[Info] March 2009 Events at NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for March 2009

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

Current NCEAS Residents:

Postdoctoral Fellows: Stefano Allesina, Jennifer Balch, Amber Budden, 
Marc Cadotte, Jonathan Davies, Carrie Kappel, Lesley Lancaster, Carlos 
Melián, Duncan Menge, Mary O’Connor, John Parker, Christine Petersen, 
Jai Ranganathan, Sadie Ryan, Jennifer Williams, Elizabeth Wolkovich

Sabbatical Fellows: Andre de Roos, Bill Fagan, Kerry Woods

Center Associates: John Alroy, Juliann Aukema, Nancy Baron, Ben Halpern, 
Kim Selkoe
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Upcoming Working Group Projects, March 2009:
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly


March 2-6, 2009
Title: UCSB Luce Fellows ecological analysis and synthesis (Hosted by NCEAS)
Leader(s): Erica Fleishman
Email(s): fleishman at nceas.ucsb.edu

March 4-5, 2009
Title: Science Advisory Board
Leader(s): Sally Hacker
Email(s): hackers at science.oregonstate.edu
Participants: Hector T. Arita, Mary V. Ashley, Jayne Belnap, James D. 
Bever, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Stephanie E. Hampton, 
Kyle E. Harms, Bruce Hungate, Stephen Jackson, Bruce E. Kendall, Phillip 
Levin, Jennifer Hughes Martiny, Maria Miriti, William W. Murdoch, Craig 
W. Osenberg, Catherine A. Pfister, Taylor Ricketts, Jennifer Tank, Peter 
Thrall

March 5-7, 2009
Title: The role of niche conservatism in producing biodiversity 
gradients (Off-site)
Leader(s): Howard Cornell, Susan Harrison, Christy McCain
Email(s): hvcornell at ucdavis.edu, spharrison at ucdavis.edu, 
christy.mccain at colorado.edu
Participants: Brian Anacker, Ellen Damschen, Jonathan Davies, Bradford 
Hawkins, Patrick Stephens

March 7-11, 2009
Title: Public domain ADMB project
Leader(s): Mark Schildhauer
Email(s): schild at nceas.ucsb.edu

March 11-13, 2009
Title: Envisioning a Sustainable Global Seafood Market and Restored 
Marine Ecosystems
Leader(s): Larry Crowder, Martin Smith
Email(s): lcrowder at duke.edu, marsmith at duke.edu
Participants: James Anderson, Molly Anderson, Frank Asche, Theodore 
Bestor, Carrie Brownstein, Kristin Carden, Benjamin Halpern, Dane 
Klinger, Aaron McNevin, Roz Naylor, Cathy Roheim, Rafe Sagarin, Geoffrey 
Shester, Dale Squires, Rashid Sumaila, Mary Turnipseed, Peter Tyedmers

March 18-22, 2009
Title: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Advancing Landscape Genetics
Leader(s): Michael Rosenberg, Bryan Epperson, Andrew Storfer
Email(s): msr at asu.edu, epperson at msu.edu, astorfer at wsu.edu
Participants: Corey Anderson, Mark Dale, Marie-Josee Fortin, Rolf 
Holderegger, Pierre Legendre, Stephanie Manel, Brad McRae, Melanie 
Murphy, Noah Rosenberg, Kim Scribner, Stephen Spear, Lisette Waits

March 19-20, 2009
Title: Toward an adequate quantification of CH4 emissions from land 
ecosystems: Integrating field and in-situ observations, satellite data, 
and modeling
Leader(s): Qianlai Zhuang, Jerry Melillo, Ronald Prinn, A. David McGuire
Email(s): qzhuang at purdue.edu, jmelillo at mbl.edu, rprinn at mit.edu, 
ffadm at uaf.edu
Participants: Christopher Butenhoff, Patrick Crill, Vincent Gauci, M. 
Aslam K. Khalil, John M. Melack, William S Reeburgh, Jinyun Tang, Katey 
Walter, Kimberly Wickland, Xiaozhen Xiong, Sergei Zimov

March 23-26, 2009
Title: Developing Best Practices for Testing Landscape Effects on Gene Flow
Leader(s): Helene Wagner, Lisette Waits
Email(s): helene.wagner at utoronto.ca, lwaits at uidaho.edu
Participants: Niko Balkenhol, Sam Cushman, Rodney Dyer, Rolf 
Holderegger, Erin Landguth, Stephanie Manel, Melanie Murphy, Yessica 
Rico, David Tallmon

March 23-27, 2009
Title: Economic impacts of non-native forest pests and pathogens in 
North America (TNC)
Leader(s): Juliann Aukema
Email(s): jaukema at tnc.org,
Participants: Kerry Britton, Corey Chivers, Jeff Englin, Susan Frankel, 
Robert Haight, Thomas Holmes, Peter Kareiva, Kent Kovacs, Brian Leung, 
Andrew Liebhold, Deborah McCullough, Amelia Nuding, Erin Sills, Thomas 
Stohlgren,
Betsy Von Holle

March 30 – April 1, 2009
Title: Effects of trade policy on management of non-native forest pests 
and pathogens
Leader(s): James Turner
Email(s): james.turner at scionresearch.com
Participants: Juliann Aukema, Kerry Britton, Eckehard Brockerhoff, 
Joseph Cavey, Lynn Garrett, Robert Haack, Frank Lowenstein, Carissa 
Marassas, Amelia Nuding, Lars Olson, Matthew Royer, Erin Sills, Christa 
Speekmann, Mike Springborn, Christina Vieglais

March 30 – April 3, 2009
Title: Ecosystem analysis of pelagic organism declines in the Upper San 
Francisco Estuary
Leader(s): Erica Fleishman
Email(s): fleishman at nceas.ucsb.edu


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Ginger Gillquist
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