SCHEDULE

Contributed Oral Paper and Poster Topic Codes

Oral Sessions

Oral Session # 38: Forest Ecology II: Soils, Carbon, and Nutrient Cycling.
Presiding: B Clinton
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 100.


Oral Session # 39: Limnology I: Ecosystems, Eutrophication, and Restoration.
Presiding: KL Cottingham
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 101.


Oral Session # 40: Fire Ecology II: Forests.
Presiding: D Falk
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 102.


Oral Session # 41: Herbivory III: Forests and Soils.
Presiding: R Jones
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 103.


Oral Session # 42: Mammal Ecology: From Mice to Elephants.
Presiding: H Howe
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 104.


Oral Session # 43: A. Insect Ecology I; B. Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Presiding: E Borer and SP Yanoviak
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 105.


Oral Session # 44: Resource Management I: Theory; Aquatic Systems.
Presiding: C Swan
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 106.


Oral Session # 45: Plant Ecology III: Plant - Water Relations I.
Presiding: R Giuliani
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 200.


Oral Session # 46: Evolutionary Ecology I: Plants.
Presiding: P Minchin
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 201.


Oral Session # 47: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species II: Mammals, Birds, Fish, and Insects.
Presiding: KE Sukkestad
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 202.


Oral Session # 48: Mutualism - Parasitism I: Plants; Modeling.
Presiding: K Jayachandran
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 203.


Oral Session # 49: Invasive Species IV: Grasslands; Wetlands.
Presiding: F Hughes
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 204.

Symposia

Symposium 10: The Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Conceptual Framework: An Ecological and Social Challenge
Organized by: L Neville and H Mooney
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Oglethorpe Auditorium.

Symposium 11: How Will the Southeast's Biological Diversity Respond to Climate Change?
Organized by: P White, J Walker, and J Sutter
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Chatham Ballroom B.

Symposium 12: Integrating Scientific Research and Ecology Education
Organized by: M Krasny, C Brewer, and D Ebert-May
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Chatham Ballroom C.

Organized Oral Sessions

Organized Oral Session 3: Plant Pathogens in Nature: Rethinking Vegetation Dynamics
Organized by: CM Malmstrom and A Power
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, SITCC Meeting Room 205.

Special Sessions

Special Session 7: ESA's Public Affairs Office: 20 Years in Washington
Organized by: A Drinkard
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, SITCC Chatham Ballroom A.

SEEDS

SEEDS Advisory Board Meeting

Evening Sessions

Workshops

WK - 17: Integrating Scientific Research and Ecology Education Symposium Follow-Up Discussion
Organized by: M Krasny
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 203


WK - 18: Non-Traditional Sources of Funding for Ecologists: Opportunities at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Organized by: R Clark and J Liu
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 204


WK - 19: With or Without NEON, What Next?
Organized by: S Collins
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 202

Ticketed Event

Special Ticket - 4: ($10) Sunrise 5 K Fun Run / Fun Walk
Wednesday, August 6. 5:30 AM to 7:00 AM,Hutchinson Island


GG- C: Grab and Go Lunch:SITCC Georgia International Gallery
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Georgia International Gallery

Field Trips


FT - 13: Wormsloe Plantation and Skidaway Aquarium
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Discussions

Dis - 1: Ecology Education Network Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 106


Dis - 2: Ecology of Disease in Natural Systems
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 205


Dis - 3: Ecology, Biogeography, and Phylogeny: Demonstration of a New Bioinformatics Database
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 104

ESA Functions

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


Vegetation Panel Data Base (Veg Bank) Sub-Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM,SITCC Administration Offices


Youth Summer Camp (Wednesday)
Wednesday, August 6. 8:15 AM to 4:45 PM,SITCC River Concourse


ESA Publications Committee
Wednesday, August 6. 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM,SITCC Gwinnett Boardroom


ESA SBI Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 6. 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM,SITCC Jasper Boardroom


INTECOL Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM,SITCC Pulaski Boardroom


Duke Ecologists Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM,SITCC Exhibit Hall A


ESA Statistical Ecology Section Business Meeting and Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 105


ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 201


ESA Urban Ecology Section Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Meeting Room 200


NPER Luncheon (Invitation Only)
Wednesday, August 6. 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM,SITCC Jasper Boardroom

Contributed Oral Paper and Poster Topic Codes

Oral Sessions

Oral Session # 50: Forest Ecology III: Modeling; Nutrient Cycling.
Presiding: L Comas
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 100.


Oral Session # 51: Limnology II: Plankton; Carbon.
Presiding: K Forshay
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 101.


Oral Session # 52: Fire Ecology III: Grasslands; Scrub.
Presiding: J Grace
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 102.


Oral Session # 53: Herbivory IV: Communities, Populations, and Genetics.
Presiding: JA Rudgers
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 103.


Oral Session # 54: Coastal Ecosystems: Salt Marshes.
Presiding: P Ringold
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 105.


Oral Session # 55: Resource Management II: Terrestrial Systems.
Presiding: E Latty
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 106.


Oral Session # 56: Plant Ecology IV: Plant - Water Relations II.
Presiding: D Rosenthal
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 200.


Oral Session # 57: Evolutionary Ecology II: Animal.
Presiding: S Juliano
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 201.


Oral Session # 58: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species III: Reptiles and Amphibians.
Presiding: K Beard
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 202.


Oral Session # 59: Mutualism - Parasitism II: Animal and Insect.
Presiding: L Cochran-Stafira
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 203.


Oral Session # 60: Invasive Species V: Genetics; Chemical Cycling Effects.
Presiding: S Miao
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 204.


Oral Session # 61: Biogeochemistry IV: Al, Ca, P, and DOC.
Presiding: R Fitzhugh
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 205.


Poster Session # 14: Forest Ecology.

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



Poster Session # 15: Plant Ecology.

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



Poster Session # 16: Invasive Species.

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

Symposia

Symposium 13: Interdisciplinary Challenges in the Biogeosciences
Organized by: L Hedin and R Jackson
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Oglethorpe Auditorium.

Symposium 14: Respiratory Control of the Global C Cycle in a Changing Environment
Organized by: M Gonzalez-Meler and W Schlesinger
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Chatham Ballroom B.

Symposium 15: Severe Insect Outbreaks in North American Forests: Recent Trends, Long-Term Recurrence, and the Role of Climate
Organized by: D Gavin and M Ayers
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Chatham Ballroom C.

Organized Oral Sessions

Organized Oral Session 4: Importance of the Abiotic Environment for the Ecology and Evolution of Flowers
Organized by: T Ashman and A Case
Wednesday, August 6. 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 104.

Special Sessions

SEEDS

Evening Sessions

EV - 14: Finding Your Niche IV: Building Career and Recruitment Networks
Organized by: J Taylor and K Hoffman
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom A



EV - 15: Parks for Science and Science for Parks
Organized by: G Machlis and L Hidinger
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom D



EV - 16: Strategies for Increasing the Relevance of Rangeland Ecological Research
Organized by: J Herrick and S Fuhlendorf
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom E



EV - 17: Ecosystem and Human Health
Organized by: R O'Malley and D Shaw
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Ballroom F



EV - 18: Spectral Network for Ecosystem Carbon Exchange Studies
Organized by: A Rahman and J Gamon
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Waterfront South



EV - 19: Research in less Developed Regions: A Lonely Planet For Researchers
Organized by: J Carter and D Norling
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Vernon Room



EV - 20: LTER Grad Student Evening Mixer and Discussion Session
Organized by: T Gann and R Daoust
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Hyatt Harborside Center West

Workshops

Ticketed Event

TK - 4 Education Mosaic Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Chatham Room


Special Ticket - 5: ($5) University of Georgia Ecology Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Waterfront North

Field Trips

Discussions

ESA Functions

ESA Applied, Rangeland, and Soil Sections Joint Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Verelst Room


Soil Section Meeting
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM,Crab Shack


Rangeland Section Meeting
Wednesday, August 6. 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM,Hyatt Regency Ballroom E


ESA Plant Population Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Moon River Brewery


ESA Physiological Ecology Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Lobby Atrium


ESA Biogeosciences Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Harborside Center East


Colorado State Ecologists' Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Sloane Room


ESA International Affairs Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM,Hyatt Vernon Room


ESA Mexican Chapter Business Meeting
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM,Hyatt Suite 415 and Patio


Oecologia Editorial Board Dinner (Invitation Only)
Wednesday, August 6. 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM,Hyatt Plimsoll Room (Through Windows Restaurant)