SCHEDULE

Contributed Oral Paper and Poster Topic Codes

Oral Sessions

Oral Session # 1: Ecological Theory I: Theory; Scaling.
Presiding: M Pascual
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 100.


Oral Session # 2: Paleoecology.
Presiding: B Lynch
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 101.


Oral Session # 3: Fish Ecology.
Presiding: M Ford
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 102.


Oral Session # 4: Forest Ecology I: Diversity, Suppression, and Release.
Presiding: B Schamp
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 103.


Oral Session # 5: Biogeography I: Community Structure and Diversity.
Presiding: B Enquist
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 104.


Oral Session # 6: Fire Ecology I: Structure and Demographics
Presiding: R Parmenter
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 105.


Oral Session # 7: Populations and Genetics.
Presiding: E Sotka
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 106.


Oral Session # 8: Plant Ecology I: Physiology and Function I.
Presiding: E Hamerlynck
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 200.


Oral Session # 9: Invasive Species I: Theory and Modeling.
Presiding: E Rykiel
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 201.


Oral Session # 10: Predator-Prey Ecology I: Terrestrial I: Theory and Cues.
Presiding: A Liebold
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 202.


Oral Session # 11: Ecological Studies on Military Installations.
Presiding: B Collins
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 203.


Oral Session # 12: Biogeochemistry I: Carbon Dioxide Cycling.
Presiding: D Markewitz
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 204.


Oral Session # 13: Statistical Ecology.
Presiding: R Stevens
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 205.

Symposia

Symposium 1: Biodiversity and Ecological Processes in Agroecosystems
Organized by: I Perfecto and A Power
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Oglethorpe Auditorium.

Symposium 2: Climate Change and its Consequences on Coastal Dune Patterns and Processes: What Are the Future Perspectives?
Organized by: ML Martinez and P Moreno-Casasola
Monday, August 4. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Chatham Ballroom B.

Symposium 3: Emerging Diseases: Stressing the Union of Community Ecology and Epidemiology
Organized by: S Collinge and C Ray
Monday, August 4. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Chatham Ballroom C.

Special Sessions

Special Session 1: USDA-CSREES Stakeholder Brown Bag Lunch
Organized by: D Jerkins
Monday, August 4. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, SITCC Gwinnett Boardroom.

SEEDS

SEEDS Mentor's Breakfast

Evening Sessions

Workshops

WK - 15: ESA Education Section Charter: A Vision For the Future
Organized by: M Mappin and C Nilon
Monday, August 4. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 205

Ticketed Event

Special Ticket - 1: ($6) Wisconsin Ecologist's Lunch
Monday, August 4. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Jasper Boardroom


GG- A: Grab and Go Lunch: SITCC Georgia International Gallery
Monday, August 4. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Georgia International Gallery

ESA Functions

Monday, August 4 Registration
Monday, August 4. 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM,SITCC River Concourse


Youth Summer Camp (All Day Monday)
Monday, August 4. 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM,SITCC River Concourse


Ecology Editorial Board Meeting
Monday, August 4. 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM,SITCC Jasper Boardroom


ESA Meetings Committee Meeting
Monday, August 4. 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM,SITCC Pulaski Boardroom


ESA Finance and Investment Committee Meeting
Monday, August 4. 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM,SITCC Gwinnett Boardroom


ESA SBI Committee
Monday, August 4. 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM,SITCC Greene Boardroom


ESA Public Affairs Committee Meeting
Monday, August 4. 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM,SITCC Administration Offices


Open Breakfast for TNC's Smith Fellowship Program
Monday, August 4. 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM,SITCC Georgia International Gallery


Issues in Ecology Editorial Board Meeting
Monday, August 4. 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM,SITCC Pulaski Boardroom


VIP ESA Editors Lunch (Invitation Only)
Monday, August 4. 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM,SITCC Chatham Ballroom A


ESA Awards Committee Meeting
Monday, August 4. 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM,SITCC Greene Boardroom


ESA Agroecology Section Business Meeting Brown-Bag Lunch
Monday, August 4. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 204

Contributed Oral Paper and Poster Topic Codes

Oral Sessions

Poster Session # 1: Ecological Theory and Evolutionary Ecology.

Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.



Poster Session # 2: Statistical Ecology and Ecological Modeling.

Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.



Poster Session # 3: Ecological Education.

Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.



Poster Session # 4: Paleoecology.

Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.



Poster Session # 5: GIS and Remote Sensing.

Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.



Poster Session # 6: Urban Ecology.

Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.



Poster Session # 7: Restoration, Resource Management, and Conservation.

Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.

Symposia

Special Sessions

Special Session 2: Uplands to Lowlands: A holistic approach to sustainable water resources
Organized by: E Blood and M Holland
Monday, August 4. 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM, SITCC Oglethorpe Auditorium.

Special Session 3: Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Planning for Action by Ecologists in the 21st Century
Organized by: M Palmer and R Kranz
Monday, August 4. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 104.

Special Session 4: Introduction to ESA: Getting the Most out of Your Membership
Organized by: A Drinkard
Monday, August 4. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 103.

Special Session 5: Using ESA Web Resources
Organized by: F McDonough and J Taylor
Monday, August 4. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 106.

Special Session 6: A Sense of Place - Traditional Ecological Knowledge Among Southeastern Native American Tribes
Organized by: R Kimmerer
Monday, August 4. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 102.

SEEDS

Evening Sessions

EV - A: Public Policy over Pretzels and Beer
Organized by: M Smith and A Froelich
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Harborside Center East



EV - B: Professional Certification and the Workplace
Organized by: K Erwin and J Klopatek
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Harborside Center West



EV - 1: Sustainable Rangelands: A Roundtable to Determine Criteria and Indicators
Organized by: T Bartlett and H Rowe
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Chatham Room



EV - 2: Environmental Justice: A Role for Ecologists in Education and Research
Organized by: L Jablonski and T Poling
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom D



EV - 3: From Science to Society: Experiences in Getting Climate Change Science to the Public and Policy Makers
Organized by: N Cole and R Kranz
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom E



EV - 4: USGS All Hands Meeting with Director Groat
Organized by: W Walker and S Coloff
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom A



EV - 5: Ecosystem Management Challenges for Defense Installations
Organized by: W Goran and H Balbach
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom B



EV - 6: Breakthrough of Coastal Modeling: Japanese Experiences
Organized by: M Sekine and T Kusda
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom F



EV - 7: Cross-Continental Invasions of Wetland Non-Indigenous Species: Comparing the Experience Among Asia, America, and Europe
Organized by: S Miao and Y Choi
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Vernon Room



EV - 8: Minority Student Mentoring Workshop
Organized by: J Taylor and K Hoffman
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Westbrook Room

Workshops

Ticketed Event

TK - 2: Federal Ecologists' Reception
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Lobby Atrium


Special Ticket - 2: ($5) Christian Ecologists' Mixer
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Suite 415 and Patio

ESA Functions

Opening Plenary, Awards Ceremony, and Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture
Monday, August 4. 2:45 PM to 5:00 PM,SITCC Chatham Ballroom


VIP Awards Recipient / Governing Board Reception (Invitation Only)
Monday, August 4. 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM,SITCC Georgia International Gallery


ESA Vegetation Section/IAVS-NA Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Sloane Room


ESA Aquatic Ecologists Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Waterfront Room


ESA Soil Section Business Meeting
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM,Hyatt Verelst Room


ESA Theoretical Ecology Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Percival Room


Utah State Ecologists' Reception
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Plimsoll Room (Through Windows Restaurant)


ESA Asian Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Vernon Room


ESA Education Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 4. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Savannah Room