[Info] April 2008 Events at NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for April 2008

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

Current NCEAS Residents:

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

Sabbatical Fellows:  David Atkinson, Rowan Lockwood, Kimberly Schulz, 
John Swaddle, David Tilman, David Vieglais, Jacob Weiner

Center Associates:  John Alroy, Juliann Aukema, Nancy Baron, Kim Selkoe
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Upcoming Working Group Projects, April 2008
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly.


April 1-4, 2008
Title: Effects of trade policy on management of non-native forest pests 
and pathogens
Leader: Erica Fleishman, Juliann Aukema
Email:  fleishman at nceas.ucsb.edu,  aukema at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  Greg Bratman, Kerry Britton, Eckehard Brockerhoff, Bill 
Dickerson, Lynn Garrett, Robert A. Haack, Frank Lowenstein, Thomas L. 
O'Halloran, Lars Olson, Margaret A. Shannon, Erin Sills, Mike 
Springborn, James A. Turner, Trang T. Vo

April 7-11, 2008
Title: Ecosystem analysis of pelagic organism declines in the Upper San 
Francisco Estuary
Leader: Erica Fleishman
Email:  fleishman at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  William Bennett, Marjorie L. Brooks, Larry Brown, Gonzalo 
Castillo, Steven D. Culberson, Fred Feyrer, Wim Kimmerer, Ralph Mac 
Nally, John M. Melack, Sue Meyer, Dennis Murphy, Ken Newman, Thomas L. 
O'Halloran, Andrew Sih, David Stoms, Jim Thomson, Howard Townsend

April 19-22, 2008
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:  Julia K. Baum, Felicia C. Coleman, Jeremy Collie, 
Christopher Costello, Michael J. Fogarty, Beth Fulton, Simon Jennings, 
Olaf Jensen, Heike K. Lotze, Pamela M. Mace, Tim McClanahan, Fiorenza 
Micheli, Coilin Minto, Stephen R. Palumbi, Ana Parma, Andrew A. Rosenberg


April 23-25, 2008
Title:  Valuation of marine ecosystem services
Leader:  Erica Fleishman
Email:  fleishman at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  Drew Bohan, Roelof M. Boumans, Kevin Boyle, Steve Colt, 
Gunnar Knapp, Hans Radtke, Nejem Raheem, Murray Rudd, David Stoms, Paula 
Swedeen, John Talberth, Chuck Willer

April 25-29, 2008
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:  ddoak at uwyo.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,

April 28-May 2, 2008
Title: Data management and analysis tools supporting adaptive management 
in South Afrian parks
Leader: Matthew B. Jones, Mark P. Schildhauer
Email: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu, schild at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants:  Kim Bernard, Avinash Chuntharpursat, Wayne Goschen, 
Judith Kruger, Nicola Stevens


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Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, Ca 93101-3351
Phone: 805-892-2502
FAX: 805-892-2510