At the 2009 ESA meeting in Albuquerque, we had a section-sponsored special session: "Natural Resources and Climate Change: Effects and Adaptation" The intent of the session was to hold an interactive dialog with meeting participants, focusing on integrating research priorities. Recent reports demonstrate that the magnitude of climate change impacts often exceed expectations for both the extent and rate of change. As a result, natural resource managers are adapting to climate change either intentionally or unintentionally, often without any larger framework or understanding. Maintaining ecosystem function is critical to sustainability, and will rely heavily on understanding the effects of climate change on natural resources and the potential for adaptation to those changes. Speakers included Peter Backlund (UCAR), David Schimel (NEON), and Tony Janetos (PNNL/UMD).
At the 2006 meeting in Memphis, the Physiological Ecology Section sponsored a Symposium titled "Thermal Physiology as a Biogeographic Determinant: Historical and Mechanistic Perspectives", organized by Sarah Gilman (University of Washington), Jonathan Stillman (San Francisco State University), and Joshua Tewksbury (University of Washington).
In 2005, the Section sponsored two organized oral sessions. Howard Neufeld (Appalachian State University) and Nancy Grulke (U.S. Forest Service) organized a session entitled "Appreciating the Impacts of Oxidative Stress: From Genes to Ecosystems." Additionally, Stan Wullschleger (Oak Ridge National Lab), Rob Jackson (Duke University), and Todd Dawson (University of California, Berkeley) organized a session entitled "Sensors and Sensor Networks in Ecology."
Past ESA meeting symposia sponsored by the Physiological Ecology Section:
Portland 2004 - Functional Significance of Mountain Biodiversity
Savannah 2003 - Respiratory control of the global C cycle in a changing environment
Tucson 2002 - Linking Molecular Insight and Ecological Research
Madison 2001 - Crossroads of Plant, Animal, and Microbial Ecology
Snowbird 2000 - Plant Physiological Ecology: Linking the Organism to Scales Above and Below
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