SCHEDULE

ESA Events

ESA Events

Workshops
WK - 2: Teaching No-Holds-Barred Ecology to Elementary Students
Organized by: JL Fail, Jr., J Taylor, and K Hoffman
Saturday, July 31, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room B 110.


WK - 3: Soil Moisture Measurement Methods Workshop
Organized by: D Harris
Saturday, July 31, 8:30 AM to 4:45 PM, Meeting Room B 111.

ESA Events
Registration: Saturday, July 31
Saturday, July 31, 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Holladay Lobby - Level 2.


ESA Governing Board Meeting
Saturday, July 31, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.

Workshops

ESA Events
Tour 1: McMennamins - Portland Wine Tasting and Dinner
Saturday, July 31, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Field Trips
FT - 6: H.J Andrews LTER
Organized by: M Harmon and K Bisbee O'Connell
Sunday, August 1, 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 7: Forest Management in the Western Cascades
Organized by: FC Hall, M McKnight, and D Green
Sunday, August 1, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 8: Mount St. Helens East Side
Organized by: P Frenzen, R del Moral, and D Zobel
Sunday, August 1, 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 9: Spotted Owl Habitat in the Oregon Coast Range
Organized by: J Reid
Sunday, August 1, 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 10: Tillamook Estuary
Organized by: S Rumrill and P Klystra
Sunday, August 1, 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 11: Columbia Gorge: Fish and Bonneville Dam
Organized by: J Petersen
Sunday, August 1, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 12: Old Growth Ecology and Policy
Organized by: T Spies and J Franklin
Sunday, August 1, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 13: Lichen Responses to Air Pollution in the Columbia River Gorge
Organized by: L Geiser
Sunday, August 1, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 14: Willamette River and Sternwheeler Historical Changes
Organized by: L Ashkenas
Sunday, August 1, 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 15: Portland Urban Ecosystems
Organized by: A Yeakley, L Hennings, M Houck, M Murphy, and E Stewart
Sunday, August 1, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Workshops
WK - 4: Exploring Urban Ecology Through Community Gardens
Organized by: M Krasny, K Tidball, L Pohl-Kosbau, and A Berkowitz
Sunday, August 1, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room B 113.


WK - 5: Innovative Teaching and Active Learning in Ecology - Classrooms and Laboratories
Organized by: D Ebert-May, K Williams, J Batzli, and J Hodder
Sunday, August 1, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room B 116.


WK - 6: Using and Contributing to EcoEd.net - The ESA's Digital Library for Ecology Education
Organized by: J Taylor and KM Klemow
Sunday, August 1, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room B 117.


WK - 7: TIEE Author Workshop
Organized by: C D'Avanzo, B Grant, and J Taylor
Sunday, August 1, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room B 118.


WK - 8: Ecological Informatics: Managing Data and Information for Projects, Laboratories, and Observatories
Organized by: WK Michener and S Romanello
Sunday, August 1, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room B 119.


WK - 9: An Overview of Structural Equation Modeling and Path Analysis
Organized by: JB Grace and SM Scheiner
Sunday, August 1, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room C 120.


WK - 10: Toward a Unified Ecology Curriculum
Organized by: JT Vaughan and J Taylor
Sunday, August 1, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room B 114.


WK - 11: Ecological Risk Assessment for Skeptical Ecologists
Organized by: BK Hope, W Landis, and L Kapustka
Sunday, August 1, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room B 115.

ESA Events
Registration: Sunday, August 1
Sunday, August 1, 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Holladay Lobby - Level 2.


ESA Governing Board Meeting
Sunday, August 1, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.

Ticketed Events

Field Trips

Workshops
WK - 12: Making Decisions at Relevant Scales: Landscape and Regional Ecological Risk Assessment
Organized by: WG Landis, A Markiewicz, L Kapustka, and BK Hope
Sunday, August 1, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 115.


WK - 13: Moving Science Beyond the Ivory Tower: Communicating with the Media
Organized by: CM Barakatt and MH Smith
Sunday, August 1, 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room A 107.


WK - 14: Individual-based Modeling With Swarm
Organized by: SF Railsback and JJ Anderson
Sunday, August 1, 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room C 121.


WK - 15: Building Networked Ecological Sensor Arrays using Spread-Spectrum Radios
Organized by: JH Porter, PC Hanson, and T Williams
Sunday, August 1, 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room C 122.


WK - 16: Science vs. Application in Undergraduate Wetland Science Education: What is the balance?
Organized by: TE Yorks and CA Evans
Sunday, August 1, 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Meeting Room C 125.

ESA Events
ESA Buell Braun Judges Meeting
Sunday, August 1, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


ESA Council Orientation Meeting and Reception
Sunday, August 1, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 106.


Opening Ceremony and Public Plenary
Sunday, August 1, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Oregon Ballroom 201.

Ticketed Events
TK - 1: Welcome Mixer - A Taste of the Pacific Northwest
Sunday, August 1, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A

Field Trips
FT - 16 A: Canopy Crane Trip
Organized by: J Franklin
Monday, August 2, 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Workshops
WK - 17: Implementing the ESA Ecological Vision for Education
Organized by: M Mappin and J Taylor
Monday, August 2, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room A 105.

Symposia
Symposium 1: In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Rediscovering Earth From Land to Sea - A Biogeoscience Perspective.
Organized by: PV Sundareshwar and J Elser
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 2: Biological Invasions: Species Exchanges Between Eastern Asia and North America.
Organized by: YD Choi, RN Mack, S Maio, and H Li
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 3: Complex Interactions Between Human Population and the Environment: Integrating Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Ecological Perspectives .
Organized by: Jianguo(Jack) Liu and RL Clark
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 1: Genetic Explorations of the Seascape: Using Molecules and Experiments to Understand Marine Biodiversity.
Organized by: E Sotka and R Thacker
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 2: Anthropogenic Disturbances to Western Alpine Lakes: Past, Present, and Future .
Organized by: JE Saros and CE Williamson
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 3: Valuation of Ecological Resources: Integration of Ecology and Socio-economics to Inform Environmental Decisions.
Organized by: LA Kapustka, RG Stahl, WR Munns, and RJF Bruins
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 145.


OOS 4: Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers: Conceptual Progress, Limits and Challenges.
Organized by: JP Wright and CG Jones
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 146.


OOS 5: Restoration Effects of Fire and Thinning Treatments on Mixed-Conifer Ecosystems.
Organized by: M North and J Innes
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 148.

Special Sessions

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 1: Aquatic Ecology I: Rivers, Nutrients, and Water Quality.
Presiding: D Kashian
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 105.


Oral Session 2: Avian Ecology I: Habitat and Disturbance.
Presiding: D Miles and C Lepczyk
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 3: Biogeochemistry I: Litter and Decomposition.
Presiding: J Dilustro
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 4: Biodiversity I: Communities and Function.
Presiding: C Holzapfel and D Ellsworth
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 5: Disturbance Ecology I: Scaling, Wind, and Ice.
Presiding: D McKenzie
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 6: Herbivory I: Dynamics, Communities, and Photosynthesis.
Presiding: C Ivey
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 7: GIS / Remote Sensing I.
Presiding: E Ellis and P Valko
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 8: Forest Ecology I: Dynamics and Succession.
Presiding: A Fiala and D Kashian
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 9: Marine Ecology I: Management.
Presiding: D Policansky
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 10: Physiology I: Temperature, Light, and Growth.
Presiding: C Knight
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 11: Predator - Prey Ecology I: Modeling.
Presiding: L Prugh
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 12: Restoration Ecology I: Streams and Wetlands.
Presiding: M Wu
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 13: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species I: Management I.
Presiding: H Balbach
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 14: Reptiles and Amphibians I: Salamanders and Newts.
Presiding: K McCoy
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 15: Soil Ecology I: Mycorrhizal Communities.
Presiding: V Borowicz and X He
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 16: Statistics and Biometrics.
Presiding: E Garton and T Simons
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 17: Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Presiding: E Sulzman
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 151.


Oral Session 18: Ecological Theory I: Modeling.
Presiding: R Zabel
Monday, August 2, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 152.

ESA Events
Registration: Monday, August 2
Monday, August 2, 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Holladay Lobby - Level 2.


Youth Summer Camp (Monday)
Monday, August 2, 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


"Ecology" / "Ecological Monographs" Editorial Board Meeting
Monday, August 2, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Meeting Room F 150.


ESA Meetings Committee
Monday, August 2, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Meeting Room C 125.


ESA Finance and Investment Committee Meeting
Monday, August 2, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Meeting Room C 126.


ESA SBI Committee Meeting
Monday, August 2, 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM, Meeting Room F 149.


ESA Public Affairs Committee Meeting
Monday, August 2, 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM, Skyview Terrace - A.


International LTER Committee Meeting
Monday, August 2, 6:30 AM to 8:00 AM, Skyview Terrace - B.


"Issues in Ecology" editorial Board Meeting
Monday, August 2, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 149.


VIP ESA Editor's Lunch (By Invitation Only)
Monday, August 2, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Meeting Room F 150.


ESA Awards Committee Meeting
Monday, August 2, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Meeting Room C 126.


Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section Brown - Bag Lunch Business Meeting
Monday, August 2, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Meeting Room C 125.

Poster Sessions

Ticketed Events
GNG - A: Grab - and - Go Quick Lunch
Monday, August 2, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom Lobby

Evening Sessions

Field Trips

Workshops

Symposia

Organized Oral Sessions

Special Sessions
SS - 1: ESA in 21st Century: The ESA Governing Board Report on the Ecological Visions Project
Organizer: WH Schlesinger and J Melillo
Monday, August 2, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, Meeting Room B 117.


SS - 2: Diversifying Ecology: Assessment of Gender and Cultural Diversity Programs Within the Ecological Sciences
Organizer: J Taylor
Monday, August 2, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, Meeting Room B 114.


SS - 3: Improv 101: Ease Those Presentation Jitters
Organizer: A Drinkard and N Lymn
Monday, August 2, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, Meeting Room B 113.


SS - 4: Sense of Place: Indigenous Homelands of the Pacific Northwest
Organizer: RW Kimmerer and J Ford
Monday, August 2, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, Meeting Room B 110.

Oral Sessions

ESA Events
Afternoon Opening Plenary, Awards Ceremony, and Keynote Address
Monday, August 2, 2:45 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom.


VIP Awards Recipient / Governing Board Reception (By Invitation Only)
Monday, August 2, 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM, Skyview Terrace.


ESA Aquatic Ecologists Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 251.


ESA Vegetation Section and North American Chapter of International Association of Vegetation Scientists Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 252.


ESA Physiological Ecology Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 253.


ESA Asian Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 257.


ESA International Affairs Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 258.


ESA Education Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 254.


ESA Plant Population Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room F 150.


ESA Theoretical Ecology Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room F 149.


Utah State Ecologists' Reception
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Skyview Terrace - A.


Organization for Tropical Studies Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 255.


Tour 2: Portland Brew Pubs
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Poster Sessions
Poster Session 1: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species.

Monday, August 2 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 2: Marine Ecology.

Monday, August 2 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 3: GIS and Remote Sensing.

Monday, August 2 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 4: Fish Ecology.

Monday, August 2 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 5: Photosynthesis and Respiration.

Monday, August 2 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 6: Physiology.

Monday, August 2 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 7: Invasive Species.

Monday, August 2 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.

Ticketed Events
Special Ticket - 1: Christian Ecologists Mixer
Monday, August 2, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 256

Evening Sessions
EV - A: Ethics and Ecologists
Organized by: K Erwin, G Barrett, and J Klopatek
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 201.


EV - 1: Ecological Research at Mount St. Helens -- Future Opportunities
Organized by: FJ Swanson, C Crisafulli, and V Dale
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room B 114.


EV - 2: ESA Basics
Organized by: A Drinkard, N Lymn, and F McDonough
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


EV - 3: Columbia River Natives Encounter Lewis and Clark
Organized by: J Ford and R Kimmerer
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room B 110.


EV - 4: GRANTS.GOV: Your Portal for Finding and Applying for Competitive Grant Opportunities from All Federal Grant Making Agencies
Organized by: BF Harrison
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room B 113.


EV - 5: Conservation Lands and Waters and Climate Change: What Must We Do Now?
Organized by: SH Pearsall, L Hannah, TE Lovejoy, and E Saxon
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room C 120.


EV - 6: Researchers Without Borders: What you should know about health related issues before you go!
Organized by: J Carter and D Norling
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 258.


EV - 7: How to Succeed in Ecology: Advice From Current and Aspiring Eminent Ecologists
Organized by: AE Wilson, EM Harp, and DE Burkepile
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room B 117.


EV - 8: Population Cycles: Species Interaction or Internal Dynamics?
Organized by: L Ginzburg, H Mummers, L Slobodkin, and C Krebs
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room B 116.


EV - 9: Ecological Metadata: Software Tools and Approaches for Documenting and Discovering Biological and Environmental Data
Organized by: WK Michener, S Romanello, and C Duke
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room C 126.


EV - 10: Cross-Cultural Mentoring Workshop
Organized by: KE Hoffman and M Jurgensen-Armstrong
Monday, August 2, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room A 106.

Field Trips
FT - 16 B: Canopy Crane Trip
Organized by: J Franklin
Tuesday, August 3, 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Workshops
WK - 18: Introduction to SEEDS Workshop
Organized by: K Hoffman and M Armstrong
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


WK - 19: Opportunities for Funding in Environmental Biology at NSF
Organized by: S Scheiner and M Bowers
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room A 106.

Symposia
Symposium 4: Geographical Ecology: Variation in and Control of Species Interaction Intensity Over Regional and Global Scales.
Organized by: BA Menge and SA Navarrete
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 5: Fighting the Odds: The Challenge to Save the Sagebrush Biome.
Organized by: CS Duke, ST Knick, and DA Pyke
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 6: Echoes from the Past: Remote Sensing of Land-use Legacies and their Impacts on Ecosystem Function.
Organized by: SP Hamburg and J Mustard
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 6: Indicators for Monitoring the Health of USA Forests.
Organized by: S Will-Wolf and CW Woodall
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 7: Linking Species Level Processes to Ecosystem Level Change: Disturbance and Climate Change Interactions.
Organized by: DS Ojima, J Logan, and J Hicke
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 8: Natural Enemy Escape as a Mode of Exotic Species Invasions: Theory, Evidence, and Implications.
Organized by: SJ Franks
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 145.


OOS 9: Human Dominated Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges for Ecology .
Organized by: M Alberti and J Hepinstall
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 146.


OOS 10: Community Stewardship Organizations: Potential Laboratories for Ecological Research.
Organized by: FP Bosselman and W Shaw
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 148.

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 19: Agroecology I.
Presiding: C Ribic
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 105.


Oral Session 20: Arctic and Alpine Ecology I: Nutrient Cycling.
Presiding: S Bret-Harte
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 21: Aquatic Ecology II: Plankton; UV Radiation.
Presiding: O Sarnelle
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 22: Biogeochemistry II: Streams.
Presiding: S Hall
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 23: Biodiversity II: Theory; Modeling.
Presiding: M Koechy
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 24: Disturbance Ecology II: Modeling Fire.
Presiding: R Mickler and A Bailey
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 25: Ecology Education I.
Presiding: W Quinn and M Krasny
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 26: Evolutionary Ecology I: Insects.
Presiding: B Tenhumberg
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 27: Fish Ecology I: Habitat, Populations, and Nutrient Cycling.
Presiding: M Cooperman
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 28: Grassland Ecology I: Soils and Respiration.
Presiding: S Baer
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 29: Herbivory II: Tolerance and Resistance.
Presiding: R Coleman
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 30: Invasive Species I: Chemical and Nutrient Dynamics.
Presiding: A Thorpe
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 31: Mutualism / Parasitism I: Disease and Pathogens.
Presiding: T Feldman
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 32: Reptiles and Amphibians II: Frogs and Toads.
Presiding: C Guthrie and G Middendorf
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 33: Restoration II: Management I.
Presiding: J Bailey and S Carstenn
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 34: Soil Ecology II: Disturbance and Recovery.
Presiding: J Dighton
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 35: Toxicology and Disease I.
Presiding: E Saito
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 151.


Oral Session 36: Urban Ecology I: Streams; Nutrient Cycling.
Presiding: N Golubiewski
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 152.

ESA Events
Registration: Tuesday, August 3
Tuesday, August 3, 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Holladay Lobby - Level 2.


Youth Summer Camp (Tuesday)
Tuesday, August 3, 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


International LTER Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 AM to 8:00 AM, Skyview Terrace - B.


ESA Vegetation Classification Panel Business Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room F 150.


ESA Research Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Meeting Room C 126.


ESA Meetings Committee
Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Meeting Room C 125.


"Frontiers in Ecology" Editorial Board Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Meeting Room F 149.


ESA Past President's Forum Luncheon (By Invitation Only)
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Skyview Terrace.


ESA Long Term Studies Section Business Meeting and Brown - Bag Lunch
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Meeting Room C 126.


ESA Paleoecology Section Business Meeting and Brown - Bag Lunch
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Meeting Room B 110.


ESA Southeastern Chapter Brown - Bag Lunch
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Meeting Room A 107.


University of Wisconsin - Madison Ecology Group Brown - Bag Lunch (with complimentary micro brew)
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 201.


ESA Student Section Brown - Bag Lunch
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Meeting Room D 131.


ESA Education and Human Resources Committee Lunch Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Meeting Room F 149.

Poster Sessions

Ticketed Events
Special Ticket - 2: Grad Students and Post Docs: Bagels and Coffee Roundtables with the Governing Board
Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Oregon Ballroom 201


GNG - B: Grab - and - Go Quick Lunch
Tuesday, August 3, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom Lobby

Evening Sessions

Field Trips

Workshops

Symposia
Symposium 7: Disease Ecology and Declining Populations: Analyzing and Predicting Disease in Sensitive Populations.
Organized by: LM Harp
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 8: Ecohydrology: Towards an Ecologically Meaningful Water Budget.
Organized by: DD Breshears and OE Sala
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 9: Functional Significance of Mountain Biodiversity.
Organized by: WD Bowman
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 11: History and Ecology - Interdisciplinary Tools for Investigating Human-Ecosystem Interactions..
Organized by: AS Laliberte and WJ Ripple
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 12: Exploring an Invasion From Molecules to Landscapes: Nonindigenous Cordgrass in Pacific Estuaries.
Organized by: DR Ayres and S Hacker
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 13: Looking Before We Leap: Emerging Technologies and Approaches for Managing Federal Lands and Public Waterways.
Organized by: WD Goran, HE Balbach, and RW Holst
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 145.


OOS 14: The Mechanics of Integrating Ecological Science and Public Policy.
Organized by: KC Weathers, K Fallon-Lambert, and H Ewing
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 146.


OOS 15: Interannual Climate Variability: How temporal signatures can drive ecosystem processes.
Organized by: LL Wallace and J Arnone
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 148.

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 37: Agroecology II: Nutrients; Mycorrhizae.
Presiding: K Carney and R Thiet
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


Oral Session 38: Arctic and Alpine Ecology II: Diversity and Populations.
Presiding: C Kleier and J Anderson
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 39: Aquatic Ecology III: Riparian.
Presiding: B Clinton
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 40: Biogeochemistry III: Carbon Cycling.
Presiding: Q Zhuang and P Hanson
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 41: Biodiversity III: Forests and Seed Banks.
Presiding: A Austin
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 42: Disturbance Ecology III: Fire: Structure, Communities, and Nutrients.
Presiding: E Rich
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 43: Ecology Education II.
Presiding: J Rhode
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 44: Evolutionary Ecology II.
Presiding: K Shea
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 45: Forest Ecology II: Communities and Structure.
Presiding: N Cobb and K Brown
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 46: Photosynthesis and Respiration I: Deserts and Drought.
Presiding: W Pockman
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 47: Herbivory III: Defense and Response.
Presiding: R Niesenbaum
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 48: Invasive Species II: Cheatgrass and Yellow Starthistle.
Presiding: C Brown
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 49: Mutualism - Parasitism II: Pollination and Dispersal.
Presiding: E Preisser
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 50: Reptiles and Amphibians III: Management; Amphibians, Lizards, Snakes, and Turtles.
Presiding: J Duda
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 51: Restoration Ecology III: Management II.
Presiding: J Lawler
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 52: Soil Ecology III: Biological Soil Crusts.
Presiding: R Ostertag and M Coleman
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 53: Toxicology and Disease II.
Presiding: E Schauber
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 151.


Oral Session 54: Urban Ecology II: Populations; Fragmentation.
Presiding: J Gregg
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 152.

ESA Events
Vegetation Panel Database (Veg Bank) Sub-Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 150.


"Ecology Letters" Editorial Board Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 149.


"Oecologia" Editors Reception and Dinner and Meeting (By Invitation Only)
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room F 150.


"Ecologial Applications" Editorial Board Meeting
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room F 149.


Blackwell Publishing Meet the Editors of Ecology Letters Drinks Reception (By Invitation Only)
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Skyview Terrace - A.


University of Washington Forest Ecologists' Alumni Mixer
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 201.


The School of Natural Resources & Environment and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan Alumni Mixer
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room C 126.


Yale University SFES Alumna/ae Mixer
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room C 125.


ESA Fund for the Millennium Reception (By Invitation Only)
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Wine Tasting Room.

Poster Sessions
Poster Session 8: Agroecology.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 9: Arctic and Alpine Ecology.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 10: Aquatic Ecology.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 11: Ecology Education.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 12: Grassland Ecology.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 13: Urban Ecology.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 14: Toxicology and Disease.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 15: Invertebrate Ecology.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 16: Disturbance Ecology.

Tuesday, August 3 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.

Ticketed Events
TK - 2: Student Mixer
Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Oregon Square Courtyard

Evening Sessions
EV - 11: Pacific Northwest Writers and Poets Evening
Organized by: J Ford
Tuesday, August 3, 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


EV - 12: A Diversity of Biodiversity: Award Winners Discuss Their Work
Organized by: F Powledge
Tuesday, August 3, 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


EV - 13 A: Plants Collected and Observed by Lewis and Clark in the Inland Pacific Northwest (1805-1806)
Organized by: CG Johnson
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 204.


EV - 13 B: Plants That Will Shape 21st Century Landscapes - The Trail of Invasive Plants Since Lewis & Clark.
Organized by: C Parks
Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Field Trips
FT - 17: Columbia River Gorge: Then and Now
Organized by: K Ames, S Burns, V Kelly , and R Dobson
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Workshops

Symposia
Symposium 10: Phylogenetic Approaches to Community Ecology.
Organized by: CO Webb and JB Losos
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 11: Digging Deeper or Scratching the Surface? Exploring Ecological Theories in Urban Soils.
Organized by: M Pavao-Zuckerman and L Byrne
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 12: Family Dynamics: The Evolution and Consequences of Family Organization..
Organized by: MG Neubert, J Roughgarden, and AP Dobson
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 16: Education: Environmental Justice.
Organized by: LM Jablonski and C Nilon
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:15 AM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 17: Partners in Diversity - Mycorrhizas and Oaks.
Organized by: CS Bledsoe and IA Dickie
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 18: Exotic Species Invasion Dynamics: Who, What, When, Where, and Why?.
Organized by: SW Beatty
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Meeting Room E 145.


OOS 19: Emerging Approaches for the Analysis of Stochastic Ecological Data: Dealing with Multiple Error Sources, Hidden States, Complex Non-Linearities, and Uncertainty..
Organized by: E Holmes
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Meeting Room E 146.


OOS 20: Ecological Insights From Long-Term Studies in Environmental Biology.
Organized by: S Twombly and M Bowers
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 148.

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 55: Aquatic Ecology IV: Crayfish; Communities; Insects.
Presiding: S Juliano
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:15 AM, Meeting Room A 105.


Oral Session 56: Avian Ecology II: Habitat and Communities.
Presiding: M Holyoak and D Griffith
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 57: Biogeochemistry IV: Nitrogen Cycling.
Presiding: M Mack and J Baron
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 58: Biodiversity IV: Grasslands.
Presiding: A MacDougall
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 59: Biogeography I.
Presiding: J Picotte
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 60: Disturbance Ecology IV: Eastern and Northern Forests.
Presiding: M Barbour
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 61: Populations and Genetics I.
Presiding: J Lau
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 62: Fish Ecology II: Salmon.
Presiding: J Power
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 63: Forest Ecology III: Communities; Diversity; Mycorrhizae.
Presiding: B Kerns and I Ashton
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 64: Grasslands II: Conservation; Community Dynamics.
Presiding: P Ford and D Henderson
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 65: Invasive Species III: Aquatic and Wetland.
Presiding: L Battaglia and M Cooperman
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 66: Modeling I: Carbon Dynamics; Elk, etc..
Presiding: D Fernandez and D Ojima
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 67: Mutualism - Parasitism III: Ants.
Presiding: K Mooney
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 68: Paleoecology I: Pollen.
Presiding: G Uzochukwu and M Edwards
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 69: Photosynthesis and Respiration II: Roots and Soil Water.
Presiding: G Royce
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 70: Late - Breaking Newsworthy Research I: Forests, Soils, and Landscapes.
Presiding: G Stevens
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 71: Aquatic Ecology V: South American / Neotropical Rivers.
Presiding: S Thomas and D Roelke
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Meeting Room F 151.


Oral Session 72: Ecological Theory II: Communities and Populations.
Presiding: R Snyder
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 152.

Discussions

ESA Events
Registration: Wednesday, August 4
Wednesday, August 4, 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Holladay Lobby - Level 2.


Youth Summer Camp (Wednesday)
Wednesday, August 4, 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


"Ecosystems" (Springer - Verlag) Editorial Board Meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Meeting Room F 149.


ESA Professional Certification Board Meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM, Meeting Room F 150.


ESA Publications Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Meeting Room C 126.


INTECOL Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM, Meeting Room C 125.


Tour 3: Docent Led Tour of Classical Chinese Gardens With Dutch - Treat at the Tea House
Wednesday, August 4, 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Exit.


General Plenary Session: Federal Leadership in Ecological Research: Building on the Lewis and Clark Legacy
Wednesday, August 4, 10:45 AM to 12:00 PM, Portland Ballroom.

Poster Sessions
Poster Session 29: Avian Ecology.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM, Exhibit Hall A 1.

Ticketed Events
Special Ticket - 3: Sunrise 5 K Fun Run / Fun Walk
Wednesday, August 4, 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM, The Log


GNG - C: Grab - and - Go Quick Lunch
Wednesday, August 4, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom Lobby

Evening Sessions

Field Trips

Workshops
WK - 20: Technology Transfer of Science Information to Policy and Decision-makers in the Pacific Northwest
Organized by: B Gravenmier, C Miner, and B Alverts
Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM, Meeting Room C 126.

Symposia
Symposium 13: Is Microbial Ecology Fundamentally Different? New Insights into Patterns and Controls of Microbial Diversity..
Organized by: MC Horner-Devine, BJM Bohannan, PJ Morin, and A Reysenbach
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 14: Un-Plowing the Land: Restoring Agroecosystem Health and Function .
Organized by: LA Schulte, H Asbjornsen, M Liebman, D Andow, T Crow, and A Power
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 15: The Evolution of Ecology in Mexico: Research Challenges and the Role of Mexico-US Collaboration.
Organized by: ML Martinez, R Manson, and P Balvanera
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 21: Impacts of Urbanization on Plants and Animals.
Organized by: R Donnelly and M Leu
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 22: Forest Canopies as Participants in Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology.
Organized by: NM Nadkarni and DC Shaw
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 23: Finzi: Organic N Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge with Implications for Future Research.
Organized by: A Finzi and E Hobbie
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 145.


OOS 24: Human Ecosystems: Trajectories, Information, and Organization.
Organized by: JR Stepp and DG Casagrande
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 146.


OOS 25: Biocomplexity Scaling: An Ecological Perspective.
Organized by: M Anand
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 148.

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 73: Aquatic Ecology VI: System Processes.
Presiding: K Manoylov and K Nydick
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


Oral Session 74: Avian Ecology III: Populations; Dynamics.
Presiding: N Wheelwright
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 75: Biogeochemistry V: Riparian Areas; Gas Flux.
Presiding: E Middleton
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 76: Biodiversity V: Marine.
Presiding: AA Sabor
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 77: Biogeography II: Communities and Dynamics.
Presiding: C Lortie
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 78: Disturbance Ecology V: Fire: Plant - Animal Interactions.
Presiding: S Hummel
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 79: Populations and Genetics II: Staying Alive.
Presiding: R Srygley
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 80: Fish Ecology III: Streams and Lakes.
Presiding: M Scheuerell and M Savacool Zimmerman
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 81: Forest Ecology IV: Seeds, Growth, and Recruitment.
Presiding: J Kush
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 82: Biodiversity VI: Grasslands.
Presiding: J Marty and S Archer
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 83: Herbivory IV: Insects.
Presiding: T Rooney
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 84: Invasive Species IV: Management, Modeling, and Theory .
Presiding: L Gross
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 85: Invasive Species V: Forests; Pathogens.
Presiding: L Meyerson and A Gray
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 86: Paleoecology II: Charcoal; Forests.
Presiding: R Collins
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 87: Photosynthesis and Respiration III: Hydrologic Controls.
Presiding: B Bond
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 88: Predator - Prey Ecology II: Communities; Dynamics.
Presiding: P Lee
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 89: Restoration IV: Grasslands, Deserts, and Scrub.
Presiding: K Haskins and S Baer
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 151.


Oral Session 90: Evolutionary Ecology III: Pollination and Dispersal.
Presiding: H Davis
Wednesday, August 4, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 152.

Discussions
DIS - 1: US-China Scientific Exchange: Ecological Complexity and Ecosystem Services
Organizer: J Elser and A Phillips
Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM, Meeting Room C 125.


DIS - 2: Environmental Justice Education Discussion
Organizer: L Jablonski and C Nilon
Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room E 141 .


DIS - 3: Journal of Ecology Education? Current and future options for ecology education publication
Organizer: C D'Avanzo
Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room A 107.


DIS - 4: LTER Graduate Student Mixer and Discussion Session
Organizer: TT Gann and R Daoust
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room F 150.


DIS - 5: Canada Chapter Organization and Discussion Session
Organizer: S Adl and E Johnson
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room C 125.

ESA Events
ESA Urban Ecology Section Brown - Bag Lunch
Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Ecologists' Brown - Bag Lunch
Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room A 106.


ESA Applied, Rangeland, and Soil Ecology Sections Joint Mixer
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 251.


ESA Statistical Ecology Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room F 149.


ESA Biogeosciences Section Business Meeting and Mixer
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 252.


Colorado State Ecologists' Mixer
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 255.


ESA Mexican Chapter Business Meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Meeting Room C 126.


NPER Reception (By Invitation Only)
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 256.


Meet the Editors of the British Ecological Society Journals Drinks Reception (By Invitation Only)
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Skyview Terrace.


SEEDS Fellowship Orientation Meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Meeting Room E 145.

Poster Sessions
Poster Session 17: LTER.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 18: Paleoecology.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 19: Biogeography.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 20: Biodiversity.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 21: Populations and Genetics.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 22: Evolutionary Ecology.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 23: Ecological Theory.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 24: Herbivory.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 25: Mutualism - Parasitism.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 26: Trophic Structure.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 27: Predator - Prey Ecology.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 28: Mammalian Ecology.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 30: Soil Ecology.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 31: Statistics and Biometrics.

Wednesday, August 4 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.

Ticketed Events
TK - 3: Federal Ecologist's Reception
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 253


TK - 4: Education Mosaic Mixer. "SEEDS Highlights" Reception and Program
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 254

Evening Sessions
EV - B: The Inside Story - An Ecologist and Ecology on Capitol Hill
Organized by: MB Smith and N Lymn
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room F 151.


EV - 14: U.S. Geological Survey All Hands Meeting with Director Groat
Organized by: WH Walker and SD Weedman
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 258.


EV - 15: Ecology: Model for an Intelligible Economy
Organized by: JJ SMITH and G FLO
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room D 139.


EV - 16: Terrestrial Ecological Processes and High School Science Teaching
Organized by: M Dresner, A Moldenke, JC Moore, and P McCartney
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room F 151.


EV - 17: Farming with Wildness: Incorporating Native Species and Ecological Processes into Agriculture
Organized by: JA Baumgartner, D Imhoff, D Kent, and V Russell
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room D 133.


EV - 18: Global Land Project: Understanding the Coupled Human-Environment System
Organized by: DS Ojima and JS Baron
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room E 146.


EV - 19: Ranches, ranchettes, recreation and conservation: Strategies for increasing the contribution of science to land use debates
Organized by: J Herrick
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Meeting Room E 147.

Field Trips
FT - 16 C: Canopy Crane Trip
Organized by: J Franklin
Thursday, August 5, 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Workshops
WK - 21: NEON Workshop
Organized by: J Goldman
Thursday, August 5, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room A 105.

Symposia
Symposium 16: A "New" Paradigm for Community Ecology: Building From Functional Ecology.
Organized by: BJ McGill and B Enquist
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 17: Ecological Implications of Phenotypic Plasticity.
Organized by: BG Miner, JR Vonesh, and M McCoy
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 18: Frontiers in the Biogeosciences: Ecology and the Earth Sciences.
Organized by: A Townsend and J Neff
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 26: Coarse Woody Debris: Lessons Learned, Current Knowledge and Future Directions. .
Organized by: KL Metzger, DB Tinker, and MG Turner
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 27: From Idea to Reality: Applied Science and Ecological Problem Solving in the National Forest System.
Organized by: H Safford, R Holthausen, and T DeMeo
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 28: Integrating Approaches to Connectivity: Landscapes, Patches and Networks.
Organized by: CP Brooks and N Haddad
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 145.


OOS 29: Biological Invasions: Model Systems for Studying Rapid Evolution.
Organized by: HG Davis and M Blum
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 146.


OOS 30: Linking Individual Behavior and Population Ecology: Models, Theory, and Applications.
Organized by: SF Railsback, V Grimm, and U Berger
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room E 148.

Special Sessions

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 91: Aquatic Ecology VII: Communities and Trophic Structure.
Presiding: D Yee and C Swan
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 105.


Oral Session 92: Biogeochemistry VI: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling.
Presiding: D Jenerette
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 93: Biodiversity VII: Communities, Soil, and Microbes.
Presiding: M Thomsen
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 94: Disturbance Ecology VI: Anthropogenic Disturbance.
Presiding: C Malmstrom
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 95: Evolutionary Ecology IV: Fungi; Pathogens.
Presiding: D Marr
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 96: Forest Ecology V: Soils and Nutrient Cycling.
Presiding: G Newman and S Bigelow
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 97: Grasslands III: Nutrient Dynamics; Grazing.
Presiding: T DeLuca and J Nagel
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 98: Invasive Species VI: Physiology and More.
Presiding: K Stinson
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 99: Invasive Species VII: Management.
Presiding: I Renne
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 100: Landscape Ecology I: Forests and Rivers.
Presiding: R Hughes
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 101: Marine Ecology II: Communities.
Presiding: H Leslie
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 102: Modeling II: Populations and Aquatic Systems.
Presiding: V Gertseva
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 103: Mutualism - Parasitism IV: Communities.
Presiding: C O'Brien
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 104: Photosynthesis and Respiration IV: CO₂; Light; Hydraulic Architecture .
Presiding: R Brooks
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 105: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species II: Insects and Plants.
Presiding: H Yi
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 106: Soil Ecology IV: Carbon, CO₂, and Microbial Activity.
Presiding: W Cheng
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 107: Ecological Theory III: Modeling Communities and Structure.
Presiding: L Comas and E Jones
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 151.


Oral Session 108: Trophic Structure I: Hypotheses; Grasslands.
Presiding: D Gruner
Thursday, August 5, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, Meeting Room F 152.

Discussions
DIS - 6: Towards the Integration of Ideas, Methods, and Approaches in Landscape Connectivity
Organizer: CP Brooks and N Haddad
Thursday, August 5, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, Meeting Room E 145.

ESA Events
Registration: Thursday, August 5
Thursday, August 5, 6:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Holladay Lobby - Level 2.


Youth Summer Camp (Thursday)
Thursday, August 5, 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


ESA Mid - Atlantic Chapter Meeting and Continental Breakfast
Thursday, August 5, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Oregon Ballroom 201.


ESA Western Chapter Meeting and Continental Breakfast
Thursday, August 5, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Oregon Ballroom 201.


ESA Rocky Mountain Chapter Meeting and Continental Breakfast
Thursday, August 5, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Oregon Ballroom 201.


ESA Themed Meeting in Mexico: 2006 Program Organizing and Planning Committee
Thursday, August 5, 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM, Meeting Room C 126.


Biogeosciences Grad Student Breakfast
Thursday, August 5, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM, Meeting Room F 149.

Poster Sessions

Ticketed Events
TK - 5: Diversity in Ecology Luncheon - A Talk by Dr. Carlos Robles
Thursday, August 5, 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM, Oregon Ballroom 201


GNG - D: Grab - and - Go Quick Lunch
Thursday, August 5, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom Lobby

Field Trips

Workshops

Symposia
Symposium 19: Resistance, Resilience, and Multiple Stable States: Defining Endpoints and Recovery Pathways for Damaged Ecosystems.
Organized by: DA Sarr and P Hosten
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 20: Exotic Species: A Source of Insight into Ecology, Evolution and Biogeography.
Organized by: DF Sax, JJ Stachowicz, and SD Gaines
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 21: Ecological Implications of Fuel Reduction Treatments to Reduce Fire Hazard in Forested Landscapes.
Organized by: EE Knapp, JE Keeley, and JD McIver
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 31: Ecological Implications of Phenotypic Plasticity .
Organized by: MW McCoy, JR Vonesh, and B Miner
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 32: Parasites and Host Social Organization: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives.
Organized by: SM Altizer and CL Nunn
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 33: Invasive Ecosystem Engineers in the West: Effects on Community Function.
Organized by: E Brusati and JG Lambrinos
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room E 145.

Special Sessions
SS - 5: The Promise and Challenges of National-level Indicators of Ecological Condition
Organizer: LA Meyerson, R O'Malley, G Orians, and T Lovejoy
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Portland Ballroom 251.

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 109: Aquatic Ecology VIII: A. Large Woody Debris; B. Marine and Coastal.
Presiding: J Scheuerell
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


Oral Session 110: Biogeochemistry VII: Soil I and Nutrient Cycling I.
Presiding: K Lajtha
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 111: Biodiversity VIII: Freshwater Systems.
Presiding: M Los Huertos and B Taylor
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 112: Disturbance Ecology VII: Fire: Grass and Shrublands.

Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 113: Evolutionary Ecology V:.
Presiding: C Ruehl
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 114: Forest Ecology VI: Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics.
Presiding: C Frost
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 115: Grassland Ecology IV: Tallgrass Prairies.
Presiding: RC Anderson
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 116: Invasive Species VIII: Mechanisms; Dispersal.
Presiding: B Von Holle
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 117: Invasive Species IX: Knapweed.
Presiding: J Jacobs
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 118: Landscape Ecology II: Habitat; Fragmentation.
Presiding: T Unfried and A Yeakley
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 119: Marine Ecology III: Communities.
Presiding: L Smee
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 120: Modeling III:.
Presiding: R Colasante
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 121: Mutualism - Parasitism V: Have Fungi.
Presiding: S Faeth
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 122: Photosynthesis and Respiration V: Rates and Flux.
Presiding: B Momen and D Moore
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 123: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species III: Terrestrial and Aquatic Species.
Presiding: A Huber
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 124: Soil Ecology V: Nutrient Dynamics.
Presiding: E Thiffault
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 125: Ecological Theory IV: Scaling; Dynamics; Disease.
Presiding: R Weber
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 151.


Oral Session 126: Trophic Structure II.
Presiding: D Drake
Thursday, August 5, 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Meeting Room F 152.

Discussions

ESA Events
Earlham Alumni Event
Thursday, August 5, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, The Log.

Poster Sessions
Poster Session 32: Reptiles and Amphibians.

Thursday, August 5 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 33: Modeling.

Thursday, August 5 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 34: Landscape Ecology - Geomorphology.

Thursday, August 5 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 35: Restoration Ecology.

Thursday, August 5 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 36: Biogeochemistry.

Thursday, August 5 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.


Poster Session 37: Forest Ecology.

Thursday, August 5 Presentations from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.

Ticketed Events
TK - 6: ESA Social: Forests, Fusion, and Festivities
Thursday, August 5, 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM, International Forestry Center

Symposia
Symposium 22: Ecological Recovery After the 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
Organized by: VH Dale, FJ Swanson, and CM Crisafulli
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 202.


Symposium 23: Ecological Theory and Rangeland Sustainability: Local Strategies, Global Solutions.
Organized by: E King, J Herrick, and J Carter
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 203.


Symposium 24: Cultural and Environmental Controls on Past Fire Regimes in Inhabited Woodlands.
Organized by: B Shuman
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Oregon Ballroom 204.

Organized Oral Sessions
OOS 34: Incorporating Ecological Science in the Northwest Forest Plan: Evolution, Application, and Effectiveness of the Plan.
Organized by: JF Franklin and KN Johnson
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room E 141 .


OOS 35: Recovery of Rare Species and Communities in Pacific Northwest Prairies and Oak Woodlands.
Organized by: PW Dunwiddie, S Pearson, and T Kaye
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room E 143.


OOS 36: Estimating Carbon Dynamics in Forested and Deforested Landscapes of Costa Rica.
Organized by: F Hughes, B Kauffman, and A Pfaff
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room E 145.

Oral Sessions
Oral Session 127: Aquatic Ecology IX: Lakes and Wetlands.
Presiding: P Budy
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room A 106.


Oral Session 128: Biogeochemistry VIII: Soils II.
Presiding: N Gurwick
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room A 107.


Oral Session 129: Biodiversity IX: Modeling; Theory.
Presiding: J Maerz
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room B 110.


Oral Session 130: Disturbance Ecology VIII: Fire: Western States.
Presiding: D Falk
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room B 113.


Oral Session 131: Forest Ecology VII: Modeling.
Presiding: K Pierce
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room B 114.


Oral Session 132: GIS and Remote Sensing II.
Presiding: H Tallis and F Rahman
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room B 116.


Oral Session 133: Grasslands V: Grazing.
Presiding: E Fredrickson
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room B 117.


Oral Session 134: Herbivory V: Algal; Mammal.

Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room C 120.


Oral Session 135: Invasive Species X: Wheatgrass, Goatgrass, Buffelgrass, Scotch Broom, and Thistle.
Presiding: B Gartner
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room C 123.


Oral Session 136: Invasive Species XI: Spartina and Chinese Tallow.
Presiding: K Kitajima and A Ramakrishnan
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room C 124.


Oral Session 137: Invertebrate Ecology: Bees, Grasshoppers, Spiders, and More.
Presiding: W Aney
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room D 133.


Oral Session 138: Physiology II: CO₂ Flux; Foliar; Growth.
Presiding: M Kubiske and M Litvak
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room D 135.


Oral Session 139: Predator - Prey Ecology III: Aquatic Systems.
Presiding: F Wiese
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room D 136.


Oral Session 140: Restoration Ecology V: Forests.
Presiding: A Youngblood
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room D 137.


Oral Session 141: Ecological Theory V: Dispersal; Nutrient Cycling.
Presiding: T Baisden
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room D 139.


Oral Session 142: Mammalian Ecology.
Presiding: S Vignieri and D Berteaux
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room F 151.

ESA Events
Registration: Friday, August 6
Friday, August 6, 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Holladay Lobby - Level 2.


Youth Summer Camp (Friday)
Friday, August 6, 8:15 AM to 12:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


ESA Governing Board Meeting
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Meeting Room A 105.


ESA 2005 Montreal Annual Meeting / INTECOL Congress Organizing Committee Meeting
Friday, August 6, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM, Meeting Room C 126.

Poster Sessions
Poster Session 38: Late - Breaking Newsworthy Research.

Friday, August 6 Presentations from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, Exhibit Hall A 1.

Ticketed Events
TK - 7: Annual Meeting Wrap - Up Breakfast
Friday, August 6, 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM, Oregon Ballroom 201

Symposia

Organized Oral Sessions

Oral Sessions

ESA Events
Buell Braun Student Awards Committee Meeting
Friday, August 6, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Meeting Room C 126.

Poster Sessions

Ticketed Events

Field Trips
FT - 19: Mount St. Helens West Side
Organized by: C Crisafulli, P Bisson, and V Dale
Saturday, August 7, 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 20: Columbia River Estuary Piscivorous Birds
Organized by: D Roby, D Lyons, and K Nelson
Saturday, August 7, 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

ESA Events

Field Trips

ESA Events

Field Trips
FT - 1: Klamath Basin (Overnight)
Organized by: R Shively, M Stern, and L Dunsmoor
Saturday, July 31 - Sunday, August 1, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 2: Semi-Arid Oregon
Organized by: D Pyke
Saturday, July 31 - Sunday, August 1, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 3: Olympic National Park
Organized by: E Schreiner, DL Peterson, RJ Naiman, B Winter, J Freilich, and S Acker
Saturday, July 31 - Sunday, August 1, 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Workshops
WK - 1: Introduction to VegBank: An Online Public Archive for Vegetation Plots
Organized by: RK Peet, M Lee, D Faber-Langendoen, and M Jennings
Saturday, July 31 - Sunday, August 1, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Portland State University Computer Lab.

ESA Events

Field Trips
FT - 4: Oregon Coastal Science and Education
Organized by: N Ricci and B Menge
Saturday, July 31 - Sunday, August 1, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.


FT - 5: Oregon Dunes Invasive Species Management
Organized by: D Segotta, C Burns, and C Cloyd
Saturday, July 31 - Sunday, August 1, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

Workshops

ESA Events

Field Trips

ESA Events

Field Trips
FT - 18: Fire Ecology from Oak Savannah to Alpine Forests
Organized by: CJ Long
Friday, August 6 - Saturday, August 7, 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Departs from Holladay Street Bus Pull Out.

ESA Events

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