Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

WEDNESDAY
5 pm-6:30 pm; 8 pm-10 pm
ESA Policy Section and Public Affairs Committee Mixer
E145, Oregon Convention Center
ESA Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions
Business Meeting
Weidler, Doubletree Hotel
ESA Statistical Ecology Section Business Meeting and
Mixer
Portland Blrm 253, Oregon Convention Center
SESYNC-NCEAS Mixer
F150, Oregon Convention Center
8 pm-10 pm
SS 19 - Riverwebs: A Documentary Film On River Food
Webs and the Scientists Who Explore Them
B113, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: J Monroe (info@freshwatersillustrated.org)
RiverWebs chronicles the inspiring life of the pioneering Japanese
ecologist, Dr. Shigeru Nakano. From his boyhood exploration of
Japan’s mountain streams to his large-scale experiments, Nakano’s
life demonstrates the passion that drives scientific discovery. Yet it
is through Nakano’s tragic death that we see the personal impact
of his life.
SS 20 - Global Environmental Challenges Require
Global Ecological Research
B114, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: WS Harpole (harpole@iastate.edu), EM Lind, ET
Borer
Preserving and enhancing the Earth’s life-support systems requires
a new, inter-disciplinary, global-scale approach to ecological
research. This Special Session will explore a range of approaches
to conducting large-scale ecology, representing regional to global
efforts, with the objective to create opportunities for synthesis and
collaboration.
SS 21 - Lakes As Climate Sentinels: Developing a
Theoretical Framework
B115, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: CE Williamson, JE Saros
The “Lakes as Climate Sentinels” Special Session will feature a
short presentation and open discussion of lakes as sensors in the
landscape, seeking to develop a coherent theoretical framework for
deciphering the best sentinel responses of lakes to climate forcing.
SS 22 - The Action Ecologist: Building the Ecologists’
Guide to Working with Communities
A105, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: AE Pérez-Quintero (anaelisa@comunidadesgaia.org),
MM Gregory, CL Wright, SM Gabrielson
Moderator: B Otero
Active ecologists collaborate with communities in conducting
research and communicating scientific knowledge. This session
will provide experienced and aspiring “active ecologists” with
an opportunity to contribute ideas for a guide to working with
communities. We hope to engage ecologists, as well as promote
systemic change in ecology and related fields.
Speakers:
KA Marshall-Gillespie, Chicago State University
SS 23 - PalEON Open Discussion
D136, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: JS McLachlan
This special session provides an open forum to discuss the current
activities, challenges, and opportunities in the PalEON project and
to engage the broader community working across paleoecology,
statistics, and modeling disciplines at regional scales.
WK 41 - The Latin American Side of Ecology
D137, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: S Cruz Maysonet (stephanie.cruz@upr.edu), NO
Bonilla, MJ Armstrong, AE Pérez-Quintero, E Portier
Moderator: S Cruz Maysonet
Perspectives on land use patterns, food security, scientific and
traditional knowledge, invasive species, and pollination services in
Latin America are discussed to generate strategies on the expansion
of the forum of ESA for these countries.
Speakers:
I Perfecto, University of Michigan
TA Carlo, The Pennsylvania State University
H Morales, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
M Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
E Huber Sanwald, Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y
Tecnologica (IPICYT)
134 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center