The annual conference of the European Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) next year will be held in Smolenice, Slovakia, from 28-31 May 2010. The motto is "Succession, restoration and management of dry grasslands". The homepage is now fully functional, and you are invited to visit it at
http://www.edgg.org/edgg_meeting.html
There will be oral and poster contributions as well as a series of excursions to diverse dry grassland sites. As in the previous years, we plan a guest-edited Dry Grassland Special Feature in the international journal "Tuexenia" with contributions from the conference, and there will be the possibility for participants from low-income countries to apply for some financial support. Deadline for registration and abstracts is 31 January 2010.
With kind regards,
Jürgen Dengler (Co-Chair of the EDGG)
P.S.: The European Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) is an informal network of presently 360 dry grassland researchers and conservationists from 36 countries.
We would like to invite you to the 9th international Meeting on Vegetation Databases, hosted from 24-26 February 2010 at the University of Hamburg, Germany. The motto this year is "Vegetation Databases and Climate Change".
We particularly invite contributions based on vegetation databanks and related archives on the following topics
Aditionally, we welcome presentation of new methods, new software tools, or new databases. In particular, we invite all persons who host a vegetation database to present its scope and content on a poster. We intend to publish a comprehensive overview of vegetation databases worldwide in a peer-reviewed conference volume (more info).
The meeting will comprise keynote lectures by Niklaus E. Zimmermann (WSL, Switzerland) and Ingolf Kühn (UFZ, Germany), and Michael C. Rutherford (South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa) as well as three software workshops related to establishment and analyses of large databases.
Visit our conference homepage at http://www.botanik.uni-greifswald.de/workshop2010.html where you find further details. Deadline for registration and abstract upload is 30 November 2009.
We are looking forward to welcome you in Hamburg in less than five months.
Best regards,
Jürgen Dengler, Manfred Finckh, and Jörg Ewald
ATTENTION: Post-docs and Ph.D. candidates...
Interdisciplinary Studies On Global Climate Change And The Ecology And Management Of Tropical Montane Ecosystems, a Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) funded by the National Science Foundation.
This PASI will bring together ecologists, ecosystem scientists, climatologists, physiologists, paleoecologists, hydrologists and others with an expertise in tropical montane ecosystems for a 8-day workshop from March 6th-14th, 2010 in the Madre de las Aguas protected region in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. The PASI workshop will combine talks, labs, and field excursions with established researchers (see below), and post-doctoral and graduate student participants. Applicants will be selected from several criteria, including an established commitment to the field of tropical montane ecology.
Pan-American Advanced Study Institutes (PASIs) are designed to disseminate cutting edge knowledge to an audience of young scientists (post-docs and graduate students) from across the Americas.
The Madre de las Aguas region in Dominican Republic encompasses over 2000 km2 of pristine and managed tropical montane forest, and includes the highest point in the Caribbean, Pico Duarte (3098 m). More site information and publications on the region: http://landscapeecology.agsci.colostate.edu/research/tropical_ecology/tropical_ecology.html
HOW TO APPLY: This PASI is open to post-doctoral and graduate student scientists working in tropical montane ecosystems. Please email your current CV including publications, a list of three references with contact information, and a 2-page letter of interest detailing your research and experience in tropical montane ecosystem to Patrick Martin at patrick.martin@colostate.edu. All participants will be required to present their research in poster sessions. Individuals from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. The application deadline is November 30th, 2009. Citizens of North and South American countries and researchers working in the Neotropics will be given preference.
All expenses including travel are covered for speakers and accepted applicants.
With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net) is pleased to call for applications for the CHANS Fellowships. The selected CHANS Fellows will participate in CHANS events organized in conjunction with the AAG (Association of American Geographers) annual meeting, April 14-18, 2010. They will have opportunities to interact with active leaders in CHANS research, to learn the latest developments in CHANS research, and to build professional networks with other attendees.
Approximately 10 fellowships (up to $1,000 each) will be given for the selected graduate students, postdoctoral associates, junior faculty members, and/or other junior researchers in other institutions to defray expenses associated with attending the meeting. Applications will be judged on the merits of the applicants' abstracts, financial need, and professional backgrounds and goals. Former award recipients are not eligible to apply. Members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. All applications must be RECEIVED by October 20, 2009. The selection will be made by the end of November 2009.
For application form and other related information, please visit opportunities and news and events.
Background papers on CHANS in Science and Ambio are available at here and here.
This Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Academies-consisting of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council-is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows develop basic skills essential to working or participating in science policy at the federal, state, or local levels.
Eligibility
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and those who have completed graduate studies or postdoctoral research in any social/behavioral science, medical/health discipline, physical or biological science, any field of engineering, law/business/public administration or any relevant interdisciplinary field within the last five years are eligible to apply.
The program takes place in Washington, D.C. and is open to all U.S. and non-U.S. citizens who meet the criteria. However, non-U.S. citizens must be currently enrolled in a U.S. university and have proof of holding a valid J-1 or F-1 status.
Session Dates
Winter/Spring: February 3-April 28, 2010
Fall: August 30-November 19, 2010
Apply
Please visit www.national-academies.org/policyfellows for details on criteria, application instructions, and access to the online application and reference forms. Please note the requirement for submission of an online reference from a mentor/adviser.
Deadlines
The deadline for receipt of application material is November 1 for the winter/spring program and May 1 for the fall program. Candidates may apply to both sessions concurrently.
Stipend
A stipend grant award of $8,240 will be provided for the 12-week session to offset expenses.
Questions should be directed to: policyfellows@nas.edu.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally-engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asian and Pacific regions. The Summer Institutes are hosted by foreign counterparts committed to increasing opportunities for young U.S. researchers to work in research facilities and with host mentors abroad. Fellows are supported to participate in eight-week research experiences at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan (10 weeks), Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan from June to August. The program provides a $5,000 summer stipend, round-trip airfare to the host location, living expenses abroad, and an introduction to the society, culture, language, and research environment of the host location.
The 2010 application is now open and will close December 8, 2009. Application instructions are available online at www.nsfsi.org. For further information concerning benefits, eligibility, and tips on applying, applicants are encouraged to visit www.nsf.gov/eapsi.
NSF recognizes the importance of enabling U.S. researchers and educators to advance their work through international collaborations and the value of ensuring that future generations of U.S. scientists and engineers gain professional experience beyond this nation's borders early in their careers. The program is intended for U.S. graduate students pursuing studies in fields supported by the National Science Foundation. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply for the EAPSI. Applicants must be enrolled in a research-oriented master's or PhD program and be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents by the application deadline date. Students in combined bachelor/master degree programs must have matriculated from the undergraduate degree program at time of application.
The first Summer Institutes began in Japan in 1990, and to date approximately 1,800 U.S. graduate students have participated in the program. For the 2009 competition, NSF received 317 applications and issued 187 awards. EAPSI applicants are representative of most U.S. states and territories. The 2009 awardees pool included representation from 95 universities and 40 states.
The NSF-EAPSI Operations Center is administered by the American Society for Engineering Education.
Should you inquire additional information, please contact Mr. Ergys Ramaj by email at eapsi@asee.org or by phone at 1-866-501-2922.
We hope you were able to attend some of the talks or posters of students who entered the Billings and New Phytologist (NP) Poster award at this year’s ESA meeting. We had a great (and relatively large) bunch of students competing this year, although we had almost five times more students giving talks compared to posters. Because of this imbalance, we awarded two honorable mentions for the Billings award, which is in addition to the overall winners of the Billings and New Phytologist Poster awards. The awardees are (drum roll...):
Billings award:
Winner: Doug Aubrey, University of Georgia, gave an oral presentation on “Root-derived CO2 efflux via xylem stream rivals soil CO2 efflux” with co-author R.O. Teskey.
Honorable mention: Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, gave a presentation on “Integrating estimates of ecosystem respiration from eddy covariance towers with automated measures of soil respiration: Examining the development and influence of hysteresis in soil respiratory fluxes along a woody plant encroachment gradient” with co-authors R. Scott, G.D. Jennerette, and T.E. Huxman.
Honorable mention: Dena Vallano, Cornell University, gave a presentation on “Effects of direct foliar uptake of gaseous nitrogen dioxide on plant-herbivore interactions” with co-author S. Campbell.
New Phytologist Poster award:
Winner: Allyson Eller, Cornell University, presented a poster on “Influence of changing air chemistry on plant growth and reproduction: Effects of rising carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone on a model species” with co-author J. Sparks.
The winners of the Billings and New Phytologist Poster awards will receive a cash prize, and the winners and honorable mentions will also receive a complimentary book of their choice from Elsevier. Thanks to both New Phytologist, which contributes to the Billings fund (source of cash prize) and Elsevier for supporting our Section’s awards competition. To learn more about these awards and their history, please see the awards page.
Sincerely,
Kiona Ogle and Zoe Cardon
Sincerely,
Kiona Ogle and Zoe Cardon
We would like to invite general abstract submissions regarding these and related questions to a special session titled “BO28: Can nitrogen fixation in aquatic systems reverse nitrogen limitation?” to be held at the ASLO meeting in Portland, OR, on 22-26 February 2010 (www.agu.org/meetings/os10/). The full session description is attached below. Despite the session title (ASLO has strict limits on the length of the titles, so we couldn’t fit everything in!), we encourage submissions related to any of the above questions and involving any aquatic system, regardless of size, salinity, or trophic status.
Invited abstracts (ASLO allows only 4 with “invited” status, and these
usually end up being oral presentations, subject to ASLO approval) will be
submitted by:
-Dr. Allan Devol (U. of Washington)
-Dr. John Downing (Iowa State U.)
-Dr. Hans Paerl (UNC Chapel Hill)
-Dr. David Schindler (U. of Alberta)
We anticipate a lively session and expect to receive numerous abstracts. Abstract submission is now open, and the deadline is 15 October 2009. Please feel free to contact any of the session chairs if you would like additional information on the session. We especially encourage submissions from students working on relevant topics, and please pass this announcement on to any possibly interested persons we may have missed in this mailing.
We hope you will consider submitting an abstract and attending this session. It’s going to be a good one!
Session chairs:
Mark J. McCarthy, UQÀM & UTMSI (markm@mail.utexas.edu)
R. Wally Fulweiler, Boston University (rwf@bu.edu)
Roxane Maranger, Université de Montréal (r.maranger@umontreal.ca)
BO28: Can nitrogen fixation in aquatic systems reverse nitrogen limitation?
The importance of nitrogen fixation in aquatic systems varies considerably, and environmental controls differ for autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrogen fixers. Traditionally, nitrogen fixation has been considered to be negligible in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and most marine systems. However, new techniques for measuring nitrogen fixation are suggesting that we have underestimated the importance of N fixation in many systems. Improved methods are enabling us to construct models and scale-up ecosystem estimates. On a smaller scale, molecular techniques also are leading to new discoveries of the important players in N fixation and the environmental conditions favoring them. Coupled to these analytical breakthroughs are the recent findings that implicate climate change as an important factor contributing to reduced system productivity and a reversal of estuarine sediment function from a nitrogen sink to a source. Together, these observations have been used to question the long-standing paradigm that marine systems generally are nitrogen limited, based on the idea that, over the long-term, small amounts of nitrogen fixation will correct system nitrogen deficiencies. This session aims to review recent advances in the modeling, measurement techniques, rates, molecular attributes, environmental controls, and ecosystem-scale impacts of nitrogen fixation with a focus on the effects of climate change and the ability of nitrogen fixation to reverse nitrogen limitation in aquatic systems. Submissions are encouraged from all aquatic systems, from small streams to the open ocean.
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) will host a symposium entitled "Marine Ecosystem Engineers in a Changing World: Establishing Links Across Systems" at the society's annual meeting, January 2-6 2010 in Seattle (http://sicb.org/meetings/2010/). We invite abstracts for a student poster session complementary to the symposium. Students studying any aspect of the biology of marine ecosystem engineering organisms are encouraged to apply--this includes but is not limited to the ecology, evolution, morphology, physiology and behavior of organisms such as reef-forming invertebrates, seagrasses, mangroves, and infauna. Foci can range from applied issues surrounding the management of threatened or invasive marine ecosystem engineers to the basic biology of such organisms. We welcome abstracts from scientists at any level, but graduate students and persons from underrepresented minority groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Students are also eligible to apply for SICB's generous student support program, which either waives registration fees or provides housing support at very low cost to the student. Inquiries can be directed to Sarah Berke (berkes@si.edu). The SICB abstract deadline is September 11, 2009.
Deadline for Submission: September 24, 2009 The deadline to submit Symposia, Organized Oral, and Organized Poster Session Proposals for the 2010 ESA Annual Meeting is Thursday, September 24, 2009. For details regarding each of these session types and for instructions on how to submit your proposal, please read the Calls on the website: http://esa.org/pittsburgh/presenters.php.
Proposals addressing the meeting theme, “Global Warming: The legacy of our past, the challenge for our future” are especially welcome, 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. There is no set number of accepted Organized Poster Session proposals, and all proposals will be peer-reviewed. For additional information and to begin the submission process, please visit http://www.esa.org/pittsburgh/call_poster.php.
If you have any questions, please contact the Program Chair, Frank Gilliam, at gilliam@marshall.edu, or the Program Assistant, Aleta Wiley, at aleta@esa.org.
Encyclopedia of Life invites applications to the EOL Rubenstein Fellows program.
This program will provide partial stipend or salary support (up to 50% in one year) for early career scientists to serve species-level information through the Encyclopedia of Life.
Rubenstein Fellows will be disseminating results of their own research as well as assisting their mentor and others in their research community to do the same. The focus of a project may be taxonomic, regional, or thematic (for example, marine conservation, host-parasite interactions, or invasive species).
Rubenstein Fellows will be selected through an international competition administered by the Species Pages Group of the EOL. The first competition will be held in Fall 2009, with Fellows commencing on or after January 1, 2010. Additional competitions are expected in following years. Overall we anticipate funding at least 60 Fellows over four years.
As EOL will be entering a Marine Theme, we expect many of this round's awarded fellowships to address marine species.
For more information, please see http://eol.org/content/page/fellows.
Deadline for applications is 30 September 2009.
"Climate Change and You: Putting a Face on Global Warming"
EcoRes Forum Online E-Conference | 19-28 October 2009
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: http://www.eco-res.org/register.html
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to join the EcoRes Forum from 19-28 October 2009 for "Climate Change and You: Putting a Face on Global Warming," the third and final in this series of Internet-based discussions.
Much of what one hears about climate destabilization focuses on distant places and populations - seemingly surreal stories of submerging islands, earthquakes and flooding in faraway lands, polar bears on a distant ice floe. All of these scenarios are real. All of them are deadly serious. Yet there's a very real, very tangible personal side to climate change that some of us have failed to fully consider. Climate change is happening, but not just to "others." Climate change is happening to me. It's happening to you.
How will these changes affect our lives, our livelihoods, our health, our children's future? What personal choices and actions might we make to offset further change? How can we prepare for the changes we're already locked into? Are there linkages between the personal, ecological, economical, social, and spiritual aspects of these changes that we have as yet overlooked? If we are the ones we have been looking for, if the answers to this challenge lie within us, what are the opportunities, responsibilities, and implications of this time, this Great Turning?
With registrants from over 90 countries, this event offers each participant a unique opportunity to share your work with global citizens from all walks of life, from concerned individuals to academics and activists, from community leaders to UN, World Bank, and IPCC representatives. We invite you to join us in this final gathering of the EcoRes Forum, as we strive to empower participants by sharing knowledge, exploring common interests, and working together to chart our path forward.
This final e-conference will have a dual platform, with discussions ongoing via both email and online boards. Conversations take place 24/7, as Special Guests and Participants take part at their convenience from around the world. Proposals for self-directed breakout discussions on related subjects may be submitted to forum@eco-res.org. Each selected presentation will be provided with a unique webpage and unlimited discussions threads within the Forum website, with limited server space provided for presentation materials. Deadline for proposals: 21 September 2009
For more information or to register for the October event, please visit the EcoRes Forum at http://www.eco-res.org.
REGISTRATION is now open to attend the 7th Annual "Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes" Symposium on November 13, 14, & 15, 2009, in Kansas City.
NEW THIS YEAR: STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS. Please visit website for application information.
The Ecological Genomics Symposium will convene in the historic Muehlebach/Marriott Hotel in downtown Kansas City on Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. and conclude on Sunday at noon. For a brochure and complete information regarding poster abstract submission, student travel fellowships, registration and hotel reservations, please visit our Symposium website, ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2009.
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 2009 Symposium and we encourage you to attend!
International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA)
Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
July 20-23, 2010, Leicester, UK
All topics concerned with spatial accuracy and uncertainty in a natural resources and environmental sciences context are appropriate, for example:
Symposium proceedings, an edited book planned as part of Springer's Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series and possibly an international journal.
Modes Of Participation: Oral papers and posters. Pre-conference workshop proposals also welcome.
Deadlines:
Nick Tate and Pete Fisher (co-Chairs), Giles Foody and Pete Atkinson (Programme Committee co-Chairs)
Contact: accuracy2010@le.ac.uk
PDF of the full call for papers
The International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net), with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is pleased to announce a series of CHANS events being organized in conjunction with the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), which will be held in Washington, D.C., April 14-18, 2010. Current plans would have CHANS-Net activities focused on the first three full days of the AAG Meeting (April 14-16), but of course participants would be welcome to remain for as much of the remainder of the AAG meeting as they desire.
NSF considers these events to be a gathering that would fulfill a requirement of CNH awards for participation of at least one senior member of each funded team in a periodic meeting of awardees. In addition to presentations and a workshop within the AAG meeting, there will be opportunities for discussion and a small number of select presentations on CHANS research at the NSF. Those who are not supported by the NSF-CNH Program are also welcome to participate in the events.
The focus of the 2010 activities will be to synthesize across CHANS research projects and identify special opportunities for CHANS research over the next 5 to 10 years as well as recommendations regarding ways that the research community can best pursue those opportunities. The presentation of project findings will be complemented by a workshop designed to produce cross-project syntheses suitable for publication.
The CHANS Fellows Program of CHANS-Net will provide financial support for the participation of approximately 10 junior scholars (e.g., graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and junior faculty) in these activities. There will be opportunities for informal interactions among CHANS project investigators and among junior scholars and senior colleagues.
For more information about CHANS-Net, please visit www.chans-net.org, where you will find information on CHANS-Net events, CHANS researchers and projects, as well as opportunities such as the CHANS Fellows Program. For instance, the CHANS-Net kick-off events were held in Snowbird in April 2009 in conjunction with the 2009 annual meeting of US-IALE (US Regional Association of International Association for Landscape Ecology). They included a symposium "Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions Across Landscapes", and a workshop "Challenges and Opportunities in Research on Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems." In addition, CHANS-Net supported the participation of 14 CHANS Fellows from around the world in the events. Those who have not yet joined the Network are invited to do so - simply visit the web site and follow the link to "People" and add your information.
Abstracts are due by October 20, 2009. Abstract submission form and other information.
If you are interested in organizing or helping to organize a symposium session, please contact us as soon as possible at:
CHANS-Net
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Voice: 517-432-5025
Fax: 517-432-5066
Email: CHANS-Net@csis.msu.edu
Web: www.CHANS-Net.org.
We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming session we are organizing at the 2009 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco on 14-18 December 2009:
B18: Adaptation of Vegetation to Changes in Environmental Forcing
Description: Global change can alter many environmental factors that affect vegetation, such as temperature, rainfall, solar radiation, humidity and nutrient availability. Quantitative prediction of global change requires a good understanding of its effects on vegetation-atmosphere interactions. Large scale models often treat plants and their communities as static when considering these effects. However, this excludes acclimatory and adaptive changes in vegetation properties, which occur at many different time scales (e.g. stomatal conductance vs. photosynthetic capacity vs. species composition). This session aims to draw together modellers, experimentalists and data analysts to advance our understanding of plant acclimation and adaptation at the full range of relevant time scales, from days to centuries and beyond. Similarities and discrepancies between models and observations will reveal where our current models need to be improved. Therefore, we particularly seek contributions that are general enough to improve the representation of vegetation responses to environmental change in models.
The session will be highlighted by contributions from Peter Eagleson (MIT, USA), Invited; Joe Berry (Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA), Invited; Roderick Dewar (ANU, Australia), Invited; Christoph Kuells (University of Freiburg, Germany), Invited; Vince Gutschick, Contributed; Dan Yakir, Contributed.
The submission deadline is 3 September 2009. Submit an abstract.
We look forward to your contributions to this exciting field of research, Kevin Tu, Stan Schymanski, Tom Buckley and Soenke Zaehle
We invite contributions for two sessions of interest at the Fall 2009 meeting of AGU.
B03: The Bio-atmospheric N cycle: N Emissions, Transformations, Deposition, and Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts
Biogenic and anthropogenic emissions of reactive nitrogen (Nr) are transported and chemically transformed in the atmosphere and deposited on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, altering the structure and function of those systems and potentially degrading environmental quality. Estimating atmospheric N exchange, including emissions and deposition, and evaluating ecosystem responses require a diverse array of measurements and models that link processes at multiple scales. We seek presentations on physical, chemical, biological, and anthropogenic processes that drive local, regional and global nitrogen exchange, resultant impacts on ecosystem structure, function, carbon uptake, nitrogen export, biodiversity, human health, and the ultimate fate of deposited Nr, as well as policy implications and responses.
Conveners: Stuart B Weiss (Creekside Center for Earth Observations) and Emily M Elliott (University of Pittsburgh)
H75: Sources, Cycling, and Effects of Nutrients in Aquatic Systems
Anthropogenic and natural sources of dissolved and particulate nutrients (e.g., nitrogen, phosphorous, organic carbon) have a profound impact on ecosystems and water quality. Spatial and temporal variations in nutrient loading can influence local water clarity, oxygen levels, community composition, trophic interactions, and contaminant bioaccumulation pathways within food webs. Eutrophication, algal blooms, and oxygen depletion are among the negative impacts of nutrient enrichment of surface waters. We seek presentations aimed at understanding sources, transport, and cycling of nutrients in aquatic environments (e.g., tracking with isotopic tracers). We also seek presentations that advance understanding of the associated water quality effects (e.g., assessments or remediation efforts). All aquatic environments are of interest, including wetlands, groundwaters, rivers, lakes, streams, and estuaries.
Conveners: Carol Kendall (USGS), Emily M Elliott (University of Pittsburgh), Jingyu Wang (City University of New York)
We invite you to submit an abstract to the session:
B11: Ecosystem Models, Data Assimilation and Flux Networks: Synthesis Efforts From Regional to Global Scales
This session will be convened in December at the Fall Meeting of AGU sponsored by the Biogeosciences section. The deadline to submit an abstract is September 3, 2009.
Description:
Networks of flux towers have been collecting data on exchange processes between biosphere and atmosphere for multiple years across the globe. There is an increasing demand by the research community, policymakers and the general public to synthesize information from these databases to better understand status, mechanisms and trends of biogeophysical processes in the context of climate change. This session focuses on projects that synthesize information from multiple flux tower sites for data assimilation to interpret, train or validate ecosystem and climate models, or use statistical approaches to upscale and synthesize results at multiple temporal and spatial scales. We particularly seek contributions that make extensive use of flux tower data to improving our understanding of the mechanisms that drive biogeochemical processes under climate change. We ask the following general question: What can Flux Networks learn from the ecosystem modeling community and what can this community learn from Flux Networks?
I’d like to call your attention to and encourage abstract submissions to the following Ecohydrology session at the AGU Fall Meeting 2009. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.
H30: Tracers, Isotopes and Other Biogeochemical Techniques in Ecohydrology
Description: Ecohydrology is at the forefront of addressing a number of outstanding challenges in earth surface processes, and is increasingly important in advancing our understanding in both hydrological and ecological sciences. While the use of tracers has been fundamental towards the advancement of hydrology, the interrelationships between ecology and hydrology suggests that tracers (e.g. Cl-, SF6, temperature, nutrients, DOC), isotopes (e.g. 15N, 13C, 18O), and other biogeochemical techniques (e.g., sap flux measurements in plants, soil chemistry, eddy covariance measurements of CO2 and H2O) may be equally appropriate to the field of ecohydrology. We invite contributions that highlight advancements or promising directions in the use of multiple approaches to address the co-organization of geochemical, hydrological and biological processes from hillslope to catchment scales. The session will include studies that integrate biogeochemical techniques with hydrologic and geotechnical approaches and/or ecosystem process modeling to enhance understanding of the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of catchment processes. Studies employing field based data collection and innovative methods of analysis and modeling are strongly encouraged, as well as numerical approaches towards resolving complex interactions involving biogeochemical techniques, tracers, and isotopes in ecohydrology across a range of spatial and temporal scales.
We invite you to submit an abstract to our session entitled "B04: Climate Change and Biogeophysical Impacts Across Elevation and Latitude: Are Mountains Different From Poles?" to be convened in December at the Fall Meeting of AGU in the Biogeosciences section.
We are interested in presentations that assess aspects of climate change in either mountain or polar regions, and especially those that highlight differences between the two regions.
The abstract deadline is September 3, 2009, 23:59 EDT.
We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.
Sincerely, Jessica Lundquist, Greg Pederson, Jeremy Littell, Jeff Hicke
Description: High elevation and high latitude systems are among the most sensitive to climatic change, and the patterns and impacts in mountains and poles are in many ways parallel. Despite common geophysical gradients driving many of the responses, however, coupled ecosystem and geophysical processes may unfold differently in mountain versus polar environments due to differences in climatic, ecological, geologic and human history. This session focuses on the biogeophysical nature of climate change in mountain and high latitude systems, with the new goal of improved discussion of scientific opportunities and challenges common to both environments. Focus areas include: mountain and high latitude climate observations; impacts of climate change on snow and snow-driven hydrology; responses of subalpine, alpine, and arctic ecosystems; and, particularly, comparison of the biogeophysical pathways and impacts in high elevation and high latitude systems.
We invite you to participate in the AGU Fall Meeting special session B08:
Toward Phenological Assessments: Regional, National, Global
Phenology is the gateway to climatic effects on both managed and unmanaged ecosystems. Phenology affects such things as the planting, maturation, and harvesting of food and fiber crops, pollination, timing and magnitude of allergies and disease, recreation and tourism, water quantity and quality, and ecosystem function and resilience. Changes in phenologies have already manifested myriad effects of directional climate change and, as changes continue, it is critical to establish a comprehensive suite of benchmarks to track conditions and consequences.
Adaptation to climatic variability and change will require integration of phenological data and models with climatic forecasts at seasonal to decadal timescales. Thus, we propose the need for a first National Phenological Assessment for the USA. Further, we encourage others to explore what it would take to conduct a Phenological Assessment of their region or nation. Toward these ends, we seek contributions that can assist in the identification and evaluation of indicators of phenological change based on data from diverse fields including, but not restricted to, meteorological and hydrological observations, plant and animal phenologies captured in contemporary and legacy datasets, phenological metrics from remote sensing datastreams, flux tower observations, and GCM and RCM model realizations.
We also seek contributions evaluating the covariation between phenological data and large-scale modes of climate variability to help detection and attribution of supposed secular trends and development of short and long-lead forecasts for phenological variations. Finally, we seek contributions that can assist in the identification and evaluation of optimal methods for quantifying and qualifying what constitutes significant statistical and ecological change in phenological indicators, given uncertainties in both data and methods and defined range of natural variability. In short, we encourage contributions from all aspects of phenological investigation regardless of locale.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (confirmed)
1) Mike Dettinger (US Geological Survey): Changing timing of the onset of spring in western North America--An update.
2) Noah Diffenbaugh (Stanford University): Near-term projections of phenologically-important climate variables in the United States
3) Mark Friedl (Boston University): Recent progress estimating phenology from MODIS: Comparison of Collection 5 results with ground data and other sensors
4) Adam Terando (North Carolina State University): How well do GCMs simulate high impact measures of climate change? An assessment of past trends and future projections of agro-climate indices.
Abstract deadline: 03 September at 23:59 EDT (Submit here)
Submit abstract to Biogeosciences special session B08.
If you are not an AGU member and need sponsorship of your abstract or if you have questions about the session, please contact Geoffrey.Henebry@sdstate.edu.
We would like to invite our colleagues conducting research on any aspect of dissolved organic matter dynamics in watersheds to submit abstracts for Session B02 at the Fall American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, 14-18 December, 2009. We hope that this session will attract a diversity of presentations, in terms of research approach, scales of focus, and geography.
B02: Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Matter in Watersheds
DOM transport from terrestrial to aquatic environments is a fundamental component of the global carbon cycle. In both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems DOM plays a critical role by affecting nutrient cycling, metals mobility and toxicity, heterotrophic production, and drinking water quality. A comprehensive understanding of DOM dynamics in watersheds remains challenging due to complex interactions of hydrological, geochemical, and biological processes. This session invites contributions investigating the sources, transport and transformations of DOM throughout the terrestrial-aquatic continuum. Presentations are encouraged on all aspects of DOM dynamics, ranging from field and laboratory studies to modeling approaches. Example topics might include: 1) watershed approaches identifying spatial or temporal variations of DOM export and composition; 2) descriptive or experimental studies identifying the factors controlling the fluxes and composition of DOM in soils and/or aquatic systems; 3) novel analytical techniques for quantifying various DOM sources and transformation pathways (isotopic, spectral, chemical, or physical methods for detailed characterization of DOM constituents); 4) modeling approaches addressing DOM dynamics in terrestrial and aquatic environments.
The deadline to submit an abstract is 03 September 2009 – 2359 Eastern Daylight Time.
At this December's AGU meeting, I can recommend a presentation-poster session that will be of interest. Convenors are seeking volunteers for oral presentations and posters, from scientists at all stages of careers, from students to the so-called "retired."
Sept 3rd is the deadline for Abstract submission. See scientific session search. You must be an AGU member ($20 or less) to submit an abstract.
Session B12: Global Soil Change: New Frontiers for the Biogeosciences
Sponsor: AGU - Biogeosciences Section
Some of society's most important scientific questions involve Earth's soil. We have far too little understanding about how humanity is transforming soil right beneath our feet, changing the biogeochemistry and biophysics of the soil system itself and soil's interactions with the global atmosphere and hydrosphere.
Presentations (oral and poster) are sought that creatively address this most critical of Anthropocene phenomena, that of the human forcing of soil change. Presentations are welcome from across all scientific perspectives of Earth's Critical Zone, and across all spatial and temporal scales.
This AGU session is proposed from an ongoing NSF Research Coordination Network that facilitates interaction among the world's long-term soil observatories and experiments (on-line at ltse.env.duke.edu).
We invite abstract submissions for the following biogeoscience session of the Fall 2009 American Geophysical Union meeting:
B07: High-Latitude Climate Feedbacks and Their Interactions
Climate feedbacks—the modification of climate by processes that themselves change with climate forcing—is a central problem in global change studies. Boreal and Arctic ecosystems exhibit high carbon density and are projected to experience large climate changes in the coming century, making the identification and quantification of potential feedbacks from these high-latitude ecosystems essential for future climate projections. High-latitude feedbacks include changes in permafrost thaw, wildfires, forest and shrubland productivity and range expansion, albedo, soil responses to changing climate, and methane clathrates. These processes are not only poorly modeled but frequently interact; for example, increased forest fires change forest age structure, albedo, atmospheric aerosol levels, and soil temperatures.
This session aims to present and compare the magnitude, climate forcing potential, and interactions among high-latitude climate feedbacks. We welcome submissions derived from field and modeling studies, terrestrial and marine environments, and scales ranging from the stand to the globe.
The abstract submission deadline is September 3.
Well it is that time of year again! I would like to alert everyone to the special session Jim Kaste, Greg Okin, and I are organizing for the 2009 AGU Fall Meeting (14-18 December 2009; San Francisco, California).
Please consider submitting an abstract by September 3rd. We are very interested in presentations that study interactions between at least two of the three types of forcing listed in the title. Both modeling and observation-focused studies are encouraged.
If you have any questions, please talk to any one of the three of us! (details and contact info below)
Best regards,
Andrew Elmore, Jim Kaste, and Greg Okin
EP09: Landscape Evolution: Quantifying Interactions Between Biological, Physical, and Anthropogenic Forcings.
Sponsor: Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Description:
Landscape evolution has historically been described using the interactions of biological and physical processes. However, chronic anthropogenic impacts from low-intensity land use and climate change complicate these interactions and in some cases lead to significant shifts in the rate and trajectory of geomorphologic change. Additionally, we lack quantitative methods for describing certain natural processes across a range of timescales and how they might be impacted by human activities. A quantitative understanding of biological, physical, and anthropogenic forcings is required to manage coupled earth systems for sustainable natural resource use. This session solicits papers that describe the relative roles of physical, biological and anthropogenic mechanisms in landscape evolution, and how these roles might shift over time. We encourage interdisciplinary studies that utilize novel methods and/or long-term environmental records to identify and quantify the major earth systems processes (including human activities) and their interactions that control landscape evolution.
The leading speakers from the roof of the forest, the canopies, will be assembling at the 5th International Canopy Conference being organized by ATREE on "Forest canopies: Conservation, Climate change and Sustainable use" during 25th - 31st October 2009, Bangalore, India. Public talks, plenary, mid- and post- conference field trips, workshops, openhouse apart from technical sessions and social events are part of the programme. The event will also exhibit photos and art work depicting the forest canopies. Canopyscape- student symposia aimed at students working in the canopies will be organized as a pre-conference event.
This is the final call to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations; the call ends on 17th August 2009 and the notification of acceptance will be communicated by 20th August 2009. Please find the guidelines on http://canopy2009.org/html/sub3.html and http://canopy2009.org/html/sub4.html respectively.
Registration for the conference is open and the early bird offer will come to an end on 20th of August 2009. Please hurry with your registrations and find relevant details on http://www.canopy2009.org/html/regn.html
Please find more information on www.canopy2009.org, and forward this to your colleagues to make this conference a success.
The 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada from June 29th through July 2nd 2010.
The long-standing theme of this conference series, The Biology of Butterflies, focuses attention on recent developments in biology that rely on butterflies as research models, particularly in ecology and evolutionary biology. There will be a general call for contributed papers in the fall.
This meeting will immediately precede that of the Society for Conservation Biology, also to be held in Edmonton.
For additional information go to: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/biobutterfly2010
Or contact the organizers, Jens Roland and Felix Sperling at: icbb2010@biology.ualberta.ca
Application Deadline: 31 August 2009
Participation limited to thirty-four early career scholars
Airfare and on-site expenses supported by the National Science Foundation
The Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS, pronounced discourse), connects natural and social scientists engaged in research related to climate change, impacts and solutions. The goal is to broaden perspectives and establish a collegial peer network to address climate challenges at the interface of science and society. A report and list of participants from the most recent symposium is available here
During the week-long symposium -- held in the Tonto National Forest near Phoenix, Arizona -- participants will present and discuss their research, hone interdisciplinary communication and team skills, and discuss emerging research, societal and professional issues with each other and with established researchers invited to serve as mentors. Confirmed mentors include Julia E. Cole (University of Arizona), Jonathan T. Overpeck (University of Arizona), Billie L. Turner (Arizona State University), and David A. Randall (Colorado State University).
Participation will be limited to thirty-four early career scholars identified by an interdisciplinary committee of research scientists based on review of submitted applications.
Eligibility: PhD requirements completed April 1, 2007 - July 31, 2009. Selection will favor applicants who plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject within or relevant to climate change, its impacts and solutions. We encourage applicants from the natural and social sciences, economics, mathematics, engineering, or any other field so long as the research focus relates to climate change, its impacts or solutions. While the emphasis is on the U.S. research system, we welcome applicants from all countries who are interested in learning about the U.S. research system and connecting with U.S. researchers.
Symposium Application instructions: http://disccrs.org/symphelp.html
Register your PhD dissertation and search for other recent climate change dissertations: (over 900 PhDs have added their dissertation abstract on climate change to this database). http://disccrs.org/register.html
Electronic newsletter: with jobs and other time-sensitive announcements is available to those who register dissertations.
Public webpage: includes the dissertation registry, numerous early career resources, and symposium application instructions. http://disccrs.org/
Society Sponsors: AAG, AERE, AGU, AMS, ASLO, ESA, ESS-ISA, STEP-APSA, TOS and USSEE.
Organizers: Ronald B. Mitchell, University of Oregon; Paul H. Yancey, Whitman College; Jennifer R. Marlon, University of Oregon; and Ruth A. Ladderud, Whitman College.
Funding: This Symposium is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation through grants to the University of Oregon and Whitman College.
For a printable color poster of information about DISCCRS V in PDF format, please go to: http://disccrs.org/DISCCRSposter.pdf
Register now for the inaugural conference of the Association For Environmental Studies & Sciences (AESS)
Environment: The Interdisciplinary Challenge
University of Wisconsin, Madison
October 8-11, 2009.
Join hundreds of friends and colleagues from across North America in a wide-ranging exchange of research findings, teaching tips, lessons about professional development, and discussions about the future of environmental and sustainability higher education. You may make your reservation today by visiting the AESS website or go straight to the conference website. You will also be able to reserve lodging nearby and monitor the development of theconference program.
Nearly 150 paper presentationshave already been included in the program and dozens of roundtables, discussions,and poster sessions are planned, along with opportunities to hear prominent public figures and to meet with members of the Society for Environmental Journalists (SEJ), who are holding their annual meeting only minutes away.
Making connections is the goal of the AESS conference - professional connections, disciplinary connections, connections among diverse disciplines, connections between theory and practice, and connections between complex natural systems and even more complex human social systems. Members of the program and local arrangements committees have endeavored to make the conference not only an intellectual feast, but an important social event, as well. A banquet, reception, lunches and snack breaks are all planned to encourage informal discussion, information sharing,and the development of new friendships.
The registration site for Ameriflux 2009 (September 21-23) in Washington DC is now active. https://www.orau.gov/ameriflux2009/registration/
-Individuals wishing to attend are asked to register early. Early registration will help meeting organizers plan facilities and accommodations so we ask for your cooperation.
-There is no registration fee for this year's meeting, courtesy of DOE ORISE, but participants will be required to cover transportation and lodging costs.
-In order to be included in the hard-copy abstract book, your abstract must be received by August 21, 2009.
-A draft agenda will be posted soon on the DOE ORISE meeting web site.
-Registration and meeting details for Ameriflux 2009: http://www.orau.gov/ameriflux2009/
The AmeriFlux network was established in 1996. The network provides continuous observations of ecosystem level exchanges of CO2, water, energy and momentum spanning diurnal, synoptic, seasonal, and interannual time scales and is currently composed of sites from North America, Central America, and South America. AmeriFlux is part of a "network of regional networks" (FLUXNET) which coordinates regional and global analysis of observations from micrometeorological tower sites. Visit the AmeriFlux Network website: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/
From March to August 1, 2009, U.S. faculty and professionals are invited to apply for Fulbright scholar grants at www.cies.org. For monthly updates, write us at outreach@cies.iie.org for a complimentary subscription to The Fulbright Scholar News, an electronic newsletter.
The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 286,000 participants from over 155 countries with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, to exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. For more information, visit http://fulbright.state.gov/.
Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals for 2010-2011: Deadline is August 1st
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers 69 awards in lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research in environmental science, including four Fulbright Distinguished Chairs, the African Regional Research Program and the Middle East and North Africa Regional Research Program. Even better, faculty and professionals in environmental science also can apply for one of the 144 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields.
What does Fulbright offer in environmental science? Here are a few of the awards for 2010-2011:
Northern and Eastern Europe: Opportunities in environmental health in Finland, renewable energy/energy research in Estonia, Lithuania, Norway and Poland, and ecology/conservation in Hungary and Estonia. Post-communist countries seek scientists and policymakers to develop new policies and solutions to pressing environmental problems.
Southern and Western Europe: Award #0226 – Pure and Applied Sciences in Bulgaria; Award #0375 Social Sciences (environmental, health and sustainability, ecotourism) in the Slovak Republic; Award #0395 – Science and Technology in Turkey; Award #0272 – Agriculture or Environmental Studies in Hungary.
Middle East and Northern Africa: Award #0461 – Multiple Disciplines in Oman; Award #0466 – All Disciplines in Saudi Arabia; Multiple Postdoctoral Research awards in Israel and Egypt.
Western Hemisphere: Award #0558 – Environmental Studies, Biotechnology and Plant Pathology in Trinidad and Tobago; Award #0503 – Argentina/Uruguay Joint Award in Environmental Sciences; Award #0554 – Renewable Energy Science and Technology in Panama; Award #0504 – Canada/Mexico Joint Award in North American Studies
Distinguished Chairs: Award #0009 - Fulbright-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna in Austria; Award #0034 – Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy Technology in Sweden; Award #0024 – Fulbright-Israel Distinguished Chair in the Natural Sciences and Engineering.
The application deadline is August 1, 2009. U.S. citizenship is required. For a full, detailed listing of all Fulbright programs and other eligibility requirements, please visit our website at www.cies.org or send a request for materials to scholars@cies.iie.org.
We are pleased to announce the a new NSF funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) focused on Enzymes in the Environment. We invite all scientists and educators interested in any aspects of extracellular enzymes in all environments to participate.
Extracellular enzymes produced by bacteria and fungi are involved in innumerable biogeochemical processes and are central to providing services to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. However, our understanding of enzyme production, stabilization & turnover, and in-situ activity is constrained by:
The purpose of this RCN is to bring together all scientists, students and educators who are interested in extracellular enzymes in the environment.
The RCN will sponsor a series of workshops, symposia, research exchanges, and training programs to advance the science. We are particularly interested in fostering communication between groups that do not usually get the opportunity to interact. We are launching a new website for the RCN:
http://enzymes.nrel.colostate.edu
Please take the opportunity to participate in the RCN by joining the mailing list through the website. Soon, we will launch a forum on the website to foster open discussion of methodological issues, ecological interpretation, and other enzyme related questions. We look forward to a vigorous dialog!
Matthew Wallenstein
Mary Stromberger
Richard Dick
We would like to invite colleagues to participate in the AGU Chapman Conference on Examining Ecohydrological Feedbacks of Landscape Change along Elevation Gradients in Semiarid Regions, to be held in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA on October 5-9, 2009.
A special poster session will be organized focusing on “Quantifying biogeochemical “hot spots” and “hot moments” in drylands – a hydrological perspective”. The following is the session description.
Across water-limited arid and semi-arid environments, it has been long recognized that pulsed water events strongly impact the biogeochemical cycling of various elements. For example, small rainfall events in drylands will promote “hot moments” of increased CO2 (the birch effect) and NOx production. In addition, the spatial heterogeneity of arid environments leads to "hot spot" locations (e.g., under the tree canopies, or in riparian zones) where reaction rates are disproportionately high relative to the surrounding matrix. The identification, quantification, and prediction of these “hot spots” and “hot moments” and their underlying hydrological drivers are crucial determinants of how drylands will respond to climate change. Furthermore, elevation and climate gradients provide a natural laboratory for exploring the manner by which these coupled biogeochemical and hydrological dynamics vary within and between dryland ecosystems. Therefore, we are seeking submissions that characterize, quantify, and predict biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments via essential hydrological phenomena across a wide range ecosystem types, and across numerous spatio-temporal scales. Specifically, we seek submissions that (1) characterize the quantitative effects of hydrological dynamics on biogeochemical processes, (2) explore the changing nature of these linkages across elevational/climate gradients, and (3) determine the advances in experimental, analytical, and numerical approaches necessary to explore coupled hydrological and biogeochemical processes in greater detail.
Colleagues interested in these themes should contact Kelly Caylor (kcaylor@princeton.edu) or Lixin Wang (lixinw@princeton.edu) for more information.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is July 9th, 2009.
Sincerely, Lixin Wang and Kelly Caylor
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers 69 awards in lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research in environmental science, including four Fulbright Distinguished Chairs, the African Regional Research Program and the Middle East and North Africa Regional Research Program. Even better, faculty and professionals in environmental science also can apply for one of the 144 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields.
What does Fulbright offer in environmental science? Here are a few of the awards for 2010-2011:
Northern and Eastern Europe: Opportunities in environmental health in Finland, renewable energy/energy research in Estonia, Lithuania, Norway and Poland, and ecology/conservation in Hungary and Estonia. Post-communist countries seek scientists and policymakers to develop new policies and solutions to pressing environmental problems.
Southern and Western Europe: Award #0226 – Pure and Applied Sciences in Bulgaria; Award #0375 Social Sciences (environmental, health and sustainability, ecotourism) in the Slovak Republic; Award #0395 – Science and Technology in Turkey; Award #0272 – Agriculture or Environmental Studies in Hungary.
Middle East and Northern Africa: Award #0461 – Multiple Disciplines in Oman; Award #0466 – All Disciplines in Saudi Arabia; Multiple Postdoctoral Research awards in Israel and Egypt.
Western Hemisphere: Award #0558 – Environmental Studies, Biotechnology and Plant Pathology in Trinidad and Tobago; Award #0503 – Argentina/Uruguay Joint Award in Environmental Sciences; Award #0554 – Renewable Energy Science and Technology in Panama; Award #0504 – Canada/Mexico Joint Award in North American Studies
Distinguished Chairs: Award #0009 - Fulbright-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna in Austria; Award #0034 – Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy Technology in Sweden; Award #0024 – Fulbright-Israel Distinguished Chair in the Natural Sciences and Engineering.
The application deadline is August 1, 2009. U.S. citizenship is required. For a full, detailed listing of all Fulbright programs and other eligibility requirements, please visit our website at www.cies.org or send a request for materials to scholars@cies.iie.org.
Symposium sponsored by the New England Invasive Plant Center
This symposium will have open sessions with invited speakers and panel discussions, plus contributed presentations and posters. One objective of the symposium is to develop potential international research collaborations of mutual interest on the broad problem of biological invasions.
The invited participants will include scientists with interests in both pure and applied research related to invasive species biology from the U.S., Japan, South Korea, China and far eastern Russia. We have also invited selected scientists and policy makers from the U.S. and Asian government agencies.
For more information, the symposium agenda & schedule, registration, or contributing talk or poster presentation, see: Invasive Plant Symposium
Water-Ecosystem Services, Drought, and Environmental Justice: The 1st Millennium Conference of the Ecological Society of America, November 9-12, 2009, Athens, Georgia.
CALL FOR POSTERS
Deadline for Submission: Thursday, May 28, 2009
Water-ecosystem services in the United States and many places around the world are severely stressed from population redistribution, urbanization, water overdrafts, flood control, and limited institutions. This first ESA Millennium Conference seeks to integrate social science and ecological research to address the present and future complexities and challenges of water resources governance, decision-making and environmental justice at the local-to-regional and national levels in the United States and internationally. Building on the premise that drought is a normal, recurrent feature of climate that occurs in virtually all climatic zones, this conference aims to investigate how the impact of drought is exacerbated or mitigated by ecology, water resource infrastructure, policy, and human behavior, resulting in differential socio-ecologic vulnerability to drought from region to region, as well as within regions.
The Conference Committee is calling for the submission of poster abstracts that relate to water-ecosystem services, drought, or environmental justice. Abstracts that address connections between these three themes are especially encouraged. Authors may take a research, policy, or education approach to the topic applied to any geographical region. Approximately 30 poster abstracts will be selected from this open call.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The 1st ESA Millennium Conference will have about 100 invited attendees. For each accepted poster abstract, there will be one invitation to attend the Conference and present the poster. There will be no registration fee, but attendees will be responsible for their own travel and lodging. Funding is currently being sought to support the attendance of students invited to present a poster at the Conference.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
To submit your poster abstract, please follow this link.
You will need the following information:
1. Title
2. Name, Affiliation, and Email address for all authors
3. Abstract, maximum of 300 words
If you have any questions, please contact Aleta Wiley, Science Programs Assistant at the Ecological Society of America, at aleta@esa.org.
The 5th International Canopy Conference will be held in Bangalore, India from the 25-31 October 2009.
Details on the conference can be found at: http://www.canopy2009.org/
An all-day pre-conference student symposium will be held on Sunday, 25th Oct.
Please note the following deadlines:
The conference webpage is constantly being updated and online registration will be available shortly.
IUFRO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, in cooperation with the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (ipb) and the Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) are organizing the IUFRO Landscape Ecology International Conference.
The conference aims to bring together scientists, planners, and managers in order to share science and experiences on approaches, methods and tools to assess change, to forecast change in structures and processes, and to optimize goods and services provided at multiscale-multifunctional levels under a context of change.
Topics addressed are: Scaling in landscape analysis, Patterns and processes in changing landscapes, Disturbances in changing landscapes, Biodiversity conservation and planning in changing landscapes, Monitoring landscape change, Tools of landscape assessment and management, Management and sustainability of changing landscapes, Urban Forestry in changing regions.
Submission deadlines:
Symposium proposals - September 27, 2009
Abstracts - December 20, 2009
Contact: João Azevedo (iufrole2010@ipb.pt)
For more information, please visit http://www.ipb.pt/iufro2010
Extended Registration Deadline: March 1, 2009
Organizers: Carol Lee, Kristina Schierenbeck, Robert Holt
Conference Website
We have organized this workshop to promote integration of ecological and evolutionary perspectives and approaches toward the study of invasive species. Our aim is to create a venue in which discussion among participants would lead to novel synthetic research and papers that reflect the novel syntheses. For example, the integration of population genetics and population dynamics could yield insights into the lag period of invasions, evolutionary responses to novel environments, and range expansions, oscillations, and extinctions. Also, integrating empirical data on ecological factors, such as predation or competition, with genetic factors, such as quantitative genetic variance or the genomic architecture of critical traits, could enhance our understanding on factors that limit invasions and improve the efficacy of predictive models, including those that might aid in biological control. Invasive species provide an ideal testing ground for many basic evolutionary theories, and we hope that this workshop will help expand this potential.
This event will be held March 19-22, 2009 at Granlibakken Lodge, North Lake Tahoe, California, USA. The workshop will consist of talks by invited speakers (listed below), group discussions, and posters sessions. Papers resulting from the workshop will be submitted to the journal Evolutionary Applications for a special issue. The registration deadline is March 1. You may register at www.granlibakken.com. Click on "Make a Reservation" button to the left, select "Conference Participant." The user name and password are: usda09. The all-inclusive meeting package of $799 (single-occupancy) or $608 (double occupancy) includes conference registration fees, lodging, and meals. Day passes (conference attendance + lunch) are available at $120 per day or $252 for the entire conference. Workshop participants are eligible for a discount lodging fee of $120 per night for a Standard Room for days before or after the conference (call Granlibakken to make sure you receive this discount). Workshop participants will also receive special discounts at Homewood Mountain Ski Resort. Poster titles may be submitted to Kristina Schierenbeck (ka.schierenbeck@ars.usda.gov).
Workshop dates: May 17-20, 2009
Conference dates: May 20-23, 2009
Website: www.eeidconference.org
Registration is now open online.
Workshop applications should be submitted by March 15. Graduate students and post-docs at universities and other institutions in the U.S. may apply at the same time for financial assistance for workshop fees, travel and housing.
Registration for the conference should be by April 15. Registration fees ($60 for faculty and $30 for graduate students and post-docs) can be paid online prior to the conference, with a link provided on the registration page.
Questions can be directed to Sonia Altizer (saltizer@uga.edu), Pej Rohani (rohani@uga.edu) or Mike Antolin (michael.antolin@colostate.edu).
The Global Conference on Global Warming will take place in Istanbul, Turkey on 5-9 July 2009. More details.
In the context of the GCGW-09 a special “Session on Education, Awareness and Training on Climate Change” will be organized. It is convened by Professor Walter Leal, from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany. The session will consist of papers which will explore the links between education, awareness and training and climate change. The session will be organized in cooperation with the “International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management” (IJCCSM), published by the Emerald Publishing Group in the United Kingdom. The “Session on Education, Awareness and Training on Climate Change” will congregate climate experts, educators and university personnel performing activities which aim at fostering awareness on climate change to different groups and audiences. A special focus will be given to pilot and demonstration projects, curricular activities and to research which aim to catalyse a better understanding of global warming, climate change and of the factors which are associated with it.
Papers presented at the Session will be published in a special issue of the (IJCCSM) hence maximizing the efforts made ot participants to attend the conference and present their findings.
Contact details:
Prof. Walter Leal (BSc, PhD, DSc, DL)
Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences"
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences- Faculty of Life Sciences
Lohbruegger Kirchstraße 65
21033 Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: walter.leal@ls.haw-hamburg.de.
Abstract submission has been extended to February 28, 2009.
B08: Wildfire in natural systems: vulnerability, impact, and response
Wildfire plays a critical role in many natural systems, although information about potential changes in fire regimes and system responses to wildfire in a changing climate are lacking. We invite papers focusing on past, present, and projected patterns of wildfire, their effects on natural systems, and/or system responses following wildfire at the local or regional scale. Submissions presenting empirical studies, integrative models, or remote sensing of wildfire and those examining feedbacks or interaction between wildfire and other natural disturbances (i.e., insect or disease outbreaks, flooding, etc.) are particularly encouraged, as are those highlighting critical research and management needs. Interdisciplinary papers addressing ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, and resource management are invited with the goal of bringing together theoretical and applied researchers.
Abstracts should be submitted online and indicate your interest in Session B08 in Biogeosciences. Abstracts must be submitted by 2359 UT on March 4, 2009 for consideration. For more information regarding this session, contact Brian Benscoter (bbenscot@uoguelph.ca).
For information about the Spring Joint Assembly meeting, visit the conference website at http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja09/.
Deadline for Submission: February 26, 2009
We invite submission of abstracts for contributed oral and poster presentations at the 2009 ESA Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held August 2-7, 2009, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Abstracts that address the meeting theme, “Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society”, are especially encouraged, but submissions may address any aspect of ecology and its applications. We also welcome submissions reporting interdisciplinary work, that address communication with broad audiences, or that explore ways of teaching ecology at any level.
Please note that invited speakers for Symposia and Organized Oral Sessions should not submit their abstracts until they receive specific instructions by email in late January. These abstracts will still be due on February 26, 2009.
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.
Contributed poster presentations are placed in late afternoon poster sessions scheduled Monday through Thursday afternoon. Posters should be hung all day preceding their session, and authors are expected to present their posters during the entire 90 minute poster session.
For more information and to begin the submission process, please go to http://esa.org/albuquerque/call_abstracts.php.
If you have any questions, please contact Program Assistant Aleta Wiley (Aleta@esa.org) or Program Chair Scott Franklin (Scott.Franklin@unco.edu).
We are pleased to call your attention to the newly released program announcement for the Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE) program of the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science & Engineering (NSF/OISE). The PIRE program will support projects that 1) undertake frontier research that cannot be done without the unique and complementary contributions of both the U.S. and international partners, 2) help develop a globally engaged U.S. science/engineering workforce, AND 3) facilitate strengthened involvement by U.S. institutions in mutually beneficial international research and education collaborations.
The PIRE program announcement number is NSF 09-505. A link to the program announcement as well as additional information, including links to abstracts of 32 active PIRE awards, can be found here. PIRE is a two-stage competition, beginning with required preliminary proposals, which are due on February 26, 2009. U.S. universities that granted one or more Ph.D.s in a science or engineering field since 2006 are eligible to submit preliminary proposals. Each eligible institution may submit up to three preliminary proposals. Researchers may be involved as PI, co-PI, senior personnel, consultant or subawardee on no more than one proposal. PIRE awards support the U.S. side of the international collaboration.
The Ecological community has done well in past competitions and we wish to encourage submissions to this competition. For further information, please contact:
William J. Resetarits
Program Director
Ecological Biology Cluster
Division of Environmental Biology
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 635
wresetar@nsf.gov
Voice (703) 292-7184
Fax (703) 292-9064
This message is to advertise a scientific “happening” (Woodstoich 2009) related to Ecological Stoichiometry planned for this coming summer on a country farm near Sendai in northeastern Japan. The event is targeted towards postdoctoral andadvanced PhD students who are working on any aspect of ecological/biological stoichiometry in any type of ecosystem or with any type of organism. The event is going to be dynamic, novel, and its products will be rapidly disseminated in Oikos. The Global COE Program "Center for Ecosystem Management Adapting to Global Change” and Tohoku University, Japan are providing funding to cover the costs of attendance for all accepted participants.
To apply, interested parties should provide a 1-2 page cover letter describing their past, ongoing, and/or planned work in ecological/biological stoichiometry and related fields, and what s/he hopes to contribute to the workshop, and a 2 page curriculum vitae. The materials should be sent to Hideyuki Doi (woodstoich2009@googlemail.com) by February 15, 2009. Further details are available through the Woodstoich 2009 website.
ARLINGTON, VA, November 6, 2008-The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), is seeking to fund environmental research and development in the Sustainable Infrastructure focus area. The development and application of innovative environmental science and technology supports the long-term sustainability of DoD's installations and ranges, as well as significantly reduces current and future environmental liabilities. The Sustainable Infrastructure focus area concentrates on natural resources (e.g., ecosystem-based management; threatened, endangered, and at-risk species; land management and watershed protection; and maritime sustainability), facilities (e.g., installation/regional sustainability, energy, noise, air and water quality, and facility waste), and cultural resources. This work also encompasses the technologies required to sustain deployed forces. SERDP intends to fund multiple projects that respond to the following three focused Statements of Need (SON) in Sustainable Infrastructure:
Southwest Ecological Systems on Department of Defense Lands: Altered Fire Regimes and Non-Native Invasive Plants
Managing and Restoring Southwest Intermittent and Ephemeral Stream Systems on Department of Defense Lands
Fugitive Dust Emissions Due to Department of Defense Activities
Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 SONs will be selected through a competitive process. PRE-PROPOSALS FROM THE NON-FEDERAL SECTOR ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009. PROPOSALS FROM THE FEDERAL SECTOR ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009. The SONs and detailed instructions for federal and private sector proposers are available at www.serdp.org/funding.
SERDP also will be funding environmental research and development through the SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED) Solicitation. The SEED Solicitation is designed to provide a limited amount of funding (not to exceed $150,000) to investigate new environmental technologies with innovative approaches that entail high technical risk and/or have minimal supporting data that provide risk reduction and/or proof of concept. For FY 2010, Sustainable Infrastructure SEED proposals are being requested in response to the following SON:
Innovative Control/Eradication Approaches for the Brown Tree Snake (Bioga irregularis)
ALL SEED PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009. Detailed instructions for both federal and non-federal proposers are available at www.serdp.org/funding.
Join us at the Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop, December 2-4, 2008, in Washington, DC. SERDP's Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Marqusee will conduct a SERDP Funding Opportunities session on December 4, 2008, 12:15-12:45 PM. This "how to play" briefing will offer information for those who are interested in new funding opportunities within SERDP. During this session, participants may ask general questions about the funding process, submitting proposals, and the current FY 2010 SERDP solicitation. To learn more about the Symposium or to register, visit www.serdp-estcp.org/symposium2008/.
We cordially invite you to submit a contribution to the following session:
"Shifting Seasons: Phenological evidence from observations, reconstructions, measurements and models (co-sponsored by PAGES & ILEAPS)"
The IPCC AR4 report from 2007 presented unequivocal evidence of regional to global-scale change in seasonality, as evidenced by plant and animal phenological records. Observations from all continents and several oceans now show that many physical and biological natural systems are being affected by regional climate change, particularly increases in temperature. To allow a consistent global analysis, AR4 focused only on significant trends from traditional phenological observations during the 20-year period between 1970 and 1990. However, there has been much additional research in recent years that lends new insights into spatial and temporal patterns of interrelationships between climate change and organisms, with attendant impacts on carbon dynamics, species interactions, biogeochemistry, etc. This new research has focused on novel investigations of data, and the development and application of new methods and techniques for investigation of phenology. However, robust identification of long-term centennial phenological trends and of systematic decadal fluctuations in biotic and abiotic variables requires compilation and analysis of much longer time series from historical evidence. Integration of historical and contemporary data, on global scales, will be required to reliably understand the processes underlying phenological dynamics. This session would also serve as an opportunity to discuss and strategize on the development of a global network of detailed regional and seasonal observations of phenology.
Therefore, 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 spatial and temporal scales that compare and integrate seasonality changes across methods and that advance our understanding of seasonality response to long-term climate change and single extreme events.
Please submit your contribution using the following link:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/303
Deadline: January 13 2009
Looking forward to seeing you in Vienna,
This Rutishauser, Universitat Autonoma, Barcelona (this@creaf.uab.es)
Annette Menzel, TU München (menzel@forst.tu-muenchen.de)
Jake Weltzin, US-National Phenology Network (jweltzin@usgs.gov)
The Urban Wildlife Working Group of The Wildlife Society, together with the Massachusetts Division of Wildlife, University of Massachusetts, and USGS Massachusetts Cooperative Research Unit, is sponsoring a Symposium on Urban Wildlife Ecology and Management.
The program committee for the symposium is soliciting abstracts for oral presentations and posters, to be submitted by February 2, 2009. Information on how to submit abstracts will be available on the conference website: www.people.umass.edu/sdestef/urban_conference.html
We are also accepting proposals for symposia and workshops. Anyone interested in organizing a symposium or chairing a session should contact the program committee chair, Seth Riley, at mailto:seth_riley@nps.gov.
Symposium May 2009: Regulatory role of soil resources in plant and ecosystem response to climate change
The function of plants in both natural and agricultural ecosystems is primarily constrained by suboptimal soil resource availability. Water and N deficit are major limitations to plant growth on earth and most terrestrial vegetation is supported by weathered soils with some combination of low P, low Ca, and Al toxicity. The influence of climate change on plant resource acquisition and utilization is important yet complex, and poorly understood, making it difficult to predict how future climate scenarios may impact plant function and the multiple ecosystem processes they influence.
A primary motivation for this plant symposium is to synthesize current understanding of plant and soil interactions in the context of climate change and from there explore the cascading effects on ecosystem processes, including impacts on agriculture, and food security. The symposium will feature leading experts on plant and ecosystem resource use in a changing world. This symposium is structured with plenty of time for informal interaction. Speakers and participants will explore knowledge gaps, emerging ideas, and discuss future research needs. Abstracts for poster and mini oral presentations are welcomed. Please visit our website for a list of session topics, speakers and registration information.
http://plantbiosymposium.psu.edu
We are pleased to announce that the 7th North American Forest Ecology Workshop (NAFEW) will take place at Utah State University from June 22 26, 2009. The Workshop will bring forest ecologists from around the world to share ideas and knowledge on forest ecosystems in North America. The ecological backdrop of the 7th NAFEW will be the semiarid and montane forests of North America's Interior West. The program will feature four days of oral presentations - with a midworkshop ½ day break for field trips consisting of invited speakers and volunteer presentations and posters. General information about the 7th NAFEW, as well as specific instructions, can be found at:http://www.nafew2009.org/. We invite prospective participants to submit oral and/or poster presentations for the 7th NAFEW.
Oral Presentations
Sessions of varying lengths (from 90 minutes to one full day) will be devoted to the forest ecology topics highlighted on the 7th NAFEW website here. Within sessions, a combination of invited and volunteer papers will be presented. Our intention is to stress participant interaction, therefore each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes, allowing at least 5 minutes for discussion. Each topical session will include an additional summary discussion period aimed at topic synthesis. Those wishing to volunteer an oral presentation are required to submit a proposal consisting of the title of the talk, author's name(s), presenter's contact information, an abstract limited to 300 words, and a 1st and 2nd session preference. Additional sessions will be created where several high quality submissions suggest a topic that does not fit current session themes. Prospective presenters must complete the template for automated abstract submission no later than January 30, 2009. Oral presentation proposals will be reviewed and authors will be notified of decisions on acceptance by March 13, 2009. Time and space constraints will limit the final number of oral presentations accepted.
Poster Presentations
The 7th NAFEW organizers anticipate at least one volunteer poster session. We encourage those who prefer this format to submit a proposal for poster presentation. Those wishing to display a poster presentation are required to submit a proposal consisting of the title of the poster, author's name(s), presenter's contact information, and an abstract limited to 300 words. Prospective presenters must complete the template for automated abstract submission no later than January 30, 2009. Poster proposals will be reviewed and authors will be notified of decisions on acceptance by March 13, 2009. Space limitations may limit the final number of poster presentations accepted.
The 10th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions under the theme “Effective intervention through enhanced collaboration” will be held in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa in August 2009. EMAPi10 will be of interest to a broad audience, from ecologists, evolutionary biologists, restoration ecologists and managers.
Specific focuss areas will include molecular ecology of plant invasions, Invader-induced trophic cascades, Novel ecosystems, Human dimensions of plant invasions, Mapping & modelling of plant invasions, Methods for risk analysis in biosecurity, Managing invasive plants ~ learning from successes and failures, Plant invasions in protected areas, Plant invasions in arid areas ~ special problems, special solutions, Nurseries never-ending source of invasive species?, Biofuels ~ a major source of problems with invasive plants in the future?, Communication, education & social marketing~beyond pretty posters to behaviour change.
South Africa, and specifically the Western Cape region, is home to one of the world’s most diverse floras. Unfortunately the country also has a long history of problems with alien plant invasions. However, South Africa boasts some of the world’s most innovative and successful management programmes to protect its biodiversity for future generations.
Stellenbosch lies in the heart of South Africa’s winelands with spectacular natural surroundings. It is a short drive from Cape Town international airport and the mother city. Stellenbosch offers a vibrant scene characterized by fantastic restaurants, night life, history and spectacular scenery.
For further information go to: http://www.emapi2009.co.za/, or contact Prof Dave Richardson: rich@sun.ac.za or Retha Venter: reventer@netactive.co.za
Deadline for Submission: Thursday, December 4, 2008
We invite proposals for workshops and special sessions at the 94th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. The theme for the meeting is "Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society", and proposals related to this theme are highly encouraged. For additional information, please visit http://www.esa.org/albuquerque.
WORKSHOPS are sessions intended to convey specific knowledge or skills; they are not intended for the presentation of research papers. Workshops are frequently more interactive and informal than sessions within the formal scientific program, and often involve extended discussion. They are not scheduled concurrently with symposia, organized oral, contributed oral, or poster sessions. Workshops may involve one or several leaders/presenters, and may include computer-based or other ‘hands-on’ training. Workshop proposals should make clear what skills, tools, or insights participants might expect to gain from the session. For more information and to begin the submission process, please go to http://esa.org/albuquerque/call_workshop.php.
SPECIAL SESSIONS complement the formal scientific program, providing an opportunity for presentations or extended dialogue and exchanges beyond what is usually possible in the regular scientific sessions. These sessions are not intended for the presentation of formal research papers, and they do not run concurrently with the symposium, organized oral, contributed oral, or poster sessions. Special sessions do not conform to any single structure. They may, for example, involve one presenter, a series of lectures or a panel; a film, video or illustrated lecture; or a discussion. For more information and to begin the submission process, please go to http://esa.org/albuquerque/call_specialsession.php. If you have any questions, please contact Program Chair, Scott Franklin, at Scott.Franklin@unco.edu, or Program Assistant, Aleta Wiley, at Aleta@esa.org.
This goal of this conference is to explore the breadth of forest carbon science in the Lake States and Northeast regions and provide an opportunity for scientists to: (1) share and discuss research on carbon pools and cycling in temperate and boreal forests; (2) identify research needs in forest carbon science given natural and human disturbances and environmental change; and (3) highlight potential effects of management on carbon dynamics and suggest methods to increase carbon stored in forests and wood products.
Focus areas include:
- Disturbance Effects on Forest Carbon Pools
- Management Interaction with Forest Carbon Pools
- Valuing Carbon as an Ecosystem Service
- Bioenergy for Fossil Fuel Substitution and Carbon Sequestration
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be accepted until April 3, 2009. Additionally, presenters will have the opportunity to submit manuscripts for a special issue of the journal FOREST SCIENCE.
Additional information is available online at the conference website: www.forest.mtu.edu/cinf
Proposed Session Title: "Climate, Wildfire, and Woodland Dynamics in the Great Basin of North America".
Organizers: Franco Biondi (University of Nevada, Reno) and Jason Sibold (Colorado State University).
We are organizing a paper and poster session dedicated to the interaction between environmental patterns and processes in the Great Basin of North America, with a special emphasis on comparing pre- and post- EuroAmerican settlement periods. Research at all spatial and temporal time scales is welcomed, with a preference to papers based on natural archives of climate, wildfire, and woodland dynamics.
Please contact Franco Biondi (fbiondi@unr.edu) or Jason Sibold (Jason.Sibold@colostate.edu) by October 5, 2008 if you are interested in participating in the proposed session. You will then need to register for the conference and submit your abstract to provide us with your program identification number, or PIN. We will use the PIN numbers to add each participant to the session (there are also new tools available this year to session organizers, and we are planning to explore them, but the traditional way still works!).
Note: The registration deadline for submitting the organized session is October 16, 2008. Details about the meeting can be found at http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/.
ISEPEP arose by the amalgamation of two previous series of meetings: the International Symposium on the Cold Hardiness of Animals and Plants and the European Workshop on Invertebrate Ecophysiology. The idea was to cover the environmental physiology of invertebrates, plants and vertebrate ectotherms (fish, amphibians, reptiles). ISEPEP1 was held at the University of Roskilde, Denmark in 2005 and attracted 90 participants from 14 countries. ISEPEP2 was held in Dunedin, New Zealand.
ISEPEP is the only meeting focused on the environmental physiology of these groups and has the potential to attract an interesting and cohesive group of researchers who work in these areas.
For more information, see: http://www.nias.affrc.go.jp/anhydrobiosis/isepep3/
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