PARENT SESSION Symposia Symposium 10: The invasion paradox: Reconciling biodiversity and invasion patterns across spatial scales Organized by: DF Sax, GD Tilman, and TJ Stohlgren Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 12: Bridging the divide: Bringing theory into practice in forest biodiversity conservation Organized by: LA Schulte, R Mitchell , ML Hunter, J Franklin, RK McIntyre, and B Palik Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 13: Prediction and prioritization of future invasive species Organized by: RN Mack and M Lonsdale Wednesday, August 10, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 20: Evolution on ecological time scales Organized by: A Hendry, D Réale, and G Fussmann Thursday, August 11, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 7: Multi-scale integration for ecological sustainability: Approaches and applications Organized by: R Wang and Jianguo(Jack) Liu Tuesday, August 9, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 4: Ecosystem ecology at the watershed scale: Linking biogeochemical cycles across the terrestrial - aquatic divide Organized by: ES Bernhardt and MH Valett Tuesday, August 9, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 5: Marine macroecology Organized by: JD Witman and K Roy Tuesday, August 9, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 22: Qualitatively wider scope and failed models: New paradigms for tired old myths Organized by: AFH Timothy Friday, August 12, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 16: Incorporating trophic diversity into the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning debate: Lessons from aquatic ecosystems Organized by: P McIntyre, K France, JE Duffy, and AS Flecker Thursday, August 11, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 21: Resource pulses in space and time: Linking species, communities and ecosystems Organized by: LH Yang, MJ Vanni, WH Nowlin , and KA Schmidt Thursday, August 11, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 3: Linking ecological processes and environmental impacts across scales: Coastal ecology and energy development in the Caspian Sea and Gulf of Mexico Organized by: S Tartowski, T Butler, and V Bashkin Monday, August 8, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 17: Species range dynamics: Past, present, and future Organized by: JS McLachlan and JW Williams Thursday, August 11, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 14: Ecological impacts of Asia on global sustainability at multiple scales Organized by: YD Choi, S Miao, and C Peng Wednesday, August 10, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 11: Global land science: Dynamics of the coupled human-environment system Organized by: DS Ojima and EF Moran Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 9: Spatial heterogeneity in urban ecosystems: Integration and scaling in coupled natural-human systems Organized by: ML Cadenasso, M Grove, and STA Pickett Tuesday, August 9, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 6: Pathways to scientific teaching in ecology education Organized by: C D'Avanzo and M Mappin Tuesday, August 9, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 15: The bringing together of professional ecologists and educators with citizen science Organized by: KA Yee and P Marra Wednesday, August 10, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 18: Linking local, regional and global ecological changes across densely populated landscapes Organized by: EC Ellis, PH Verburg, and RA Houghton Thursday, August 11, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 23: Comparative plant ecology as a tool for integrating across scales Organized by: B Shipley Friday, August 12, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 1: The boreal forest and global change Organized by: EA Johnson, K Miyanishi, and K Ruckstuhl Monday, August 8, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 19: Spatial nonlinearities and cross scale interactions: Cascading effects in the Earth System Organized by: DC Peters and BT Bestelmeyer Thursday, August 11, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 24: Bridging the gap between theory and empiricism in ecology Organized by: P Amarasekare and M Neubert Friday, August 12, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 C, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 8: Ecosystem response and recovery: Assessing the 1991 Canada-US Air Quality Agreement Organized by: RA Haeuber, R Birnbaum, and K Timoffee Tuesday, August 9, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal Symposium 2: Soil Biodiversity: Scaling from microbe to ecosystem Organized by: A Fitter, C Kennan, and H Jones Monday, August 8, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Meeting Room 517 B, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal

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