awards Recepients' Reception (by invitation only)

6:30 PM-7:00 PM


- ESA Policy Section Business Meeting

6:30 PM-8:00 PM


- Christian Ecologists Social

- ESA Aquatic Section Mixer

- ESA ESA Policy Section, Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows, and Union of Concerned Scientists Mixer

- ESA Theoretical Ecology Section Mixer

- ESA Vegetation Section and IAVS-NA Business Meeting and Mixer

- Utah State Ecology Center Social

TK 1 - ESA Student Mixer

8:00 PM-10:00 PM


SS 11 - An Evening of Art and Music

SS 12 - Developing Environmental Leaders: Perspectives from Graduate to Mid-career Leadership Programs

SS 13 - IMPACT: It’s Yours to Make

WK 26 - Career Hour: Networking Night! Become a Networking Rock Star

WK 27 - Simple App Creation for Ecologists Using MIT App Inventor: Introduction

WK 28 - Data Basin: Open-access to Spatial Data Tools, and Social Networks in Support of Landscape Conservation

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM


- ESA Awards Committee Business Meeting (by invitation only)

TK 2 - ESA Grad Student, Post Docs and Mentor/Mentee Breakfast

7:00 AM-8:30 AM


- ESA Science Committee Meeting

7:00 AM-9:00 AM


- ESA Frontiers Editorial Board Meeting

- ESA Meetings Committee Business Meeting

- ESA Public Affairs Committee Business Meeting

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


IGN 3 - Tools for Working with Ecological Data

8:00 AM-11:30 AM


COS 18 - Aquatic Ecology II

COS 19 - Biodiversity II

COS 20 - Biogeochemistry: Biogeo Patterns Along Environmental Gradients

COS 21 - Climate Change: Plants II

COS 22 - Community Assembly And Neutral Theory II

COS 23 - Community Pattern And Dynamics I

COS 24 - Conservation Ecology

COS 25 - Disease And Epidemiology I

COS 26 - Ecosystem Stability And Resilience II

COS 27 - Education And Outreach I

COS 28 - Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity

COS 29 - Herbivory II

COS 30 - Invasion II

COS 31 - Mutualism And Facilitation II

COS 32 - Phenology

COS 33 - Physiological Ecology II

COS 34 - Remote Sensing And Image Analysis

COS 35 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions

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

SYMP 4 - A Toolbox for Initiating and Managing Long-Term Data Collections

SYMP 5 - Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Understanding and Adapting to Ecosystem Responses

SYMP 6 - Operationalizing the Concept of Ecosystem Services through Interdisciplinary Research and Synthesis

8:00 AM-5:00 PM


- ESA Vegetation Classification Panel Meeting

10:00 AM-11:30 AM


IGN 4 - Tips and Techniques for Working with Ecological Data

11:30 AM-1:15 PM


- ESA Centennial Implementation Committee Meeting

- ESA Ecosphere Editorial Board Meeting

- ESA Public Affairs Office Rapid Response Team Luncheon

- ESA Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Section Meeting and Lunch

- Ecology Letters Editorial Board Meeting

- GLBT Brown Bag Lunch

WK 29 - Funding for Ecology from the National Science Foundation: A Discussion with Program Officers

WK 30 - Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Thematic Assessment of Pollination and Food Production

WK 31 - Submit Your Teaching Resource to ESA’s EcoEd Digital Library

WK 32 - Linking Science and Public Policy: Strategies to Engage in Policy Change and Communicate with Policy Makers

WK 33 - Career Hour: The Interview: What You Need to Do before, during, and after to Get the Job

WK 34 - ESA SEEDS Chapter Activities Presentation Workshop

11:45 AM-1:00 PM


- ESA Agroecology Business Meeting

12:00 PM-1:00 PM


- ESA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Business Meeting

12:00 PM-1:15 PM


- ESA Paleoecology Section Business Meeting

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


IGN 5 - Sections and ESA Awards: Meet, Learn, and Connect with the ESA Sections! (Part 1 of 2)

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


COS 36 - Aquatic-Terrestrial Linkages

COS 37 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change

COS 38 - Biogeochemistry: C And N Cycling In Response To Global Change I

COS 39 - Climate Change: Communities I

COS 40 - Climate Change: Plants III

COS 41 - Community Disturbance And Recovery I

COS 42 - Community Pattern And Dynamics II

COS 43 - Competition I

COS 44 - Disease And Epidemiology II

COS 45 - Ecosystem Services Assessment

COS 46 - Herbivory: Plant Defenses

COS 47 - Invasion: Community Effects I

COS 48 - Land-Use And Land-Use History

COS 49 - Life History Theory And Evolution

COS 50 - Physiological Ecology III

COS 51 - Restoration Ecology I

COS 52 - Seed Production, Dispersal, And Predation

COS 53 - Soil Ecology

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

SYMP 7 - Achieving Energy and Ecological Literacies for All: Opportunities for Science Education and Outreach at the Interface

SYMP 8 - Pretty Darn Good Control of Noisy, Uncertain, and Dynamic Ecological Systems

SYMP 9 - From Oceans to Mountains: Using Abiotic Gradients to Investigate the Effects of Climate on the Cascading Effects of Predators

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


IGN 6 - Sections and ESA Awards: Meet, Learn, and Connect with the ESA Sections! (Part 2 of 2)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM


- ESA Ecological Applications Editorial Board Meeting

4:30 PM-6:30 PM


OPS 2 - The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): An Open Access Resource for Ecology Across Diverse Ecosystems and Broad Scales

PS 19 - Agroecology/Agroforestry

PS 20 - Conservation Management

PS 21 - Conservation Planning, Policy, And Theory

PS 22 - Ecosystem Management

PS 23 - Environmental Impact And Risk Assessment

PS 24 - Forest And Rangeland Management

PS 25 - Forest Habitats

PS 26 - Microbial Ecology

PS 27 - Restoration Ecology

PS 28 - Soil Ecology

PS 29 - Sustainability

6:15 PM-9:30 PM


FT 15 - View Sunset Emergence of a Large Colony of Mexican Freetailed Bats from Under the Sacramento I80 Causeway

6:30 PM-8:00 PM


- Bringing the Odum School of Ecology to Sacramento

- ESA Disease Ecology Section Inaugural Business Meeting and Mixer

- ESA Education Section Business Meeting and Social

- ESA Fund for the Future Donor Reception (by invitation only)

- ESA Soil Ecology, Microbial Ecology, and Biogeosciences Section Joint Mixer

- ESA Student Section Business Meeting & Award Ceremony

- Ecology Letters Drinks Reception (invitation only)

- Ignite Session Section Bash: Applied Ecology, Agroecology, Human Ecology, Environmental Justice, Southeast Chapter, Plant Population, Microbial Ecology, Biogeoscience, Soil Ecology, and Urban Ecosystem Ecology

- Michigan Ecology Mixer

6:30 PM-9:00 PM


- Oecologia Editorial Board Meeting

8:00 PM-10:00 PM


SS 14 - Microbial Community Diversity and Assembly

SS 15 - Benefit or Burden: The True Cost of Unpaid Internships

SS 16 - Riparian Research and Management Challenges in Large River Systems

SS 17 - Creating Effective Data Management Plans for Ecological Research

WK 35 - Achieving Energy Education & Ecological Literacies for All: A Share-Fair and Discussion for Innovative Resources and Approaches

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

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5:30 AM-7:00 AM


TK 3 - ESA Sunrise 5K Fun Run/Walk--$15

7:00 AM-8:00 AM


- ESA Historial Records Committee Business Meeting

7:00 AM-8:30 AM


- CANCELLED ESA International Affairs Section Breakfast and Auction

7:00 AM-9:00 AM


- ESA Meetings Committee Business Meeting

- ESA Publications Board Meeting

7:00 AM-5:00 PM


FT 16 - Agroecology in Action: Woodleaf Farm and Lundberg Family Farms Tour

7:30 AM-9:30 AM


- ESA Committee on Diversity and Education Business Meeting

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


IGN 7 - Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems

8:00 AM-11:30 AM


COS 54 - Agricultural Systems

COS 55 - Biogeochemistry: C And N Cycling In Response To Global Change II

COS 56 - Climate Change: Communities II

COS 57 - Community Disturbance And Recovery II

COS 58 - Community Pattern And Dynamics III

COS 59 - Competition II

COS 60 - Conservation Management I

COS 61 - Disease And Epidemiology III

COS 62 - Diversity Estimation

COS 63 - Education And Outreach II

COS 64 - Effects Of Multiple Global Changes On Communities And Ecosystems

COS 65 - Invasion: Community Effects II

COS 66 - Modeling

COS 67 - Physiological Ecology IV

COS 68 - Plant-Insect Interactions I

COS 69 - Restoration Ecology II

COS 70 - Urban Ecosystems I

COS 71 - Wetlands

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

SYMP 10 - Sustainable Sourcing of Food Products: Social-Ecological Perspective of Constraints and Opportunities for Sustainable Food Production Strategies

SYMP 11 - Challenges and Advances in Statistical Software For Ecology

SYMP 12 - Advancing Ecological Theory for Conservation Biology

10:00 AM-11:30 AM


IGN 8 - Where Is NEON Now? Updates on the National Ecological Observatory Network

11:30 AM-12:00 PM


- ESA Presider/AV Training Session

11:30 AM-1:15 PM


- California State University Ecologists Brown Bag Lunch

- ESA Human Ecology Brown Bag Lunch

- ESA Tutorial for ESA Website Updates: All Section/Chapter Chairs Invited

- Theoretical Ecology Editorial Board Meeting

11:45 AM-1:00 PM


- ESA Southwestern Chapter Business Meeting

12:00 PM-1:15 PM


- ESA Environmental Justice Section Business Meeting

12:15 PM-1:15 PM


PL 3 - ESA Recent Advances Lecture

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


IGN 9 - Boundary Organizations: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


COS 72 - Agroecology/Agroforestry

COS 73 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function

COS 74 - Climate Change: Communities III

COS 75 - Climate Change: Ranges And Phenology I

COS 76 - Community Pattern And Dynamics IV

COS 77 - Conservation Management II

COS 78 - Disease And Epidemiology IV

COS 79 - Dispersal And Colonization

COS 80 - Ecosystem Function

COS 81 - Environmental Impact And Risk Assessment

COS 82 - Fisheries Management And Models

COS 83 - Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes I

COS 84 - Modeling: Communities, Disturbance, Succession I

COS 85 - Plant-Insect Interactions II

COS 86 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions I

COS 87 - Restoration Ecology III

COS 88 - Statistics

COS 89 - Sustainability: Agriculture/Forestry I

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

SYMP 13 - Integrating Dispersal into Life Histories: Empirical and Theoretical Approaches in Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems

SYMP 14 - Green Cities: Ecology and Design in Urban Landscapes

SYMP 15 - Plants and Climate Change: Complexities and Surprises

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


IGN 10 - Ecology & Religion: How Should Ecologists Engage with Faith Communities?

4:30 PM-6:30 PM


OPS 3 - Ecological Century: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Discipline

PS 30 - Biodiversity

PS 31 - Community Assembly And Neutral Theory

PS 32 - Community Disturbance And Recovery

PS 33 - Community Pattern And Dynamics

PS 34 - Disease And Epidemiology

PS 35 - Herbivory

PS 36 - Invasion

PS 37 - Invasion: Invasibility, Stability, and Diversity

PS 38 - Invasion: Prevention And Management

PS 39 - Invasion: Species Interactions

PS 40 - Parasitism And Host-Parasite Interactions

PS 41 - Pollination

PS 42 - Seed Production, Dispersal, And Predation

PS 43 - Species Interactions

PS 44 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions

5:45 PM-10:00 PM


FT 17 - Davis Picnic in the Park and Tour of Village Homes Sustainable Development, Davis, CA

6:30 PM-8:00 PM


- CANCELLED Ecosystems Editorial Board Meeting

- Catholics & Ecology Reception & Dialogue (invitation only)

- Colorado State University Ecologists Sponsored by Graduate Degree Program in Ecology and the School of Global Environmental Sustainability Mixer

- ESA Natural History Section Mixer and Silent Auction

- ESA Physiological Ecology Section Mixer

- ESA Plant Population Ecology Section Mixer and Business Meeting

- ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Business Meeting

- Inaugural ESA Early Career Ecologist Section Business Meeting

- Invasive Species Mixer hosted by the California Invasive Plant Council

- SciComm Innovation Lab (iLab)

- Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Alumni Mixer

TK 4 - ESA SEEDS Diversity Celebration

8:00 PM-10:00 PM


SS 18 - ESA Speakers Bureau/Faith Community Outreach Strategic Planning Session

SS 19 - Research Opportunities with the US Department of Energy - Office of Biological and Environmental Research

SS 20 - The US National Climate Assessment and the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in It for Ecologists?

WK 36 - What Editors Want: An Author's Guide to Scientific Publishing

WK 37 - Career Hour: Introduction to Negotiation Strategy and Tactics

WK 38 - From Studying to Shaping Land: A Workshop Bridging Ecology with Design Performance Objectives

WK 39 - Simple App Creation for Ecologists Using MIT App Inventor: Let’s Build Apps!

Thursday, August 14, 2014

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM


- Issues in Ecology Advisory Board Meeting

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


- ESA Exhibitor Advisory Board Meeting (by invitation only)

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


IGN 11 - I Came, I Tested, I Changed My Approach: The Process of Solving Teaching Problems Scientifically

8:00 AM-11:30 AM


COS 90 - Amphibian Decline And Chytridiomycosis

COS 91 - Biogeochemistry: New Paradigms In Biogeochem Cycling I

COS 92 - Climate Change: Ranges And Phenology II

COS 93 - Community Pattern And Dynamics V

COS 94 - Conservation Management III

COS 95 - Disease And Epidemiology V

COS 96 - Distributions And Range Limits

COS 97 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity I

COS 98 - Evolution: Selection And Adaptation

COS 99 - Fire

COS 100 - Invasion: Dynamics, Population Processes II

COS 101 - Modeling: Communities, Disturbance, Succession II

COS 102 - Mycorrhizae

COS 103 - Population Dynamics: Modeling

COS 104 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions II

COS 105 - Species Interactions I

COS 106 - Sustainability: Agriculture/Forestry II

COS 107 - Urban Ecosystems II

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

SYMP 16 - Measuring Biotic Resistance from Mountains to Oceans

SYMP 17 - Science Matters: Lessons in Climate Policy Making from California

SYMP 18 - Island Biogeography, from the Oceans to the Sky: Recent Advances and an Emerging Synthesis

10:00 AM-11:30 AM


IGN 12 - Theory Vs. Empiricism in the Advancement of Science

11:30 AM-1:15 PM


- ESA Tutorial for ESA Website Updates: All Section/Chapter Chairs Invited

- Experimental Forests and Ranges as a Research Network: Brown Bag Luncheon and Discussion

TK 5 - ESA Diversity Luncheon: Innovators and Trail Blazers in Ecology Part 1: Seeing Ecology in Unconventional Places

WK 40 - Is Anybody out There Listening? Measuring Success in Science Communication

WK 41 - Free Ecological Data: NEON Data Portal Feedback Session

WK 43 - Making the Transition: Non-Academic Employment Opportunities for Postdocs and PhDs

WK 44 - You’re Reading What?!?  Using Journal Articles As Teaching Tools to Enhance Student Learning

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


IGN 13 - Tree Survival Under Stress: Does Storage of Labile Carbon Matter?

1:30 PM-5:00 PM


COS 108 - Arctic, Alpine, Antarctic Systems

COS 109 - Arid And Semi-Arid Systems

COS 110 - Behavior

COS 111 - Biogeochemistry: New Paradigms In Biogeochem Cycling II

COS 112 - Climate Change

COS 113 - Community Pattern And Dynamics VI

COS 114 - Conservation Planning, Policy, And Theory I

COS 115 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity II

COS 116 - Evolutionary Ecology

COS 117 - Food Webs I

COS 118 - GPS And Telemetry

COS 119 - Invasion: Prevention And Management

COS 120 - Invasion: Species Interactions I

COS 121 - Modeling: Populations I

COS 122 - Pollination I

COS 123 - Population Dynamics And Regulation

COS 124 - Species Interactions II

COS 125 - Sustainability: Urban Systems

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

SYMP 19 - Climate and Beyond: Cumulative Impacts on Species Range Shifts

SYMP 20 - Understanding and Managing Ecological Resilience to Natural Disasters in a Changing Environment

SYMP 21 - Mitigating Impacts to Ecosystem Services: Approaches, Assumptions, and Advances

2:00 PM-4:30 PM


- ESA SEEDS Closing Event (for SEEDS students only)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


IGN 14 - New Approaches in Spatial Plant Population Dynamics – Population Ecology Is Everywhere!

4:30 PM-6:30 PM


PS 45 - Behavior

PS 46 - Biogeochemistry

PS 47 - Biogeochemistry: Aboveground-Belowground Interactions

PS 48 - Biogeochemistry: C and N Cycling in Response to Global Change

PS 49 - Biogeochemistry: Experimental Climate Change Effects On Biogeo Processes

PS 50 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure And Ecosystem Function

PS 51 - Ecosystem Function

PS 52 - Evolution

PS 53 - Fire

PS 54 - Genetics And Molecular Techniques

PS 55 - Grasslands/Steppe

PS 56 - Modeling

PS 57 - Physiological Ecology

PS 58 - Population Dynamics

7:00 PM-9:00 PM


TK 6 - Thursday Evening Social: An Evening at the California State Railroad Museum

Friday, August 15, 2014

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7:00 AM-7:00 PM


FT 18 - The 2013 Rim Fire – Forest Management Influencing Fire Ecology

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


IGN 15 - Science Communication

8:00 AM-11:30 AM


COS 126 - Behavior: Migration And Movement

COS 127 - Climate Change: Biogeochem Cycles

COS 128 - Community Pattern And Dynamics VII

COS 129 - Conservation Planning, Policy, And Theory II

COS 130 - Detritus And Decomposition

COS 131 - Ecoinformatics

COS 132 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity III

COS 133 - Environmental Gradients

COS 134 - Food Webs II

COS 135 - Forest And Rangeland Management

COS 136 - Invasion: Models

COS 137 - Invasion: Species Interactions II

COS 138 - Modeling: Populations II

COS 139 - Niche Relationships And Theory

COS 140 - Pollination II

COS 141 - Species Interactions III

COS 142 - Temperate Forests

COS 143 - Theoretical Ecology

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

SYMP 22 - CANCELLED - What Can Ecologists Learn from Communities: A Dialogue on Earth Stewardship from the Dual Perspectives of Communities Engaged in Ecology and Ecologists Engaged with Communities

SYMP 23 - Allocation, Stress Tolerance and Transport: How Does Phloem Physiology Impact Plant Ecology?

SYMP 24 - Ecological Design and Planning for Ecologists: Applying Earth Stewardship

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


- ESA Governing Board Meeting

8:30 AM-10:30 AM


PS 59 - Latebreaking: Agriculture

PS 60 - Latebreaking: Aquatic Ecology

PS 61 - Latebreaking: Behavior

PS 62 - Latebreaking: Biodiversity

PS 63 - Latebreaking: Biogeochemistry

PS 64 - Latebreaking: Climate Change

PS 65 - Latebreaking: Community Pattern And Dynamics

PS 66 - Latebreaking: Conservation

PS 67 - Latebreaking: Disease And Epidemiology

PS 68 - Latebreaking: Ecosystem Function

PS 69 - Latebreaking: Education And Outreach

PS 70 - Latebreaking: Environmental Impact And Assessment

PS 71 - Latebreaking: Evolution

PS 72 - Latebreaking: Fire

PS 73 - Latebreaking: Forests

PS 74 - Latebreaking: Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity

PS 75 - Latebreaking: Historical Ecology

PS 76 - Latebreaking: Invasion

PS 77 - Latebreaking: Marine And Estuarine Systems

PS 78 - Latebreaking: Microbial Ecology

PS 79 - Latebreaking: Modeling

PS 80 - Latebreaking: New Methods And Techniques

PS 81 - Latebreaking: Physiological Ecology

PS 82 - Latebreaking: Population Dynamics

PS 83 - Latebreaking: Restoration Ecology

PS 84 - Latebreaking: Species Interactions

PS 85 - Latebreaking: Sustainability

PS 86 - Latebreaking: Trophic Dynamics And Interactions

PS 87 - Latebreaking: Urban Ecosystems

PS 88 - Latebreaking: Wetlands

10:00 AM-11:30 AM


IGN 16 - Use-Inspired Ecological Research That Moves Knowledge to Action

11:30 AM-1:15 PM


- ESA Buell/Braun Student Awards Meeting

11:45 AM-4:30 PM


FT 19 - Water, Environmental Justice and Science: Exploring Issues and Best Practices for Ecologist and Community Partnerships