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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.


1:30 PMLowrance, Richard*,1, 1 USDA ARS, Southern Watershed Research Laboratory, Tifton, GA, Introductory remarks.

1:35 PMIkerd, John*,1, 1 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Rethinking the first principles of agroecology: ecological, social, and economic.

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2:00 PMMoore, Richard*,1, 1 Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, The ecological integration of the social and natural sciences in the Sugar Creek Method.

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2:25 PMKirschenmann, Frederick*,1, 1 Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Potential for a new generation of biodiversity in agroecosystems.

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2:50 PMPimentel, David*,1, 1 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Energy, human population growth, and the role of agriculture.

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3:15 PMColeman, David*,1, Hunter, Mark2, Hendrix, Paul1, Crossley, Deryee1, Arce-Flores, Sofia1, Simmons, Breana1, Wickings, Kyle, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Long-term consequences of biochemical and biogeochemical changes in the Horseshoe Bend LTREB agroecosystem, Athens, GA.

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3:40 PMDrinkwater, Laurie*,1, Wolf, Steven1, 1 Cornell University, NY, Understanding linkages between social systems and biogeochemical processes in agricultural landscapes of the Mississippi River Basin.

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4:05 PMWander, Michelle*,1, 1 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Agroecosystem integrity and the internal cycling of nutrients.

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4:30 PMJackson, Wes*,1, 1 The Land Institute, Salina, KS, The necessity and possibility of an agriculture where nature is the measure.

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4:55 PMBohlen, Patrick*,1, 1 Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL, Moderated question and comment session.

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