[Info] March 2007 Events @ NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for March 2007

Current information also available on the internet at 
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu.

Current NCEAS Residents:
Postdoctoral Fellows:  Drew Allen, Juliann Aukema; Marissa Baskett; 
Bernardo Broitman, Marjorie Brooks, Elsa Cleland, Jonathan Davies, Allen 
Hurlbert, Carrie Kappel, Josh Madin, Brad McRae, Carlos Melian, John 
Orrock, Jennifer Smith, Patrick Stephens, Mark Urban

Sabbatical Fellows:  Richard Condit, Francis Juanes, Peter Leavitt, 
David Marsh, Pablo Marquet, Neo Martinez

Center Associates:  John Alroy, Nancy Baron, Ellen Damschen, Kim Selkoe

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Upcoming Working Group Projects, March 2007
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly.

March 6-7, 2007
Title: Science Environment for Ecological Knowledge (SEEK) (Hosted by NCEAS)
Leader:  Matthew B. Jones,
Email:  jones at nceas.ucsb.edu   
Participants:  James H. Beach, Shawn Bowers, Bertram Ludaescher, William 
K. Michener, Deana D. Pennington, Mark P. Schildhauer, Aimee Stewart, 
David A. Vieglais

March 7-8, 2007
Title: Science Advisory Board
Leader:  Beverly Rathcke
Email: brathcke at umich.edu
Participants: Hector T. Arita, Jill Baron, Walter Carson, Bryan 
Grenfell, Sally Hacker, Alan Hastings, Michael Hochberg, Bruce Hungate, 
Stephen Jackson, Bruce E. Kendall, Phillip Levin, Fiorenza Micheli, 
William F. Morris, Alexander Pfaff, Catherine Pringle, M. Rebecca Shaw, 
Mary Voytek

March 9-12, 2007
Title: Conservation planning for ecosystem functioning: Testing 
predictions of ecological effectiveness for marine predators (EBM)
Leader:  Daniel Doak, James Estes, Tim Wootton, Terrie Williams
Email:  doak at biology.ucsc.edu, jestes at ucsc.edu, twootton at uchicago.edu, 
williams at biology.ucsc.edu   
Participants:  Ian Carroll, Mark C. Emmerson, Ben Halpern, Ute Jacob, 
David R. Lindberg, James R. Lovvorn, Daniel H. Monson, Mark Novak, Craig 
W. Osenberg, Andrew Sih, M. Tim Tinker

March 12-16, 2007
Title:  Wilburforce Foundation (Hosted by NCEAS)
Leader:  Carlos Carroll
Email:   carlos at klamathconservation.org  
Participants:  Mar Cabeza, Frank W. Davis, Jeff Dunk, John Fay, Erica 
Fleishman, Lee Hannah, Matthias Leu, Brad McRae, Atte Moilanen, Barry R. 
Noon, Steven Phillips, Robert Pressey, Steven R. Schill, Fiona 
Schmiegelow, Nathan H. Schumaker, Gary Tabor, Dean Urban

March 15-16, 2007
Title: Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions from land 
ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, 
and modeling
Leader:  Qianlai Zhuang, Jerry M. Melillo, A. David McGuire
Email:    qzhuang at purdue.edu, jmelillo at mbl.edu, ffadm at uaf.edu
Participants:  Patrick Crill, Ed Dlugokencky, Steve Frolking, Vincent 
Gauci, Michael Keller, Aslam Khalil, Elaine Matthews, Kyle C. McDonald, 
Jan Fokke Meirink, John M. Melack, Chris Potter, William S Reeburgh, 
Qian Tan, Jinyun Tang, Merritt R. Turetsky, Katey Walter, Jeffrey R. 
White, Kimberly Wickland, Jingfeng Xiao, Xiaozhen Xiong, Sergei Zimov

March 19-23, 2007
Title: Unifying approaches to statistical inference in ecology
Leader:  Aaron A. King, Pej Rohani
Email:  kingaa at umich.edu, rohani at uga.edu 
Participants:  Carles Breto, Stephen P. Ellner, Matthew Ferrari, Gavin 
Gibson, Edward Ionides, Valerie Isham, Bruce E. Kendall, Katia Koelle, 
Michael Lavine, Ken Newman, Daniel Reuman, Helen Wearing

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Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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Santa Barbara, Ca 93101-3351
Phone: 805-892-2502
FAX: 805-892-2510