[Info] September 2008 Events @ NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for 
September 2008

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

Current NCEAS Residents:

Postdoctoral Fellows: Stefano Allesina, Bernardo Broitman, Lauren 
Buckley, Amber Budden, Marc Cadotte, Jonathan Davies, Carrie Kappel, 
Francisco Madriñán, Carlos Melián, Duncan Menge, John Parker, Christine 
Petersen, Jai Ranganathan, Patrick Stephens

Sabbatical Fellows: Bill Fagan, David Vieglais

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

September 2-5, 2008
Title: Potential role of contaminants in declines of pelagic organisms 
in the Upper San Francisco Estuary, California
Leader: Erica Fleishman
Email: fleishman at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Marjorie L. Brooks, Larry Brown, Mike Connor, James 
Drever, Dick Dugdale, Mike Johnson, David Krolick, Peggy Lehman, Sam 
Luoma, Carys Mitchelmore, Anke Mueller-Solger, Thomas L. O'Halloran, 
Alex Parker, Daniel Schlenk, Nathaniel L. Scholz, David Stoms, Swee The, 
Inge Werner, Peter van Veld

September 3-4, 2008
Title: Science Advisory Board
Leader: Sally Hacker
Email: hackers at science.oregonstate.edu
Participants: Hector T. Arita, Jill Baron, Jayne Belnap, Ottar N. 
Bjornstad, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Bryan Grenfell, Stephanie E. Hampton, 
Alan Hastings, Bruce Hungate, Stephen Jackson, Bruce E. Kendall, Maria 
Miriti, William F. Morris, William W. Murdoch, Craig W. Osenberg, 
Beverly Rathcke, Taylor Ricketts, Jennifer Tank

September 8-12, 2008
Title: Comparing trophic structure across ecosystems (Extended)
Leader: Jonathan B. Shurin, Helmut Hillebrand, Daniel S. Gruner
Email: shurin at zoology.ubc.ca, helmut.hillebrand at uni-koeln.de, 
dsgruner at umd.edu
Participants: Ben Bolker, Elizabeth T. Borer, Matthew E. Bracken, 
Bradley J. Cardinale, Just Cebrian, Elsa Cleland, Kathryn L. Cottingham, 
James J. Elser, W. Stanley Harpole, Jacqueline T Ngai, Stuart A. Sandin, 
Eric Seabloom, Jennifer E. Smith, Melinda D. Smith, Elizabeth Wolkovich

September 18-19, 2008
Title: Global climate change and adaptation of conservation priorities
Leader: M. Rebecca Shaw, Frank W. Davis, Lee Hannah
Email: rshaw at tnc.org, fd at bren.ucsb.edu, lhannah at bren.ucsb.edu
Participants: Daniel Cayan, Curtis Deutsch, Janet Franklin, Alex Hall, 
Joel C. Michaelsen, Max A. Moritz, Kelly Redmond, Helen Regan, Terry 
Root, Steve Schneider, Nate Stephenson, Alexandra D. Syphard, Anthony 
Westerling, Tom Wigley

September 22-26, 2008
Title: Measuring ecological, economic and social values of coastal 
habitats to inform ecosystem-based management of land-sea (EBM)
Leader: Elise Granek, Evamaria W. Koch, Edward Barbier, David Stoms, 
Shankar Aswani-Canela
Email: graneke at pdx.edu, koch at hpl.umces.edu, ebarbier at uwyo.edu, 
stoms at bren.ucsb.edu, aswani at anth.ucsb.edu
Participants: David Bael, Lori A. Cramer, Sarah Freed, Sally Hacker, 
Benjamin S. Halpern, Carrie Kappel, Christopher Kennedy, Nyawira 
Muthiga, Gerardo Perillo, Stephen Polasky, Jurgenne Primavera, Denise J. 
Reed, Brian Silliman, Eric Wolanski

September 25-27, 2008
Title: Governance feasibility of marine ecosystem-based management: A 
comparative analysis (EBM)
Leader: Patrick J. Christie, Richard Pollnac
Email: patrickc at u.washington.edu, pollnacrb at gmail.com
Participants: Marina Alberti, Atanacio T. Almocera, Nygiel B. Armada, 
Kevern Cochrane, Ian Dutton, Liza Eisma-Osorio, Dave Fluharty, Mark 
Hixon, David Japp, Gordon K. Lowry, Robin Mahon, Brian Tissot, Alan White

September 29-October 3, 2008
Title: Effects of trade policy on management of non-native forest pests 
and pathogens
Leader: Juliann Aukema, Stephanie E. Hampton
Email: jaukema at tnc.org, hampton at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Greg Bratman, Kerry Britton, Eckehard Brockerhoff, Joseph 
F. Cavey, Bill Dickerson, Lynn Garrett, Robert A. Haack, Frank 
Lowenstein, Carissa Marassas, Lars Olson, Matthew H. Royer, Margaret A. 
Shannon, Erin Sills, Christa L. Speekmann, Mike Springborn, James A. 
Turner, Christina Vieglais

September 29-October 3, 2008
Title: Parasites and food webs – the ultimate missing links
Leader: Kevin Lafferty, Andrew P. Dobson, Mercedes Pascual
Email: lafferty at lifesci.ucsb.edu, andy at eno.princeton.edu, pascual at umich.edu
Participants: Stefano Allesina, Cherie Briggs, Neo Martinez, Rich Williams


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Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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