PARENT SESSION Symposia Monday, August 7, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 1 - Integrating ecosystem services into the policy realm Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: RH Manson (manson@ecologia.edu.mx) and R Pouyat This symposium focuses on developing strategies for making ecological knowledge on ecosystem services an integral part of policy and management decisions affecting natural resources world-wide. Wednesday, August 9, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 14 - The urban food web: how humans alter the state and interactions of trophic dynamics Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: PS Warren (pswarren@forwild.umass.edu), C Tripler, C Lepczyk, and J Walker This symposium addresses the unification of food web theory, with its classic debates over the regulation of populations and communities, and the inventive new approaches by which urban ecologists examine the dynamics of coupled social-biophysical systems. Wednesday, August 9, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 13 - Mucking through multi-factor experiments: design and analysis of multi-factor studies in global change research Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: AT Classen (classenat@ornl.gov) This symposium will include talks that tease apart some of the complexities in multi-factor climate change experiments using current projects as examples, discuss creative ways to analyze complex results using mechanistic models, and discuss how to fully integrate models into future experimental designs. Friday, August 11, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 24 - The ecological consequences of genetic diversity Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: MTJ Johnson (johnson@botany.utoronto.ca) and R Hughes This symposium investigates the interplay between ecology and evolution by examining the consequences of genetic diversity for population, community, and ecosystem-level processes in a wide array of ecosystems. Friday, August 11, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 23 - Species invasion and species saturation: reconciling patterns of change in biodiversity Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: TJ Stohlgren (tom_stohlgren@usgs.gov), S Simonson, D Sax, and D Tilman This symposium will hopefully improve our understanding of species saturation in structuring ecological systems in light of invasions and many basic issues in ecology: alternate stable states, regional and global homogenization, and invasion meltdown, to name a few. Wednesday, August 9, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 11 - From upstart to icon: Geographic Information Systems in plant population ecology: historical perspective and innovative approaches in presentation, analysis, and dissemination of data Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: SA Scobell (summer_scobell@hotmail.com) and CA Johnston Scientists from diverse fields of ecology discuss innovative uses of Geographic Information Systems for plant population biology from the population to the regional scale with special attention given to the most effective means of using GIS to communicate important ecological information to the public. Monday, August 7, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 3 - Integrating microbial ecology into the general science of ecology: opportunities and challenges Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: BJM Bohannan (bohannan@stanford.edu) The integration of microbial ecology into the general science of ecology has become both a major challenge and an exciting opportunity for ecologists; this symposium will present successful examples of such integration and address how this integration can be accelerated in the future. Wednesday, August 9, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 10 - Niche versus neutral: a look at an iconic idea in community ecology, its challenger, and the middle ground, Part I Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: AM Ostling (aostling@princeton.edu), N Sanders, and J Lake In this symposium and accompanying organized oral session, we will explore the latest advances in our understanding of how communities assemble, focusing on the ongoing debate over niches versus neutrality and keeping an eye towards finding the middle ground. Thursday, August 10, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 21 - Revisiting the 'stability icon': upstart approaches to modeling resilience Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: DL DeAngelis (ddeangelis@bio.miami.edu), SF Railsback, V Grimm, and U Berger This symposium reviews how "upstart" approaches of bottom-up, pattern-oriented simulation modeling are allowing ecologists to gain a better understanding of one of the most important "icons" of ecology, stability, and how aspects of stability at the systems level, such as resilience, emerge from mechanisms at the individual level. Tuesday, August 8, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 8 - What makes an ecological icon? Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: AM Ellison (aellison@fas.harvard.edu) and PK Dayton This symposium examines historical contexts and developments of some key ideas in population, community, and ecosystem ecology, and conservation biology, as refracted through their "discoverers", as a means of illustrating why some individuals are forgotten while others are elevated to iconic status for the same fundamental discoveries. Tuesday, August 8, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 9 - Exchanges between channel and floodplain in large rivers Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: C Hupp (crhupp@usgs.gov) and JW Grubaugh This symposium considers the structure and function of large rivers relative to those of smaller systems, the exchange dynamics between channels and floodplains, and presents an overview of riverine ecosystem services with potential directions for future research. Monday, August 7, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 2 - Ecological effects of Gulf Coast hurricanes: short-term impacts and long-term consequences Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: CR Jackson (cjackson@selu.edu), GP Shaffer, and PA Keddy This symposium includes syntheses and studies on the effects of hurricanes on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems along the Gulf Coast, with emphasis on the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Wednesday, August 9, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 15 - Plant clonal growth: ecological implications Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: SB Franklin (sfrankli@memphis.edu), V Douhovnikoff, and PR Gagnon The capacity for clonal growth is widespread in the plant kingdom. This symposium will examine the ecological implications of clonal growth and compare the better-studied herbaceous clonal systems with more recently studied woody clonal systems. Tuesday, August 8, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 5 - Linking ecology and environmental justice Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: G Middendorf (gmiddendorf@howard.edu), C Nilon , and L Jablonski In this symposium, leading ecologists will explore the relationship and importance of ecology to environmental justice with a focus on how ecology can be used to ensure that environmental impacts do not disproportionately affect any group and how ecological information can be used in an open decision-making process. Thursday, August 10, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 19 - Integrated approaches for agroecosystem management in the 21st century Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: PJ Bohlen (pbohlen@archbold-station.org), L Drinkwater, and R Lowrance Meeting the unprecedented challenges for sustainable management of agroecosystems in the 21st century will require increased collaboration among scientists from different fields and better integration of the ecological, agricultural, and social sciences; this symposium will address new concepts and approaches for integrated management of agroecosystems in the coming century. Tuesday, August 8, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 4 - Ecological and evolutionary processes in complex networks Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: TH Keitt (tkeitt@mail.utexas.edu) and B Fagan The symposium addresses the structure and dynamics of ecological networks ranging from food webs to epidemiology to landscapes. Tuesday, August 8, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 7 - Upstart perspectives on restoration icons Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: DJ Larkin (djlarkin@wisc.edu), JB Zedler, JB Zedler, and D Falk Ten ecologists will evaluate theories used in restoration and lead the discipline in new directions with upstart perspectives that challenge and update iconic views. Thursday, August 10, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 17 - Biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and human health Ballroom B, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: AR Townsend (alan.townsend@colorado.edu) and O Sala This symposium will present an overview of how human-driven changes in biodiversity and ecosystem processes can affect human health, and how ecologists can help understand and potentially mitigate the health effects of global environmental change. Thursday, August 10, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 18 - Large-scale studies: challenges in experimental design and analysis Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: S Miao (smiao@sfwmd.gov), J Serino, and SM Carstenn This symposium will review the development and current status of a variety of approaches, including Bayesian, BACIPS assessments and dynamic models, and time series analysis, by highlighting their application in the Florida Everglades, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Jemez Mountains, Finnish lakes, and Indo-Pacific Marine Protected Areas. Thursday, August 10, 1:30-5:00 pm Symposium 20 - Multiple resource limitation in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: AC Finzi (afinzi@bu.edu) and LO Hedin This symposium will bring together an acclaimed group of scientists working on issues of multiple resource limitation in very different systems (terrestrial, aquatic, marine) with the goal of stimulating interest in multiple resource limitation to ecosystem function in the biogeosciences. Friday, August 11, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 22 - Returning soils to restoration ecology: rethinking the trade of structure for function Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: MA Callaham (mcallaham@fs.fed.us) and CV Hawkes This symposium seeks to promote dialogue between soil ecologists and restoration ecologists with the objective of integrating the principles of soil ecology into the practice of restoration ecology. Thursday, August 10, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 16 - Thermal physiology as a biogeographic determinant: historical and mechanistic perspectives Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: SE Gilman (gilmans@u.washington.edu), J Stillman, and J Tewksbury This symposium aims to improve our ability to predict species' responses to climate change by exploring how temperature influences organisms at physiological, ecological, and biogeographic spatial and temporal scales. Tuesday, August 8, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 6 - The detection of catastrophic thresholds: perspectives, definitions, and methods Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: RA Washington-Allen (washingtonra@mac.com) and L Salo This symposium is focused on the conception, definition, and detection of ecological thresholds or regime shifts, particularly on the operational use of catastrophe theory, time scale calculus, self-organization, scaling laws, and other aspects of complex systems science in natural resource management. Wednesday, August 9, 8:00-11:30 am Symposium 12 - Beyond labeling: comparing the sustainability of conventional and certified alternative farming systems Steamboat, Mezzanine Level, Cook Convention Center Organized by: FD Menalled (menalled@montana.edu), AG Hulting, and KL Monsen This symposium addresses the sustainability of conventional and certified alternative farming systems by comparing established agroecosystems on a wide array of environmental and production metrics and concludes with a panel and audience discussion on how to prioritize research efforts to increase agricultural sustainability.

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