Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

11: am-1:15 pm; 1:30 pm-5 pm
WK 25 - Considerations for Data Aquisition Systems
F150, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: DV Baker (dbaker@campbellsci.com)
We will discuss various sensor types, how they work, and
considerations in selecting and deploying a sensor. Data logging,
power, and communications options for a custom data acquisition
system will also be discussed. The workshop will conclude
with demonstrations and (depending on attendance) hands on
experience.
WK 27 - Social Media for Collaboration, Outreach and
Impact
F151, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: S Chung, JL Gill
The rapid growth of social media tools and online communities
dovetails neatly with increasing need for effective collaboration and
outreach in science. This session includes case studies, live demos
and best practices for the strategic use of social media and other online
tools to improve scientific collaboration, education and outreach.
12 pm-1 pm
ESA Long-term Studies Section Business Meeting
Morrison, Doubletree Hotel
ESA Southwest Chapter Brown Bag Lunch
Ross Island, Doubletree Hotel
1:30 pm-5 pm
SYMP 1 - Frontiers In Measuring and Projecting Long-
Lived Vegetation Dynamics
Portland Blrm 251, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: OL Loucks (loucksol@muohio.edu), SB Franklin
Endorsed by: Vegetation Section, Vegetation Classification Panel,
Long-term Studies Section
Moderator: OL Loucks
Scholars confront a wide variety of data showing change in vegetation
due to a mixture of causes. Such natural and human-dominated
processes induce both slow and rapid changes in vegetation, and
these research results present an important challenge to the central
assumption of vegetation classification and inventory.
1:30 PM
1:35 PM
Introductory remarks
SYMP 1-1 Neilson, RP
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1 and SW Running2 3:50 PM SYMP 1-6 Harrison, SP
, (1)
Oregon State University (Courtesy), (2)University of
Montana. Where do we think the global vegetation is
going next?.
2:00 PM SYMP 1-2
University of
Johnson,
Calgary.
EA and
Describing
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or
Michaletz,
explaining:
Understanding effects of disturbance processes on
ecological processes.
2:25 PM SYMP 1-3 Palmquist, KA, RK Peet, JM White and K
Israel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Longterm
vegetation change in contrasting North Carolina
ecosystems.
2:50 PM SYMP 1-4 Canham, CD, Cary Institute of
Ecosystem Studies. Disentagling responses to climate
change versus broad anthropogenic impacts in
temperate forests.
3:15 PM Break
3:25 PM SYMP 1-5 Zedler, JB, University of Wisconsin-
Madison. Competitive advantage of invasive clonal
plants in changing wetlands.
1 , EI Damschen2 , A
Eskelinen3 and BM Going3 4:15 PM
, (1)University of California -
Davis, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, (3)University
of California, Davis. Using functional traits to predict and
compare change among plant communities.
SYMP 1-7 Waller, DM1 , SE Johnson2 , G Sonnier3 and DA Rogers4 , (1)University of Wisconsin, (2)
Northland College, (3)University of Wisconsin-Madison,
(4)University of Wisconsin - Parkside. Characterizing
plant functional trait profiles to infer drivers of ecological
change in Wisconsin forest plant communities.
4:40 PM Discussion
SYMP 2 - Interacting with Practitioners to Facilitate
Earth Stewardship
Portland Blrm 252, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: STA Pickett (picketts@caryinstitute.org), FS Chapin,
ME Power, C Duke, SL Collins
Endorsed by: Policy Section
Moderator: STA Pickett
The symposium explores historical, current, and emerging
connections between ecology and practical professions, such
as regional planning, civil engineering, traditional ecological
knowledge, environmental justice, and scenario development, to
expose opportunities to advance the contributions of science to
Earth Stewardship.
1:30 PM SYMP 2-1 Collins, SL1 , STA Pickett2 , ME Power3 , FS
Chapin4 , J Baron5 and C Duke6 , (1)University of New
Mexico, (2)Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, (3)
University of California, Berkeley, (4)University of Alaska,
(5)Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, United States
Geological Survey, (6)Ecological Society of America.
The Earth Stewardship Initiative and the need for multidisciplinary
practice.
1:55 PM SYMP 2-2 Kingsland, S, Johns Hopkins Univerisity.
Historical perspectives on Earth Stewardship.
2:20 PM SYMP 2-3 Hulse, DW, University of Oregon.
Foundations and growth of connections between the
science of ecology and landscape architecture.
2:45 PM SYMP 2-4 Lam, ME, University of British Columbia.
Ecological and cultural knowledge transfer and resilience
in Earth Stewardship.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM SYMP 2-5 Dow, K, University of South Carolina.
Environmental justice and Earth Stewardship.
3:45 PM SYMP 2-6 Carpenter, SR, University of Wisconsin -
Madison. Scenarios for assessing the future of socialecological
systems.
4:10 PM SYMP 2-7 Gallagher, M, PrincetonHydro. Training
ecologists for action in restoration and management.
4:35 PM Discussion
SYMP 3 - Observation and Life On Earth: The Changing
Face of 21st Century Ecological Science
Portland Blrm 253, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: R Sagarin (rafe@email.arizona.edu)
Endorsed by: Natural History Section
Ecology as a science is undergoing a dramatic transformation back
towards the observational methods of early naturalists, but driven by
the urgency of global scale environmental challenges and facilitated
by both incredible new observational technologies and long held
traditional ecological knowledge.
1:30 PM SYMP 3-1 Sagarin, R, University of Arizona. Observation
and ecology: Expanding the scope of science to
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