[Info] November 2007 Events @ NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for 
November 2007

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

Current NCEAS Residents:

Postdoctoral Fellows:  Drew Allen, Stefano Allesina, Marissa Baskett, 
Bernardo Broitman, Marjorie Brooks, Laruen Buckley, Amber Budden, Marc 
Cadotte, Elsa Cleland, Jonathan Davies, Allen Hurlbert, Carrie Kappel, 
Brad McRae, Carlos Melian, Thomas L. O'Halloran, Jai Ranganathan, 
Jennifer Smith, Patrick Stephens, Mark Urban

Sabbatical Fellows:  David Atkinson, Jim Brown, Richard Condit, Astrid 
Kodric-Brown, Peter Leavitt, Rowan Lockwood, Neo Martinez, Kimberly 
Schulz, John Swaddle, David Vieglais, Jacob Weiner

Center Associates:  John Alroy, Juliann Aukema, Nancy Baron, Lynda 
Bunting, Kim Selkoe
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Upcoming Working Group Projects, November 2007
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly.

November 3-7, 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, Fiorenza Micheli, Daniel H. Monson, 
Mark Novak, Craig W. Osenberg, M. Tim Tinker

November 8-9, 2007
Title:  Synthesis across EBM working groups (EBM)
Leaders:  Ben Halpern, Erica Fleishman
Email:  halpern at nceas.ucsb.edu, fleishman at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  Bernardo R. Broitman, Patrick J. Christie, Daniel Doak, 
James Estes, Elise Granek, Carrie Kappel, Fiorenza Micheli, Stephen 
Polasky, Richard Pollnac, David Stoms

November 9-12, 2007
Title:  Finding common ground in marine conservation and management
Leader: Boris Worm, Ray Hilborn
Email:  bworm at dal.ca, rayh at u.washington.edu
Participants:  Felicia C. Coleman, Jeremy Collie, Timothy Essington, 
Simon Jennings, Heike K. Lotze, Pamela Mace, Fiorenza Micheli, Coilin 
Minto, Steve A. Murawski, Stephen R. Palumbi, Ana Parma, Reg Watson

November 10-13, 2007
Title: Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching (FIRST II)
Leader:  Matthew B. Jones
Email:  jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  Diane Ebert-May, Ryan McFall, Mark P. Schildhauer, Mark 
Urban-Lurain , Everett Weber

November 13-17, 2007
Title:  Mechanistic distribution models: Energetics, fitness, and 
population dynamics
Leader: Lauren B. Buckley, Michael J. Angilletta, Robert D. Holt, Joshua 
Tewksbury
Email:  lbuckley at santafe.edu, mangilletta at indstate.edu, 
rdholt at zoo.ufl.edu, tewksjj at u.washington.edu
Participants:  Amy Angert, Lisa Crozier, Sarah Gilman, Tim Keitt, Joel 
G. Kingsolver, Jason Kolbe, Warren P. Porter, Leslie Rissler, Naiara 
Sardinha-Pinto, Michael Sears

November 14-15, 2007
Title:  Ushering in a new era of functional ecology: Dynamics in a 
changing environment
Leader:  Elsa Cleland
Email:  cleland at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  David D. Ackerly, Daniel E. Bunker, Scott L. Collins, 
Steven C. Pennings, Katharine N. Suding, Tiffany Troxler

November 17-19, 2007
Title: Governance feasibility of marine ecosystem-based management: A 
comparative analysis (EBM)
Leader:  Patrick J. Christie
Email:  patrickc at u.washington.edu
Participants:  Marina Alberti, Atanacio T. Almocera, Nygiel B. Armada, 
Kevern Cochrane, Dave Fluharty, Gordon K. Lowry, Robin Mahon, Patrick 
McConney, Diana Pietri, Richard Pollnac, Brian Tissot, Alan White

November 26-28, 2007
Title:  Marine Reserves Monitoring Group (Hosted by NCEAS)
Leader:  Satie Airame
Email:  airame at msi.ucsb.edu

November 27-30, 2007
Title: Economic impacts of non-native forest pests and pathogens in 
North America (TNC)
Leader:  Juliann Aukema
Email:  aukema at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  Jeff Englin, Erica Fleishman, Susan Frankel, Robert G. 
Haight, Thomas Holmes, Brian Leung, Andrew S. Liebhold, Deborah G. 
McCullough, Thomas L. O'Halloran, Thomas Stohlgren, Betsy Von Holle,

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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