Funding to support training in statistical and modeling activities
RCN FORECAST has funds to support travel and logistics for 10
students/postdocs to pursue brief exchanges or workshops outside of their
home institution in order to learn new statistical and data-model
assimilation techniques. Preference will be given to applicants pursuing
training that aligns with FORECAST goals, as described below.
Applicants should submit names and information for 3 references, a budget,
and a short (300 word limit) proposal describing the logistics and why
this opportunity is important for the individual’s education and career
goals. The proposal should indicate that prior approval from the proposed
lab’s PI has been obtained and when proposed travel would occur. RCN
FORECAST will provide up to $2000 to support travel and lodging.
Applicant materials and questions should be submitted electronically to
Shannon LaDeau (ladeaus@caryinstitute.org?) with "FORECAST exchange
application_your last name" in the subject line. Application deadline is
March 31, 2012. FORECAST encourages applicants from diverse discipline,
gender and ethnic groups.
FORECAST is a NSF-funded RCN supporting activities with the primary
objective of further developing, applying, and promoting ecological
forecasting and data assimilation techniques.
The 18th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment
June 30 - July 3, 2012 Portland, Maine
The Interdisciplinary Environmental Association, committed to an interdisciplinary approach to environmental issues, is accepting submissions of papers and posters for the 2012 IICE. We welcome research that spans the boundaries of traditional disciplines to frame environmental problems, propose working models, or address field, community, or academic issues. While any interdisciplinary environmental topic is welcome, areas of special interest in 2012 include:
Environmental issues of the North Atlantic
Impacts of climate change
Coastal and wetlands management
Community activism
Ecotourism and park management
Green economic, legal, and business strategies
Ethical aspects of environmental policy
Environmental health and human impacts
Fisheries management
SPECIAL TOPIC: Accreditation of environmental programs
This is a message to draw your attention about the approaching of the deadline for the abstract submission for the Radiocarbon 2012 conference to be held in Paris in July 2012. For this year the Scientific/Organizing committee decided to open this conference also to applicative sectors. With this message I want to inform you about the opening of a specific session about the application of modeling techniques to disentangle processes characterizing the climate system and/or the C cycle with the following outline:
Radiocarbon, the cosmogenic and anthropogenic (bomb carbon) radionuclide, is widespread in all the environmental compartments being naturally involved in the global carbon cycle. Due to its nature, 14C preserves the potential to serve as process tracer and/or chronometer. Since its discovery and the birth of the radiocarbon dating methodology, modelling approaches have been widely applied to disentangle the physical mechanisms governing its production and observed distributions. Over the last decades, with the advent of the earth and climate change sciences, radiocarbon became a preferential tool for the study of dynamical processes in climate and carbon cycle. For the carbon cycle, this includes interactions with the physical climate system, and this has been investigated using a variety of modelling tools and methods.
This session aims to attract contributions applying modelling approaches to the study of processes characterizing the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere and fluxes within and between these compartments. Contributions quantifying natural changes and the impact of anthropogenic actions on the contemporary and past climate system are also particularly welcome.
Scaling Root Processes
Global Impacts Workshop March 7-9, 2012
Scaling Root Processes: Global Impacts (supported by the Department of
Energy, Terrestrial Ecosystem Science)
Key Bridge Marriot, Arlington, VA, USA, March 7-9, 2012
The goals of this workshop is to bring together a diverse community of
scientists with interest in the processes and modeling of root ecology. The
workshop will identify the state of the science in the understanding and
modeling of critical root ecological processes; gaps and/or deficiencies in
current process knowledge and model representations; and a path forward to
provide the necessary process understanding/observations and model
improvements to robustly incorporate root dynamics and plant-soil-microbe
continuum processes into models.
Graduate students and postdocs are encouraged to submit abstracts to
participate in the workshop. We would like to receive abstracts describing
your current research on root ecology, root/belowground modeling and
incorporation of root dynamics/soil processes into high scale models.
Abstracts will be evaluated by the Workshop Organizing Committee based on
their relevance to the workshop objectives as well as by their scientific
quality.
The abstract should include a title and authors affiliation. The text should
not include graphics, it should focus on your research results up to 300
words. The abstract should be submitted as a pdf file. Name your file with
your name and the workshop session your work applies to.
Send your abstracts to David Eissenstat: dme9@psu.edu
Abstracts are due Feb 12, 2012.
We expect to have 10 travel awards, funded by the National Science
Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology. Five to six abstracts will be
chosen for oral presentations and they will be awarded a travel award of up
to $1000. Four to five invited posters will be awarded up to $500.
2012 ESA Annual Meeting:
Contributed Oral and Poster Abstracts
Deadline for Submission: Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 5:00 PM Eastern
97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
Portland, Oregon
August 5-10, 2012
http://www.esa.org/portland
We invite submissions of abstracts for contributed oral and poster presentations at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. The theme for the meeting is "Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems." Abstracts related to this theme are highly encouraged, but submissions may address any aspect of ecology and its applications. We also welcome submissions that report interdisciplinary work, address communication with broad audiences, or explore ways of teaching ecology at any level.
Please note that invited speakers for Symposia, Organized Oral Sessions, and Organized Poster Sessions should submit their abstracts using the specific instructions and unique link they have received by email. These abstracts are also due on February 23, 2012.
Contributed oral presentations are allotted 15 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions, and will be placed in thematic sessions scheduled Monday afternoon through Friday morning. By submitting an abstract, it is expected that authors will be available during any of these time slots. Abstracts will be placed in sessions based on themes ranked by the submitting author.
Contributed poster presentations are placed in late afternoon poster sessions scheduled Monday through Thursday afternoon. Posters will be displayed all day preceding their session, and authors are expected to present their posters during the entire 2 hour poster session.
Students planning to present at the meeting who are interested in applying for awards should visit the ESA website for more information: http://www.esa.org/aboutesa/awards.php
Registration is now open for the 2012 National River Management Symposium, sponsored by the River Management Society and RiverLink. From intimate creeks to the infinite sea, conservation professionals can explore the Tar Heel state, national river issues and take back valuable lessons that may be applied to your own river.
Click the link below to learn more and reserve your spot:
Here are the top six questions people ask us about the National River
Management Symposium:
Who will be there? River managers, conservation professionals... and YOU!
What will they be doing? Learning about river ecology and
recreation, indoors and out!
When is the event? April 24-26, 2012
Where is the event? Asheville, North Carolina
Why should I go? Because it will be only national networking event
for river management professionals this year!
How much does it cost? Not much! If you register before March 1st, you'll get all of this for just $300 (River Management Society members), $350 (non members), or $250 (students). If you wait until after March 1st, you'll pay a lot more -- so don't wait!
We hope to see you there!
International Symposium on Invasive Plants and Global Change
The ecology and management of invasive plants is of world-wide concern. Much research and speculation has focused on which abiotic and biotic factors promote plant invasions, including biotic factors that affect population dynamics, weather variability and climate change, and land use/disturbance regimes. The goals of this International Symposium are to: (1) assess mechanisms of plant invasions; (2) evaluate how potential global changes may influence these mechanisms and alter plant invasions; and (3) project how plant invasions may be managed as global changes occur. To achieve these goals, a distinguished group of international scientists will explore these issues through presentations and discussions. Because arid ecosystems are especially susceptible to plant invasions and global changes due to low resilience and extreme sensitivity to environmental changes, this International Symposium places special emphasis on plant invasions in dry regions of the world.
Topics:
Mechanisms of plant invasions – understanding the “why” of plant invasions – including: intra- and interspecific interactions, population dynamics, evolutionary processes, plant-soil-microbial feedbacks, trophic interactions, environmental variability, and human activities
Global changes and invasion processes – what the future holds and how will these changes influence underlying mechanisms of invasion – including: changing climate (temperature and precipitation), changing atmospheric CO2, and changing land use and disturbance
Managing plant invasions in a changing world – putting it all together – including: conceptual understanding to frame strategies and policies, and predicting plant invasions with numerical models
Preliminary Schedule: June 13 (Wednesday), Registration June 14 (Thursday), Symposium June 15 (Friday), Symposium June 16 & 17 (Weekend), Field trip to Junggar Basin
Important Dates: Before March 31, 2012 - Submit registration form Before May 31, 2012 - Submit abstract
For more information, contact in USA: Bob Nowak (nowak@cabnr.unr.edu)
To receive further announcements about this Symposium, contact Zhang Daoyuan (zhangdy@ms.xjb.ac.cn)
For updated information, registration form, and further details, visit www.egi.cas.cn/2012
Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Fellowships
With support from the National Science Foundation, the International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net) is pleased to call for applications for 2012 CHANS Fellowships.
The selected CHANS Fellows will present posters or give talks at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, Dec. 6-10. They will also have opportunities to interact with prominent CHANS scientists to learn the latest research developments and build their professional networks.
Approximately 10 fellowships (up to $1,000 each) will be awarded to graduate students, postdoctoral associates, junior faculty members and/or other junior researchers at other institutions around the world to defray expenses associated with attending the meeting. Members of under-represented
groups are especially encouraged to apply. Applications will be judged on the merit of the applicants' abstracts, financial need, and professional backgrounds and goals.
Applications are due by March 1, 2012. The selection will be made in April.
The 2012 BEM will be held March 21-24th in Norfolk, VA. Old Dominion
University will be your host. A few updates and reminders:
(1) Hotel Accommodations: We have negotiated a fantastic rate at the
conference hotel - the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. This is the best hotel
in town at a bargain basement rate: $93/night for 1-4 persons/rm. A great
hotel on the waterfront in downtown with lots of restaurants and bars
nearby, a 6th floor heated pool with several outdoor hot tubs overlooking
the waterfront, classy rooms, and a great bar - you'd be crazy to stay
elsewhere! Please help us fill the hotel.
(2) Film Festival: The BEM will again host the ?Beneath the Waves Film
Festival? (see our website for details), but this year we are highlighting
the film festival with a Friday evening social at the Nauticus Maritime
Museum where the films will appear on the IMAX theater screen.
(3) Poster Presentations: To give poster presenters more visibility at the
BEM, this year we are requiring the following of poster presenters:
(a) Author photos: A photo of the lead author must appear on the poster
so viewers of your poster can identify you at the conference.
(b) Fastest-2-minutes-presentations: All poster presenters will be
required to give a brief (no more than 2 mins and no more than 2 slides)
oral summary of their posters during the oral presentation sessions.
6th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society
January 9th-13th, 2013, Miami, Florida, USA
Registration, abstract submission for symposia and contributed papers will
open in July 2012.
The core of the meeting will be four successive symposia on broad
foundational and cutting-edge topics and approaches in biogeography and
macroecology, each with a suite of leading international scientists as well
as openings for contributed papers
- Beyond Bergmann: New perspectives on the biogeography of traits
- Island Biogeography: new syntheses
- Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good
job?
- Conservation paleobiology: using knowledge of past ecosystems to inform
conservation priorities
The meeting also will have 12 sessions of contributed papers on key topics
including and not limited to: (i) Neotropical biogeography, (ii) Climate
change biogeography, (iii) Paleo-biogeography, (iv) Phylogeography, (v)
Marine biogeography (vi) Disturbance regimes and biogeography, and (vii)
Global biogeography
Schedule:
9th January: Workshops and fieldtrips
10th – 11th January: Symposia and poster sessions
12th January: Contributed papers
13th January: Post-conference field trips
A keynote lecture will be given by the Alfred Russel Wallace Award winner,
recognizing a lifetime of outstanding contributions to biogeography.
On the day just before and after the conference (9th and 13th January),
there will be arranged field excursions to a number of protected natural
areas including Everglades National Park. In addition, on 9 January, several
workshops will be held (topics currently in development).
Foster communication and collaboration between biogeographers in disparate
academic fields.
Increase both the awareness and interests of the scientific community and
the lay public in the contributions of biogeographers.
Promote the training and education of biogeographers so that they may
develop sound strategies for studying and conserving the world’s biota.
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
2012 Annual Meeting
21-24 June, Santa Clara, California, USA
Theme: "Preparing for our Environmental Future"
Call for Individual Abstracts, including Panels and Posters
Submission Deadline: 1 March 2012
The 2012 annual meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) will be held on 21-24 June 2012 in sunny Santa Clara, California. We invite your participation.
If you are associated with an accepted Presentation Panel, you still need to submit an individual abstract. Please indicate the panel title in your abstract submission.
For everyone else, follow these steps:
(1) choose a session type
(2) compose your abstract
(3) create descriptors of your topic area
(4) submit your abstract.
The mile high city of Denver, Colorado serves as host to the 4th AWRA
Riparian Conference, "Riparian Ecosystems IV: Integrating Science,
Economics and Policy". This conference is scheduled back to back with
the AWRA specialty conference on "Contaminants of Emerging Concern in
Water Resources II: Research, Engineering, and Community Action" June
25-57, 2012. The Riparian Conference will bring together, scientists,
policy makers, and economists to discuss the very latest national and
global issues concerning the management and sustainability of riparian
ecosystems. It will serve as a forum for the exchange of timely topics
such as riparian ecosystem responses to flooding, the influence of
bio-energy production on riparian function, the impacts of climate
change on riparian ecosystem sustainability, and the effects of green
house gas emissions in riparian ecosystems. The mix of topics will
provide networking opportunities that stimulate discussion regarding the
technical, economic and socio-political aspects of riparian systems.
The objective of the conference is to improve our understanding of the
latest sound science, discuss future scientific needs, and plan for
policies to promote riparian sustainability into the future. Cross over
between the two conferences will create a week of unprecedented
informative exchange among disciplines equally concerned with emerging
contaminants that threaten human and environmental health and with the
critical riparian and water resources that sustain human and
environmental health.
Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species Conference
August 20-22, 2012 - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Understanding Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species in a Changing World
August 20-22, 2012 at the Delta Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront Hotel, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
The Organizing Committee for the TIPS Conference invites the submission of
abstracts for Oral and Poster presentations until January 23, 2012.
Modeling Dengue Fever, a NIMBioS Investigative Workshop
July 23-24, 2012
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
(NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop, "Modeling Dengue Fever Dynamics and Control" to be held July 23-24, 2012, at NIMBioS.
Objectives: More than one-third of the world's population lives in areas at risk for the transmission of dengue, a vector-transmitted disease that is one of the leading causes of death and illness in the tropics and subtropics. This workshop will bring together public health officials as well as mathematicians, biologists and epidemiologists to promote an interdisciplinary approach to identifying important issues in modeling Dengue transmission dynamics and control; to encourage the establishment of new collaborations for research on Dengue and other infectious diseases with non-human transmission components; and to develop Dengue virus models that incorporate important features such as vector dynamics and control, serotype interactions and immunity, and at the same time allow for model testing/validation.
Location: NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Co-Organizers: Derek Cummings, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Zhilan Feng, Mathematics, Purdue Univ.; Jorge Velasco-Hernandez, Mathematics, UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico; Michael Johansson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
If needed, applicants may request travel and lodging support. Workshop participants are selected through an open application process. Individuals with a strong interest in the topic, including post-docs and graduate students, are encouraged to apply. Those selected to attend will be notified within two weeks after the application deadline.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2012.
EGU session - Towards a full GHG (CO2, N2O and CH4) balance from the biosphere
April 22-27, Vienna
We invite you to remind submit an abstract to the EGU session:
Convener: Donatella Zona, Timo Vesala, and Kim Pilegaard
We are interested in studies investigating the importance of CH4 and/or N2O emissions comparing to CO2 in different ecosystems, and in regional and global models of CH4 and N2O emission. This is a unique chance to cross compare the contribution of these non-CO2 gases to the carbon budget from the biosphere.
This session is linked to the goals of GHG-Europe and of the WP2 of the ABBA (COST Action ES0804), and to the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) aiming at harmonizing and integrating trace gas flux measurements around the globe.
Abstract submission deadline: 17 January 2012 (see link above to submit).
We are looking forward to receiving your manuscripts!
EGU session - new analytical tools in soil system research
The deadline for abstract submission is January 17th 2012.
From micro- to mesoscale, new analytical tools in soil system research
Soils are structurally heterogeneous across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Processes controlling the stabilization of soil organic matter or the sorption of nutrients and pollutants take place at submicron scales on mineral surfaces but also within soil aggregates. At the same time these micro-scale processes determine physical and chemical processes at larger scales up to the pedon and plot scale. In the last years, several new analytical techniques were established in soil science, reaching from the micro- to the meso-scale (e.g. AFM, Microtomography, MRI, NanoSIMS, TOF-SIMS, MALDI-TOF imaging, confocal Ramann microscopy, XANES, XPS, FTIR). These techniques enable the linkage between different spatial scales and can facilitate precise up- and downscaling between these different scales. They will significantly improve the understanding of many soil processes of different complexity, reaching from organo-mineral interactions studied in batch experiments up to hydrological phenomena and plant-soil interactions studied at the plot level.
We invite contributions with a special focus on novel analytical approaches covering the micrometer- up to the meter- scale reaching from compositional imaging to three dimensional techniques to resolve spatial and temporal phenomena in natural soil samples. We also cordially invite contributions on statistical and geostatistical studies about up- and downscaling of results to other scales.
We are looking forward to you contribution and to see you in Vienna.
Best wishes, Carsten W. Müller, Markus Steffens & Raphael Viscarra Rossel
Ecological Sustainability: Restoring the Planet's Ecosystem Services
30 September - 5 October 2012, Columbus, Ohio
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - DEADLINE 20 January 2012
Please remember to submit your abstracts for poster and oral (general session and invited symposium) presentations by 20 January 2012. Abstracts should be submitted using the online submission system on the EcoSummit 2012 website.
EcoSummit 2012 will bring together the world's most respected minds in ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems.
Plenary Speakers:
Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute, USA
Robert Costanza, Portland State University, USA
Jared Diamond, UCLA, USA
Olafur R. Grimsson, President, Republic of Iceland
Sven E. Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Wolfgang Junk, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany
Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University, USA
Simon A. Levin, Princeton University, USA
William J. Mitsch, The Ohio State University, USA
Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, USA
E.O. Wilson, Harvard University, USA
Symposia and Workshops:
70 symposia and 11 workshops with almost 600 participants from over 55 countries have been tentatively accepted for the EcoSummit 2012 Program. The symposia and workshops cover a wide variety of ecological topics, including ecological restoration, ecosystem services, climate change issues, and lake, wetland, and river management and will be presented over the entire week of the conference in parallel sessions.
For further information on submitting an abstract, and symposia and workshops visit EcoSummit 2012
Observations of plant and animal phenological records, remote sensing
observations and the timing of snow and ice cover from all continents and
several oceans show that many physical and biological natural systems are
changing their seasonal timing, particularly due to increases in
temperature. We invite contributions with cross-disciplinary perspectives
that present seasonality changes based on recent plant and animal
phenological observations, historical documentary sources, or seasonality
measurements using climate data, remote sensing, flux measurements or
modelling studies. We seek contributions across all spatial and temporal
scales that compare and integrate seasonality changes, emphasize
applications, discuss species interactions and decoupling and that advance
our understanding of seasonality response to long-term climate change and
single extreme events.
Important deadlines:
for Support Applications: 15th December 2011
for Receipt of Abstracts: 17th January 2012
for Pre-Registration: 22nd March 2012
Late Support Application Upload is open until Wednesday December 21 - check eligibility
Please contact This Rutishauser (rutis@giub.unibe.ch) with questions.
EGU symposium - Biogeochemistry of boreal forest soils
April 22-27, Vienna
Call for abstracts : EGU symposium BG2.10 Biogeochemistry of boreal forest soils (April 22-27, Vienna)
Boreal forests play a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycles of water and nutrients. Carbon stocks in boreal forest soils alone are estimated at 470 Gigatons, more than half the current amount of carbon in the atmosphere. This session aims to bring together researchers working on biogeochemistry of boreal forest soils. Contributions addressing the role of boreal soils in carbon sequestration, mechanisms of carbon stabilization unique to these soils, including the role and contribution of black carbon to total soil carbon stocks, are welcome. We also would like to invite contributions focusing on soil ecology, mineralogy, hydrology, and pedological processes, with special welcome to cross-disciplinary studies of these ecosystems.
Convenor: Sylvie Quideau. Co-convenors : Alison Munson, Caroline Preston
The deadline for abstracts is January 17th 2012, via the EGU congress site
Other interesting symposia in the Biogeosciences section:
BG1.6 Climate extremes, ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles
BG2.4 Non-CO2 influences of land cover changes on climate
BG2.14 Criteria and indicators for forest ecosystem management under changing climate and environmental conditions
CL4.8/BG2.22 Climate Change: carbon cycle, mortality, growth, and shift of forests
SSS3.4/BG2.26/OS3.5 Stabilization of organic matter in soils, sediments and marine dissolved organic matter
Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies
20-24 August 2012 in Brest, France
We are pleased to announce that the next (8th) ISOECOL conference will be held in Brest, France (20-24 August 2012). The www.isoecol2012.com website finally went live, in which you can find all the necessary information (travelling advice, accomodation, registration details ...).
We invite you to submit abstracts. Keep in mind that the deadline for submitting your abstract is the 15th April. Please also keep in mind that the number of slots for talks is limited, so do not miss the cutoff date.
We compiled a mailing list from the three previous conferences but please, spread the word! Attached is a flyer of the 2012 conference you can pin up in your lab as a reminder.
So mark your calendar right now and book your flight to France for next summer! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Brest. We promise you lots of isotopes and fun.
Isotopically yours,
The organisers, Stan, Antoine, Jacques, Sandrine and Caroline.
Stanislas DUBOIS (Stanislas.Dubois@ifremer.fr)
ForestSAT 2012
11-14 September 2012 in Corvallis, Oregon
Announcing ForestSAT 2012: A conference promoting science-based applications of remote sensing and other spatial data in forested systems.
Come join us 11-14 September 2012 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA for this important conference.
The purpose of ForestSAT 2012 is to promote scientifically-based understanding of how spatial analysis technologies can help describe and monitor forested systems. Recognized is an inherent need to integrate data from an array of remote sensing systems, and other spatial information, using a variety of approaches. Numerous uses of spatial data are relevant, from addressing the needs of local forest managers, to informing forest ecosystem models, to establishing monitoring systems in support of international agreements. Delegates to ForestSAT typically represent research organizations, universities, agencies, and the private sector.
Please consider submitting an abstract to present a paper or poster!
The deadline for abstract submission is 15 April 2012.
AAAS 2012 Symposium: The Future of Ecological Communities Under Climate Change: No Analog?
Vancouver, BC - February 20, 2012
We are writing to let you know that we will be convening a symposium
entitled "The Future of Ecological Communities Under Climate Change: No
Analog?" during the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting on February 20th. The symposium
is designed to highlight the challenges in understanding and predicting
climate change effects on community composition and species distributions,
with an emphasis on ways to move forward. Speakers include: John Williams
(University of Wisconsin), Eric Post (Pennsylvania State University), Miguel
Araujo (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain), and Terry Root
(Stanford University).
The AAAS Annual Meeting, scheduled for February 16-20 in Vancouver, is the
premier multi-disciplinary gathering of the world?s leading scientists. The
theme of this year?s Annual Meeting is "Flattening the World: Building a
Global Knowledge Society."
Abstract Deadline for Early Registration: January 3, 2012
Regular Abstract Submission Deadline: April 27, 2012 Submit Abstracts
This is the second announcement circulation for BIOGEOMON 2012, hosted by the University of Maine with a venue at Point Lookout, Northport, Maine, USA. BIOGEOMON 2012 is the 7th International Conference on Ecosystem Behavior. The conference has been held every three years since 1987, at sites alternating between Europe and North America. BIOGEOMON 2012 includes 14 Conference Themes with technical sessions throughout the week highlighted by internationally recognized plenary speakers each day of the conference. The sequence of plenary speakers broadly addresses records of environmental change through time. The Conference Themes explore cutting edge research on the biogeochemistry of our planet, emphasizing terrestrial ecosystems. Further details are available at the conference web site:
If you wish to receive future updates and announcements regarding BIOGEOMON 2012, or have specific questions not answered on the web site, please respond to biogeomon@maine.edu.
Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species (TIPS) Conference
Join us in Sault Ste. Marie,ON, Canada, for the First International
Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species (TIPS) Conference
Next August, the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly will be in
Singapore and is being hosted alongside the Asia Oceanic Geosciences Society (AOGS). The conference will be held from 13-17th August at the Resorts World Sentosa on Singapore Island.
The MARS website is now open and you can submit session proposals from now until 5 December. Submit session proposals online via
MARS. The instructions can be found in the MARS Information Centre.
In addition to the traditional AOGS’s sections including Atmospheric Sciences (AS), Hydrological Sciences (HS), Ocean Sciences (OS), Planetary Sciences (PS), Solar & Terrestrial Sciences (ST), Solid Earth Sciences (SE), Interdisciplinary Working Groups (IWG), the AOGS–AGU (WPGM) 2012 Joint Assembly will accommodate Biogeosciences (BG).
We look forward to seeing excellent session proposals from you and an exciting 2012 AOGS-AGU(WPGM) meeting.
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) in Annapolis, MD
Opening and first call for research and fellowship applications
SESYNC is the newest NSF-funded national synthesis center, hosting researchers to integrate diverse forms of information, data, and models to inspire novel research and provide innovative solutions to socio-environmental problems. Through its diverse programs, the center invites researchers from across the globe to work on-site at the SESYNC headquarters in Annapolis.
Applications are invited from social, natural and computational scientists for support through one of SESYNC’s programs: Pursuits, Ventures, Workshops, Socio-environmental Education, Short-courses, Policy & Practice Fellows, Postdoctoral Fellows and Sabbatical or Research Fellows.
Pursuits are organized around a pre-chosen Themes and the Founding Theme is “Ecological Wealth and Changing Human Populations.” SESYNC’s founding Theme focuses on understanding how shifts in the distribution of human populations across the landscape have influenced, and been influenced by, natural systems and the goods and services they provide. We invite applications to support Pursuits by individuals or teams focused on major scientific questions central to this Theme. The center will have 2-3 Themes ongoing at any time and all Future Themes will be identified through a community-driven process beginning early Spring 2011. Applications for the Founding Theme are due January 31, 2012.
Applications are also being accepted for Postdoctoral and Sabbatical/Research Fellowships. Researchers with expertise and ideas to employ integrative, analytical, computational, or informatic approaches focused on the structure, functioning, and sustainability of socio-environmental systems are invited to apply. Applicants may have received their PhD in ANY relevant area of research including anthropology, ecology, economics, education, geography, mathematics, statistics, computer science, political science, public policy, planning, etc. Postdoctoral positions are for 2 years and sabbatical/research fellows 2-12 months. Applications for post-doctoral fellows are due January 31, 2012. Applications for sabbatical/research fellows can be accepted at any time.
For more information on these and other SESYNC programs, please see www.SESYNC.org
Conference on Mathematical Ecology
theme: Population Dynamics
Hosts: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Department of Mathematics, School of Biological Sciences, and School of Natural Resources
April 14-15, 2012
Conference starts: 8 am on Saturday, April 14 Conference ends: noon on
Sunday, April 15
The Conference will provide an interdisciplinary overview of the current
state-of-the-art research in Population Dynamics, through talks from some of
the most distinguished researchers in the field, and will foster contacts
between mathematicians and ecologists, and contacts between early-career and
senior researchers. The conference features 15 half-hour presentations,
three organized 40-minute discussion times, and evening activities to
encourage informal interaction.
Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Priyanga Amarasekare (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA) Stephen
Cantrell (Mathematics, University of Miami) Kim Cuddington (Biology,
University of Waterloo) Stephen Ellner (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Cornell) Bill Fagan (Biology, University of Maryland) Mark Lewis
(Mathematical Sciences, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta) Judith
Miller (Mathematics, Georgetown) Michael Neubert (Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Biology Department Ocean Life Institute Roger Nisbet (Ecology,
Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara) Tim
Reluga (Mathematics and Biology, Penn State) Sebastian Schreiber (Evolution
and Ecology, University of California - Davis) Stuart Townley (Mathematics
Research Institute, University of Exeter) Shripad Tuljapurkar (Biology,
Stanford) Pauline van den Driessche (Mathematics and Statistics, University
of Victoria) Hao Wang (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of
Alberta)
Rowlee Lecture, April 13: On Friday, April 13 at 4pm, Mark Lewis will give
the Annual Howard Rowlee Lecture, a public lecture presented annually by the
Department of Mathematics at UNL. The Rowlee Lecture Series are suitable for
a large, diverse audience which does not necessarily have a mathematical or
scientific background.
If you wish to attend the conference, please contact: Richard Rebarber,
rrebarber1@unl.edu, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Financial Support: We have some financial support available, especially for
early-career researchers. If you need support to attend this conference,
please send the following information to rrebarber1@unl.edu:
name; institution; type of employment (postdoc, tenure track, tenured,
visiting faculty, graduate student, undergraduate); support you anticipate
being able to get from a grant or from your institution; and estimated
travel expenses. There is no registration fee.
National Park Service - Climate Change Fellowship Program
The National Park Service's Climate Change Response Program is pleased to announce the launch of the 2012 George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship Program. This program provides financial support for Masters and Doctoral students conducting research related to climate change in US National Parks, including transboundary issues and comparisons to Mexican and Canadian protected areas. All projects must be relevant to NPS resource management needs, and may be in the broad range of natural, cultural, and social science disciplines.
Applications are due no later than January 18, 2012.
SETAC Europe Special Science Symposium -- Ecosystem Services
SETAC Europe is organizing a two day Special Science Symposium in Brussels on February 15-16, 2012. Abstracts can still be submitted online at the above website until midnight CET on 15 November.
This special science symposium aims to introduce the ecosystem services concept and its applications in environmental assessment and management to a broad audience. The focus will be on the implementation of the European environmental policies, such as the biodiversity agenda, the agricultural policy and the water framework directive.
USIALE 2012 - Newport, RI
We are now accepting abstracts for the the US Chapter of the
International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) Annual Meeting
to be held in Newport RI from April 8-12, 2012.
Our call for conference presentations occurs in two parts: 1) Call for Sessions (Deadline: 1 December 2011). In this first call we are soliciting proposals for pre-organized workshops, symposia, panels, and roundtables in which all (or a substantial number of) scholars have already agreed to participate. 2) Call for Individual Papers/Presentations (Deadline: 1 March 2012). The second call is for individual abstracts for all forms of oral and poster presentations. This call will follow the close of the call for sessions. AESS will make every effort to group individual papers/presentations together as thematic sessions, and may assign individual proposals to unfilled sessions developed from the first call. Online session proposal form will be available on November 3, 2011. Check back at our website (above) at that time to submit your proposal.
International Society of Tropical Foresters, Yale Chapter
Strategies for Landscape-Scale Restoration in the Tropics - January 26-28, 2012
The design and implementation of successful landscape-scale restoration and reforestation initiatives in the tropics is essential to preserving biodiversity, fostering sustainable development and achieving domestic and international climate change mitigation goals. Knowledge-sharing across disciplines is critical for the holistic design of locally-appropriate reforestation and restoration strategies that scale-up project level successes to the larger landscape, while promoting sustainable livelihoods for smallholders.
On January 26-28, 2012, the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters will gather practitioners and researchers from government, academia, and environmental and development institutions to take stock of existing restoration strategies, and discuss how efforts can be scaled-up, building on lessons learned without adversely impacting local stakeholders. Presenters are sought to share research and program implementation experiences, as well as to engage in dialogue on questions including: a) Which strategies for the restoration of degraded agricultural lands have effectively reestablished ecosystem services, and how have reforestation efforts fared in restoring functional forests? b) How can restoration initiatives integrate market-oriented products, and have value-chain approaches and certification efforts provided sufficient financial incentives to make reforestation economically and socially viable? c) How can the private sector, including actors in the commodity agriculture industry, be involved in financing and implementing restoration efforts? d) How can involvement of indigenous and local communities in reforestation initiatives be promoted, and how can trade-offs between reforestation and subsistence agriculture for smallholders be negotiated in an equitable way? e) How can local knowledge of forest ecosystems and native species regeneration be effectively compiled and integrated into institutional research and implementation efforts?
*To apply**:* Submissions of abstracts based on primary research, as well as personal or institutional experience are solicited from academics and practitioners. Selected participants will present either orally or in a poster session at the conference, which will be held at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in New Haven, CT. Invited speakers will have the option of submitting conference proceedings for publication. Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words and contain the following information: 1. Name(s) of the author(s) 2. Title and abstract of the presentation 3. Author affiliation(s) 4. Address, telephone, fax and e-mail of the corresponding author 5. Type of presentation: full paper and presentation, presentation only, poster, or either. Please submit abstracts by November 7, 2011 to: istf@yale.edu
*Who we are:* The Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters promotes the sharing of experiences and knowledge related to resource management in the tropics. For further information, please visit our website.
2012 Winter Workshop at the UWM Field Station
January 6 & 7, 2012, Saukville, WI
Ecology and Physiology of Plants in Winter: Surviving the Big Chill with Dr. James Reinartz. The plants of temperate and boreal regions have several anatomical and physiological adaptations that allow them to survive low temperatures. Minimum temperatures set the range limits for many species, and snow and ice loading can be important constraints on the morphology of northern trees. Some woody plants can photosynthesize in the winter, which is also an important time for seed dispersal. This workshop will explore all of the aspects of plant life in the winter, especially what is known about the special adaptations that allow northern plants to survive the freezing and drought associated with extreme cold. We also spend some time learning the basic characteristics used to identify woody plants in the winter. Please visit our website for a full description of the course, fee information, and a Registration Form. Please contact the Field Station for more information, or if you would like a registration form mailed to you.
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Road Saukville, WI 53080 (262) 675-6844 Website: www.Fieldstation.uwm.edu Email: fieldstn@uwm.edu
US Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) Annual Meeting
Informing Decisions in a Changing World, 2012 Annual Symposium, Newport, RI, April 8-12, 2012
The meeting website for the 2012 Annual US-IALE Meeting is now live. We will be adding a lot of content over the next several weeks and the abstract submissions will be announced soon, so check back often. If you have specific questions, please see the Contact Information page for details.
Reminder that Workshop and Symposium Proposals are due this Friday (21 Oct)!
2012 North American Invasive Plant Ecology and Management Short Course
June 26-28, 2012, University of Nebraska-Lincoln West Central Research & Extension Center in North Platte, NE
A new course on invasive plants has been developed for researchers, land managers, graduate students, and policy makers. The North American Invasive Plant Ecology and Management Short Course (NAIPSC) is three days of intense instruction and learning for those interested in the basics of invasive plant ecology and management.
The 2012 NAIPSC will include presentations, hands-on workshops, site visits and instructor-led discussion sessions on the latest in invasive plant ecology and management. CEU and graduate student credit will be available. Check the website (http://ipscourse.unl.edu) for more information. Registration will be opening soon.
6th International Environmental Modeling and Software
Society (iEMSs) Conference
1 - 5 July 2012 in Leipzig, Germany
Managing Resources of a Limited Planet: Pathways and Visions under Uncertainty
The Call for Abstracts of the iEMSs 2012 conference is open now!
Deadline for submitting abstracts (oral contributions only) for sessions and
for workshops is November 1, 2011! All proposed sessions and workshops of the iEMSs 2012 are integrated into nine thematic streams:
A - Environmental Information-, Decision Support-, and Software Systems
B - Human Health and Environmental Risks
C - Mitigation of and Adaption to Climate Change
D - Model Development, Analysis and Application: Methodological Aspects
E - Participatory Modelling and Stakeholder Involvement
F - Resource Management and Sustainability
G - Knowledge, Data and Semantic Processing for Environmental Research
H - Socio-Environmental Systems
I - Issues in Water Resources Management
For more information and online abstract submission, please visit the
conference website.
2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting
20-24 February 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah USA
New Insights Into The Early Life Stages And Reproductive Dynamics Of Large Marine Vertebrates
Abstracts are due tomorrow (10/8/11) by midnight central (US) time (5AM GMT Saturday).
For more information, visit the meeting website.
Conserving Plant Biodiversity in a Changing World: A View from Northwestern North America
University of Washington Botanic Gardens March 13-14, 2012
Call For Abstracts - Registration Opens Today! Plant biodiversity...
We face an uncertain future - economically, politically, and climatically. Those concerned with managing, researching or protecting native plant communities, rare plants and their habitats need to be aware of these changes and have the necessary tools to effectively address them. We will have papers, both invited and contributed, that will engage all in a dialogue intended to raise questions and find solutions. Participants from throughout northwestern North America will contribute ideas and meet colleagues for future collaboration.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Raven, President Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Ecological Genomics Symposium, November 4-6, 2011, in Kansas City
This is the final week to:
1) Register at early discounted rates
2) Submit Your Abstract (not for oral presentation consideration, sorry deadline has passed)
3) Reserve Your Hotel Room
Deadline: Friday, October 26, 2011. (Note the new deadline for hotel booking at reduced rate!)
(If you do not wish to have your abstract considered for oral presentation, you may submit your poster abstract by October 26.) We will convene in the Muehlebach/Marriott Hotel in downtown Kansas City at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and conclude on Sunday at noon. Please visit the Symposium website to register for the Symposium, submit abstracts, and reserve your hotel room. You may also register to join your colleagues for dinner on Saturday night at the Bristol Seafood Grill in the nearby Kansas City Power and Light District for an additional fee of $50. Ecological Genomics is a field at the interface of ecology, evolution and genomics that seeks to place the functional significance of genes and genomics into an ecological and evolutionary context. We have an outstanding lineup of speakers for the 2011 Symposium and we encourage you to attend.
Plenary Speaker:
+Louis Bernatchez, Université Laval, “Testing for parallel evolution at multiple-levels during the time course of an adaptive radiation (and lessons for conservation)”
Featured Speakers:
+Byron Adams, Brigham Young University, “Evolutionary and ecological stoichiometry of Antarctic nematodes”
+Justin Borevitz, University of Chicago, “The genetic basis of growing season adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana”
+Daniel H. Buckley, Cornell University, “Gene exchange and the evolutionary dynamics of microbial populations”
+John Kenneth Colbourne, Indiana University, “Duplicating genes allow Daphnia populations to thrive in toxic environments”
+John Jaenike, University of Rochester, “Endosymbiont-mediated protection against parasitic nematodes”
+Brian Lazzaro, Cornell University, “Pleiotropy and environment in resistance to bacterial infection in Drosophila”
+Jeremy L. Marshall, Kansas State University, “Speciation genetics in the age of -omics and systems biology”
+Emilie Snell-Rood, University of Minnesota, “Constraints on the evolution of plasticity: Genomic approaches in horned beetles across nutritional environments” +Victoria L. Sork, University of California-Los Angeles, “Population and landscape genomics of valley oak (Quercus lobata), a California endemic”
Poster Sessions: Poster sessions will be held Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Poster topics should be related to the field of Ecological Genomics. A limited number of submitted poster abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.
Saturday Night Banquet: Join your colleagues for dinner on Saturday night at the Bristol Seafood Grill in the nearby Kansas City Power and Light District. An icon in the city since 1980, Bristol Seafood Grill is an upscale seafood restaurant offering the area's freshest premium seafood and steaks. The atmosphere offers a unique blend of the upscale and casual chic. The cost for the optional Saturday night banquet is $50 per person.
If you have questions, please contact Michael Herman (mherman@ksu.edu) or Loretta Johnson(johnson@ksu.edu). Kansas State University, Division of Biology 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901 ecogen.ksu.edu Doris Merrill, Program Coordinator dmerrill@k-state.edu
Dendrochronology Sessions at the Association of American Geographers
Annual Meeting, New York, New York (February 24th - 28th, 2012)
Final Call for Papers
Sponsored by the Biogeography, Paleoenvironmental Change, and Climate
Specialty Groups
This the final call for tree ring talks to be presented at AAG. We
will organize sessions based on topics of the submitted abstracts.
Likely sessions will include:
Dendrochronological Applications (co-organizer, Grant Harley)
Dendroclimatology (co-organizer, Josh Wixom)
Dendroecology
Dendrogeomorphology (co-organizer, Markus Stoffel)
Dendropyrochronology
Stable Isotopes (co-organizer, Shelly Rayback)
Tropical Dendrochronology (organizers, Matthew Therrell and Valerie Trouet)
We continue to encourage researchers to present in other themed
sessions that suit your research, but hope we can attract many
tree-ring scientists to attend these organized sessions to provide
interaction and exchange of ideas and possible future collaborations.
If you are interested in participating in these organized sessions,
please contact Stockton Maxwell (rsm16@psu.edu) or the other
organizers with a working title and subdisciplinary
category. Abstracts should be submitted online to the AAG. Once you
have registered, the AAG PIN number you are given must be e-mailed to
Stockton Maxwell (rsm16@psu.edu) by October 10th (complying with this
deadline will give us time to finalize the sessions by the formal
October 13th submission deadline for the AAG).
Symposium Title: Land Use Change and Ecosystem Service Delivery
Land-use and land-management decisions have significant impacts on the world’s ecosystems and the goods and services they provide. These goods and services, or ecosystem services, are of critical importance to human well-being. Efforts to improve our understanding of the relationships between land use and ecosystem service delivery would enhance our ability to predict changes in service provision from alternative land-use policy decisions. This is important in helping society understand the tradeoffs associated with land-use change, especially beyond those involving goods and services that are valued by markets (e.g., housing, agricultural and timber products, manufactured goods, etc.). This paper session will bring together researchers using geospatial methods and models to identify and predict how the provision of ecosystem services is affected by changes in land use or land management. We are particularly interested in papers that address the impacts of urbanization on ecosystem services or that seek to make this information applicable to land-use policy and decision making, but will consider papers in other areas as well.
If you would like to participate, please send an email expressing your interest along with your AAG PIN from the conference website to Heather Sander (heather-a-sander@uiowa.edu) or Derric Pennington (penn0107@umn.edu) after submitting your abstract. ABSTRACTS DUE SEPTEMBER 28th.
2012 ESA Annual Meeting: Symposium and Organized Session Proposals
Call for Proposals
Symposia, Organized Oral Sessions, and Organized Poster Sessions
Deadline for Submission: September 15, 2011
97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
Portland, Oregon
August 5-10, 2012 http://www.esa.org/portland
We invite proposals for Symposia, Organized Oral Sessions, and Organized Poster Sessions for ESA's 97th Annual Meeting to be held in Portland, Oregon. The theme for the 2012 meeting is " Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems." Biodiversity, is generally thought of by most as the number and variety of organisms on earth. Few include the other two aspects of the more comprehensive definition which requires the inclusion and consideration of both genetics and ecosystems. All three aspects are essential for the broadest consideration of life on earth. Species population declines and mass extinctions have always been part of the natural process; however, observations made over the last few decades have made it clear that these dynamics are quite out of the ordinary. Moreover, it now appears that one species, Homo sapiens, is at the center of these changes and massive alteration to natural ecosystems is being felt around the world. Thus, at no other time in human history has it become more important than the present to better understand and sustain the ecosystems in which we live.
Session proposals related to the meeting's theme are highly encouraged, but any timely and coherent subject of broad interest will be considered. We also welcome proposals that explore interdisciplinary connections with areas of social and natural science outside of ecology or that relate to ecological education at any level. All proposals will be peer reviewed. Historical topics are now included as an exemption to the one presentation rule in recognition of the ESA's Centennial in 2015.
Symposia are the scientific centerpiece of the meeting. They are limited to half-day sessions (3.5 hours). Time devoted to synthesis, summary, and discussion is strongly encouraged. This meeting will include 24 symposia.
Organized Oral Sessions are organized around a specific topic with most of the speakers invited by the organizer. Compared to Symposia, there is less emphasis on breadth of appeal and overall synthesis and they may be comprised largely of related case studies. Organized oral sessions are limited to half-day sessions (3.5 hours). There is no set number of accepted Organized Oral Session proposals for the meeting.
Organized Poster Sessions are sets of posters (in multiples of 5) organized around a specific topic. Presenters are invited by the organizer. Organized poster sessions will be scheduled at the same time as regular poster sessions. All posters in each organized poster session will be placed as a group in a designated area of the exhibit hall. For additional information and to begin the submission process, please visit: http://www.esa.org/portland/poster.html
If you have any questions, please contact the Program Chair, Brian McCarthy, at mccarthy@ohio.edu, or the Program Coordinator, Jennifer Riem, at jennifer@esa.org.
International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
22-27 April 2012 - Montréal, Canada
Abstract Submission Deadline for all Sessions: Friday, 30 September 2011
Session 1.3.3, Polar Microbes, Genetics, and Molecular Biology
Organizers of Session 1.3.3, "Polar Microbes, Genetics, and Molecular Biology," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the International Polar Year (IPY) Conference, 22-27 April 2012 in Montréal, Canada.
Microbes are important players in Polar habitats. They are major drivers of biogeochemical cycles in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In the Arctic, for example, the thawing of permafrost could lead to dramatic increases in microbial activities and carbon decomposition with subsequent release of greenhouse gases. In the Antarctic, microorganisms are important in mediating nutrient cycling in surface lakes and subglacial environments. Understanding microbial populations and metabolisms is therefore necessary for determining the biogeochemistry in Polar ecosystems. In addition, survival mechanisms of microbes exposed to sub-zero conditions or freeze-thaw cycles contribute to our understanding of the resilience of life and to advances in biotechnology and astrobiology. This session will include current work in microbial ecology, microbial diversity, biogeography, genetics and metabolisms and is concerned with modern molecular tools such as genomics, metagenomics, or next generation sequencing as well as classical genetics and molecular techniques.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is Friday, 30 September 2011 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. To submit an abstract, please visit: http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca
Disturbance Regimes and Climate-Carbon Feedback a NIMBioS Investigative Workshop
February 13-15, 2012 Knoxville, TN
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
(NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop,
"Disturbance Regimes and Climate-Carbon Feedback" to be held
February 13-15, 2012, at NIMBioS.
Objectives: Disturbances have been recognized as a key factor
affecting terrestrial biogeochemical processes but can be easily
misinterpreted without considering the context of disturbance regimes.
Many studies have been conducted to quantify impacts of individual
disturbance events on ecosystem carbon processes. In general, one
disturbance event, such as wildfire, usually triggers release of a large
amount of carbon and then follows by recovery processes. It is important
to recognize that any disturbance events happen in a context of
disturbance regime in a region. If the disturbance regime does not
change over time in a region (i.e., stationary), recovery processes
after one disturbance event result in net carbon uptake that can fully
compensate the carbon loss triggered by the disturbance event, leading
to no net change in carbon balance over time. Similarly over space, the
carbon loss triggered by the disturbance event in one area can be fully
compensated by carbon gain by recovery in other areas in a region if
regional disturbance regimes are stationary. Thus, disturbance impacts
on biogeochemical cycles have to be interpreted in the context of
disturbance regimes and their responses to global change. Disturbance
regimes can usually be characterized by disturbance frequency, severity,
and extensity, and differ in different regions of the world. So far, the
quantitative relationship between carbon-climate feedback and
disturbance regimes has not yet been carefully explored. Climate change
likely alters disturbance regimes (i.e., nonstationry). The
nonstationary disturbance regimes trigger either net carbon releases
from or uptake by terrestrial ecosystems, feeding back to climate
change. Mathematical models are needed to quantify stationarity of
disturbance regimes and their feedback to global carbon cycles and
climate change. This investigative workshop will bring together
disturbance ecologists, biogeochemists, mathematicians, statisticians,
and computer scientists to discuss various issues related to integration
of disturbance ecology with biogeochemistry using mathematical and
statistical approaches. The workshop will synthesize state-of-the-art
information and identify future directions in the interface areas of
disturbance ecology and biogeochemistry. It is anticipated that the
workshop will lead to a NIMBioS Working Group to tackle more focused
issues in this interface area.
Location: NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Co-Organizers: Maria Leite (Mathematics, Univ. of Oklahoma at Norman)
and Yiqi Luo (Ecology, Univ. of Oklahoma at Norman; Director, EcoLab)
If needed, applicants may request travel and lodging support.
Participation is limited, and those selected to attend will be notified
within two weeks of the application deadline. Application deadline:
November 1, 2011
ESA Emerging Issues Conference: Call for Poster Abstracts (Students and Post-Docs)
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, February 27 - March 1, 2012
Call For Poster Abstracts (Students and Post-Docs)
"Developing Ecologically-Based Conservation Targets Under Global Change"
The 2nd Emerging Issues Conference of the Ecological Society of America
February 27 - March 1, 2012
National Conservation Training Center
Shepherdstown, West Virginia http://esa.org/emergingissues
Eligibility: Undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs (at time of conference)
Benefits: Up to 20 awards, each up to $1,000 for travel expenses
Application deadline: Thursday, September 29, 2011
ESA's Governing Board announces the Conference, "Developing Ecologically-Based Conservation Targets Under Global Change," to be held February 27 to March 1 2012, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The conference is co-chaired by Bernd Blossey of Cornell University and Dov Sax of Brown University. This by invitation only conference at the National Conservation Training Center will include two full days of presentations, discussions, and poster sessions; one day of workshops; and a concluding plenary.
The conference will bring together ecologists, land and conservation managers, and students to 1) identify both existing and novel conservation targets that are ecologically sound in light of rapid global change, and 2) develop a framework for assessing the inherent tradeoffs, risks, and benefits involved in achieving those conservation targets. The ultimate objective is to provide science-based, practical decision tools for those charged with implementing conservation strategies throughout North America and internationally.
The Conference Committee is soliciting submissions of poster abstracts by eligible students and post-docs that relate to the conference theme. Abstracts that break new ground in understanding or managing the impacts of global change on conservation are especially encouraged. Authors may approach the topic through ecology, policy, or education applied to any geographic region, habitat, or species. We are especially interested in integrative approaches that recognize the importance of interdisciplinarity and those bridging traditional divides between natural and social scientists. Abstracts will be reviewed in October and authors will be notified of their acceptance status by November 3, 2011.
We will begin accepting abstracts on September 1 for a September 29 deadline. Visit http://esa.org/emergingissues during the application to be directed to the abstract submission page for the conference. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Riem, Science Programs Coordinator at the Ecological Society of America, at jennifer@esa.org.
Informing Decisions in a Changing World: US-IALE Annual Symposium
Newport, Rhode Island, April 8-12, 2012
US-IALE 27th Annual Symposium
April 8-12, 2012
Newport, Rhode Island
Informing Decisions in a Changing World
Call for Workshop Proposals (Due Date Friday, October 21, 2011):
Submissions of workshop proposals for the US-IALE 27th Annual Symposium
are now being accepted through Friday, October 21, 2011. Workshop
proposals should include the following:
Title
Objectives and description of workshop (<200 words)
Time block: full-day (8:00-4:30pm with lunch break) or half-day
(1:00-4:30pm). Full-day workshops will be scheduled on Thursday and
half-day workshops will be scheduled on Tuesday.
Hardware/Media needs (e.g., computers for individual use, projector
and screen)
Software needs
Other instructional materials needed (instructors are responsible for
ordering all materials, but may have items shipped to local committee
for convenience)
Additional important information that will be needed by local
committee or participants (e.g. personal laptops, pre-workshop readings,
etc.)
Will there be a fee associated with the workshop? If so, please
provide an estimate and justification for the fee.
To submit your proposal, send the requested information to the Program
Committee at the workshop email address: usiale.workshopgmail.com.
All workshops will be assigned to locations at the conference venue
(Newport Marriott). Internet access will be provided if it is a
requirement for the workshop. Please use usiale.workshop at gmail.com
to submit proposals or ask workshop-related questions.
EcoSummit 2012
Columbus, Ohio, September 30 - October 5, 2012
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Early Bird Registration Deadline: April 27, 2012
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for EcoSummit 2012 at www.ecosummit2012.org.
Register by Friday April 27, 2012 for the reduced delegate rate US$500 (late registration rate US$625). During the registration process you will be able to select your mid-conference field trip and optional pre-conference field trip. We recommend that you look at the pre-conference and mid-conference field trip options before starting the registration process.
Presenting authors are reminded that they must register to attend the conference by Friday April 27, 2012.
We look forward to seeing you in Columbus!
Kind regards,
William J. Mitsch
EcoSummit 2012 Chair
Deadlines:
September 1, 2011: Proposals Symposia/Workshops
January 20, 2012: Abstract Submission
April 27, 2012: Author Registration and Early Bird Registration
Society of Ethnobiology Conference
The 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Ethobiology will be held from April 11-14, 2012 at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado. This year's theme is "Conservation & Communities." We encourage presentations that accomplish the following:
Highlight engagement and collaboration with indigenous peoples
Recognize the importance of working with children and elders
Incorporate innovations in environmental education
Document conservation (or lack thereof) in the paleoecological and archaeological records
Integrate diverse kinds of knowledge
Recognize the importance of traditional knowledge in conservation and restoration
Investigate the application of archaeobiological data to conservation
Provide different perspectives on land and natural resource management
New NSF-funded National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
To help identify solutions for today's most pressing environmental challenges, the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently funded a national synthesis center in Annapolis, Md., through a $27.5 million award to the University of Maryland.
The center is the newest in a series of synthesis centers--centers that bring together and meld research from many disciplines of science--funded by NSF over the last 15 years. It is the first of these centers to integrate the natural sciences and social sciences, previous centers focused on natural sciences only.
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, known as SESYNC, will be home to research on such issues as water availability, sustainable food production, and the interaction between human activities and ecosystem health.
New Physiological Ecology award for postdoctoral scholars
Dear section members,
We have a new award available for postdoctoral scholars! In July 2011, the journal Plant, Cell & Environment (Dr. Keith Mott, Editor-in-Chief), published by Blackwell, agreed to contribute funds to create an award for the best presentation by a postdoctoral scientist within the field of physiological ecology at the ESA Annual Meeting. The award will be given to a scientist who has completed their Ph.D. within the last 5 years for an oral presentation of their postdoctoral research at the Annual Meeting.
Please see the information below and circulate widely. Because the 2011 meeting is fast approaching, the application deadline for the Austin meeting is next *Friday, July 22*.
On behalf of the ESA Physiological Ecology section, we are pleased to announce the
2011 Plant, Cell & Environment Postdoctoral Award
This award is made to a postdoctoral scholar whose oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America represents a significant advancement in physiological ecology. This is the first year the section has offered the award, which is made possible through the generous support from the journal Plant, Cell &Environment (Blackwell Publishing, Dr. Keith Mott, Editor-in-Chief). The winner will receive a $750 check from the Physiological Ecology section. The runner-up will receive a $250 check from the section.
Eligibility requirements:
The applicant must be first author and presenter for the paper.
The work must have been completed while the applicant was a postdoctoral scholar (presentations of dissertation work are not eligible).
The applicant must have completed his/her PhD within the last 5 years at the time of the presentation.
The applicant must be a Physiological Ecology section member at the time of the presentation. Not a member of the Physiological Ecology section? No problem -- it's easy to join. Just go to the ESA membership site, and on the application form select "Physiological Ecology Section". Annual membership dues are $5. You can join us at any time, but you must be a member of ESA. If you're not already a member of ESA, you can use the link above to join ESA at the same time. ESA memberships run January-December, regardless of when you join. If you have membership questions, you can contact ESA by emailing membership@esa.org or by calling 202-833-8773.
Past winners may not enter the competition in subsequent years. Applicants awarded honorable mention remain eligible for the competition in the future.
To enter the competitions:
Please send Jennifer Funk (jlfunk@chapman.edu) the following information by July 22, 2011:
Applicant information: name, mailing address, email address, College/University association, and date of degree.
With the annual meeting coming up, here's a quick run-down of events associated with our section that may be of interest to you. We look forward to seeing you at the mixer and the section booth in the exhibit hall.
Mixer and Business Meeting
Wednesday August 10, 6:30 - 8:00 PM, Ballroom G
Section Booth
We need help populating the section's booth located in the exhibit hall. Staffing the section booth is a great networking opportunity for grad students and postdocs. Sign up for 30 minute slots here: http://www.doodle.com/89nsv3kcbwqdvt3a - Click on the accordion-like feature to expand the schedule. The booth will contain times and locations of the 24 student presentations considered for the Billings and New Phytologist awards. We will also have a board for posting jobs and other announcements. Please swing by and post something yourself or email your announcement to Jen Funk at: jlfunk@chapman.edu
Austin Music!
We encourage you to attend "An Austin Night for Nature", an environmental benefit organized by past President Zoe Cardon. Proceeds will benefit over a dozen local Austin environmental groups, including Keep Austin Beautiful, Travis Audubon Society, TreeFolks, Uplift Austin, and Hill Country Conservancy, among many others. These groups have foci ranging from conservation and youth education to urban beautification, and they will have tables set up at the theatre describing their efforts . Get your tickets for this event featuring premier Austin talent performing in the new home of Austin City Limits - ACL-Live at the Moody Theatre, a silver-LEED certified theatre. Don't hesitate because tickets are already on sale for the general public. If you have already registered for the meeting, you can still buy tickets from ESA ($15 for ESA members as opposed to ~$25 - $40 for the general public) by sending in a supplemental registration form.
Finally, Cliff Duke (ESA, Dir of Science Programs) is seeking a broad range of ecologists to participate in a session and associated focus group regarding a United Nations associated effort to to define the human right to “enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications.” If this is of interest to you, the session is Monday morning 10:00 - 11:30 AM and the focus group is Tuesday night from 8 - 10 PM.