Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

Endorsed by: Mid-Atlantic chapter , Urban Ecosystem Ecology
Moderator: RV Pouyat
A special symposium in memory of the scientific, educational,
and personal legacies of the late Professor Joan Ehrenfeld will
present a synthesis on Dr. Ehrenfeld’s areas of major contributions:
ecosystem-species feedbacks, ecosystem consequences of
biological invasions, and human alterations of urban wetlands.
8:00 AM SYMP 12-1 Zhu, W1 , E Stander2 , L Windham-Myers3 and
RV Pouyat4 , (1)State University of New York - Binghamton,
(2)USAID/AAAS, (3)USGS, (4)United States Forest
Service. Professor Joan Ehrenfeld’s scientific legacy.
8:25 AM SYMP 12-2 Bohlen, PJ, University of Central Florida.
Something new under the ground: Ecosystem
8:50 AM
consequences of earthworm invasions.
SYMP 12-3 Gurevitch, J, Stony Brook University. Exotic
plant invasions and ecosystem function: The influence of
Ehrenfeld’s work.
9:15 AM SYMP 12-4 Groffman, PM, Cary Institute of Ecosystem
Studies. Nitrogen cycling in urban wetlands.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM SYMP 12-5 Czerwinski, E, N Lynn-Bell and P Kourtev,
Central Michigan University. Invasive plants modify the
composition and function of soil microbial communities.
10:15 AM SYMP 12-6 Patel, M1 , MFJ Aronson2 , K O’Neill1 , J
Dowd1 , R Shwom1 and JG Ehrenfeld1 , (1)Rutgers
University, (2)Hofstra University. Ecological and social
connectivity in an urban river system.
10:40 AM SYMP 12-7 Kentula, ME, USEPA, NHEERL-WED.
Wetland research can influence policy.
11:05 AM SYMP 12-8 Stander, E1 , W Zhu2 , L Windham-Myers3 and
RV Pouyat4 , (1)USAID/AAAS, (2)State University of New
York - Binghamton, (3)USGS, (4)United States Forest
Service. Professor Ehrenfeld’s legacy as an educator and
a mentor.
OOS 22 - The Ecological Intersection of Biofuels and
Food Production
A105, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: DM Rosenthal (davidrosenthal2@gmail.com),
SC Davis
Moderator: DM Rosenthal
What are the opportunities for sustainable co-development of food
and biofuel?
8:00 AM OOS 22-1 Nackley, LL and SH Kim, University of
Washington. Ecophysiology of Arundo donax, an invasive
energy feedstock.
8:20 AM OOS 22-2 Alerding, AB and MR Waalkes, Virginia
Military Institute. Developing soybeans as a source of
sustainable food and energy.
8:40 AM OOS 22-3 Behrman, KD1 , JR Kiniry1 , TH Keitt2 and T
Juenger3 , (1)USDA-ARS, (2)The University of Texas at
Austin, (3)University of Texas. Trade-offs between biofuel
production, agricultural production, and conservation of
biodiversity.
9:00 AM OOS 22-4 van Noordwijk, M1 , S Budidarsono1 , N
Khasanah1 , S Dewi1 and F Agus2 , (1)World Agroforestry
Centre (ICRAF), (2)Indonesian Soil Research Institute.
Palm oil carbon footprints across scales and the limits of
industry self-regulation in response to consumer pressure.
9:20 AM OOS 22-5 Davis, SC, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. Effects of managment choices on the
ecological impact of biofuel crops.
Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems
8 am-11:30 am
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM OOS 22-6 Parton, WJ 1 , BD Duval 2 , E DeLucia 2 , SC
Davis 3 , M Hartman 1 , S DelGrosso 4 and M Khanna 5 , (1)
Colorado State University, (2)University of Illinois, (3)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (4)USDA/
ARS, (5)University of Illinois, Energy Biosciences
Institute. Use of low productivity land to grow biofuel
crops in the U.S.
10:10 AM OOS 22-7 Gelfand, I 1 , T Zenone 2 , P Jasrotia 1 , J Chen 2 ,
SK Hamilton 3 and GP Robertson 1 , (1)Michigan State
University, (2)University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606,
(3)Department of Zoology, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI 48824. Carbon balance of converting
conservation reserve program (CRP) grasslands to
agriculture.
10:30 AM OOS 22-8 DeLucia, EH 1 , KJ Anderson-Teixeira 2 , BD
Duval 2 , SC Davis 2 , CJ Bernacchi 3 and WJ Parton 4 , (1)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2)University
of Illinois, (3)University of Illinois/USDA-ARS, (4)Colorado
State University. Impacts of growing perennial grasses
for biofuel in the U.S. corn belt.
10:50 AM OOS 22-9 Khanna, M, University of Illinois, Energy
Biosciences Institute. Food, fuel and GHG mitigation
with biofuels: Trade-offs under alternative policies.
OOS 23 - The Great Indoors: Recent Advances In the
Ecology of Built Environments
C124, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: BJM Bohannan, TD Bruns
Moderator: BJM Bohannan
The proposed symposium will present new perspectives on the
ecology of built environments, and will provide examples of the role
ecologists are playing in increasing our understanding of buildings
as ecosystems.
8:00 AM OOS 23-1 Adams, AR1 and TD Bruns2 , (1)University of
California, Berkeley, (2)University of California. Buildings
as habitats and sinks for fungi: Resolving the sources of
the fungi we live and work with.
8:20 AM OOS 23-2 Green, JL, BJM Bohannan, GZ Brown,
SW Kembel, J Kline, M Moriyama, TK O’Connor
and AM Womack, University of Oregon. Buildings as
metacommunities.
8:40 AM OOS 23-3 Kent, AD, AR Green, C Chu, GT Sales and
RS Gates, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Management factors influence microbial ecology in
commercial poultry.
9:00 AM OOS 23-4 Dannemillier, K and J Peccia, Yale
University. Physiological ecology of toxic molds in built
environments.
OOS 24 - Understanding the Influence of Ecosystem
Structure on Function: Honoring the Enduring Impact
of Dr. Jerry Franklin on Forest Ecology
A106, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: K Hagmann (hokulea@u.washington.edu), J Chen,
JA Freund
Moderator: K Hagmann
Understanding the influence of structure and composition on function
is essential for the adaptive management of forested socio-ecosystems
to maintain or increase the capacity of these systems to meet society’s
diverse spiritual, cultural, economic, and ecological objectives.
8:00 AM OOS 24-1 North, MP, USFS Pacific Southwest
Research Station. Biological legacies and mimicking
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