SCHEDULE

SYMPOSIA


Symposium #1: Linking Molecular Insight and Ecological Research.

Organized by: RB Jackson and CR Linder
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Crystal Ballroom, TCC.

Symposium #2: Linking Aboveground and Belowground Interactions: Emerging Perspectives on the Feedbacks Between Plant and Soil Communities.

Organized by: SD Frey, J Lussenhop, and D Porazinska
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Turquoise Ballroom, TCC.

Symposium #3: Ecological Theory and Restoration Ecology.

Organized by: MA Palmer, D Falk, and J Zedler
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Leo Rich Theatre.

Symposium #4: Restoration Education.

Organized by: LM Jablonski and KM Rodriguez
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Maricopa Meeting Room, TCC.

ORAL SESSIONS


Oral Session #1: Invasive Species Control.
Presiding: S. Smith
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #2: Riparian Ecology.
Presiding: M. Dixon
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #3: Conservation Ecology: Threatened and Endangered Species.
Presiding: J. Lawler
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #4: Animal Population Ecology.
Presiding: L. Mitchell
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #5: Plant Demography and Reproductive Ecology.
Presiding: R. Kobe
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #6: Insect Population and Community Ecology: Interactions, foodwebs.
Presiding: M. Hunter
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #7: Disturbance in Forests: Fire, wind, and other.
Presiding: G. Murray
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #8: Plant Ecology: Nutrient Uptake, Movement, Use.
Presiding: V. Gutschick
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson.

Oral Session #9: Theoretical Ecology -- Populations, interactions.
Presiding: D. Srivastava
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson.

Oral Session #10: Elevated CO₂.
Presiding: D. Hileman
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson.

Oral Session #11: Aquatic Ecology: Conservation, Plankton, Invertebrates.
Presiding: C. Cooper
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson.

Oral Session #12: Aquatic Ecology: Marine.
Presiding: R. Lewison
Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mesquite Room, Radisson.

POSTER SESSIONS

WORKSHOPS


Workshop #15: BioScience Education Network Brown Bag Lunch .

Organized by: J Taylor
11:30 AM to 12:45 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC

EVENING SESSIONS

SYMPOSIA


Symposium #5: Forest edges: unifying concepts and key research needs..

Organized by: CR Nelson and J Chen
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Crystal Ballroom, TCC.

Symposium #6: Land use change in rural America: Rates, drivers, and consequences.

Organized by: A Hansen and D Brown
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Turquoise Ballroom, TCC.

Symposium #7: Paradigms lost: Theory change in ecology.

Organized by: K Cudddington and B Beisner
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Leo Rich Theatre.

Symposium #8: Linking the Leopold Legacy and Ecological Restoration in the Southwestern U.S. and Northwestern Mexico.

Organized by: W Forbes, C Meine, and C Curtin
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Maricopa Meeting Room, TCC.

ORAL SESSIONS


Oral Session #13: Success Criteria and Monitoring Restoration.
Presiding: D. Gluesenkamp
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #14: Invasive species: Effects.
Presiding: S. DeSimone
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #15: Paleoecology and Climate Change.
Presiding: J. Betancourt
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #16: Landscape Ecology: Fragmentation, ecotones, and models.
Presiding: X. Wu
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #17: Plant Ecology: Water Relations.
Presiding: W. Pockman
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #18: Herbivory: Folivory and rhizovory.
Presiding: A. Stephenson
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #19: Animal Community Ecology: Predation, community structure.
Presiding: G. Cumming
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC.

Oral Session #20: Urban Ecosystems: Comparisons Across Biomes, Patterns and process.
Presiding: M. Carreiro
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson.

Oral Session #21: Nutrient cycling: Nitrogen.
Presiding: S. Hart
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson.

Oral Session #22: Mycorrhizae and ecosystem function.
Presiding: A. Tuininga
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson.

Oral Session #23: Aquatic Ecology: Salt marshes, estuaries, ephemeral wetlands.
Presiding: D. Childers
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson.

Oral Session #24: Conservation and Biodiversity: Birds and arthropods.
Presiding: C. Bock
Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Mesquite Room, Radisson.

POSTER SESSIONS


Poster Session #1: Decomposition and Soil Respiration.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #2: Carbon Storage.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #3: Invertebrate Ecology.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #4: Herbivory.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #5: Disturbance Ecology I.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #6: Invasive Species Ecology: Insects and wetlands.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #7: Resource Management and Risk Assessment.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #8: Conservation Planning and Monitoring.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #9: Success Criteria and Monitoring Restoration.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #10: Restoration Education.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #11: Education: Post-graduate and Outreach.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #12: Marine Ecology.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #13: Salt Marshes.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #14: Dispersal.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #15: Paleoecology.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

Poster Session #16: Landscape Ecology I.
Monday, August 5. Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Exhibit Hall B & C, TCC

WORKSHOPS

EVENING SESSIONS


Evening Session #1: National Ecological Observing Network (NEON): Next steps toward reality.

Organized by: JR Gosz and S Collins
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Leo Rich Theatre

Evening Session #2: Native Environments and Restoration Ecology: Is it Time for a New Perspective?.

Organized by: M Davis
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC

Evening Session #3: Education Resources at the Ecological Society of America .

Organized by: MJ Mappin and J Taylor
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC

Evening Session #4: Assessing the Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Ecosystems.

Organized by: EA Hobbie and MG Booth
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC

Evening Session #5: Measuring advances in conservation in Mexican protected areas: monitoring and collaboration with neighboring countries.

Organized by: R González-Montagut
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC

Evening Session #6: Linking Molecular Insight and Ecological Research.
Sponsored by: ESA Physiological Ecology Section
Organized by: R Linder and RB Jackson
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Maricopa Meeting Room, TCC

Evening Session #7: The LTER Network: Opportunities and Discussion of Program Benefits for Current and Prospective Graduate Students.
Sponsored by the LTER Network
Organized by: RJ Daoust and JW Edmonds
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Crystal Ballroom, TCC

Evening Session #8: Coin of the Realm: What You should know about the Federal Budget.

Organized by: N Lymn
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC

Evening Session #9: How's the Climate in Your Neighborhood? - - A Discussion of Regional Ecological Impacts of Climate Change.
Sponsored by: ESA Sustainable Biosphere Initiative
Organized by: RH Kranz and N Cole
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC

Evening Session #10: Complexity and Ecology: What Can Theory Do for Us?.
Sponsored by: ESA Theoretical Ecology Section
Organized by: LJ Gross and EJ Rykiel
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson

Evening Session #11: CANCELLED. Honorary Member’s Address: Drivers of Ecological Changes in India: Insights from People's Biodiversity Registers.
Professor Madhav Gadgil, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson