[Info] August 2009 Events at NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for August 2009

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

Current NCEAS Residents:

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

Sabbatical Fellows: Andre de Roos, Bill Fagan, Leah Gerber, Michelle 
Mack, John Sabo, Ted Schuur

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

June 30 – August 4, 2009
Title: Paleobiology Database (Hosted by NCEAS)
Leader(s): John Alroy, Gene Hunt, Mark Webster, Tom Olszewski, Peter J. 
Wagner
Email(s): alroy at nceas.ucsb.edu, hunte at si.edu, 
mwebster at geosci.uchicago.edu, tomo at geo.tamu.edu, wagnerpj at si.edu
Participants: Mark Bell, Katie Collins, Federico Degrange, Aaron House, 
Anne Lagomarcino, Kaitlin Maguire, Felix Marx, Heike Mewis, Gary Motz, 
Alejo Scarano, Amelinda Webb, Shawn Whiteman

August 11-15, 2009
Title: Potential interactions between urban runoff and decline of 
pelagic fishes
Leader(s): Daniel Schlenk
Email(s): daniel.schlenk at ucr.edu
Participants: Larry Brown, Erica Fleishman, John Melack, John Oram, 
Nathaniel Scholz, Geoffrey Scott, James Sickman, Frank Spurlock, Don 
Weston, Thomas Young, Minghua Zhang, Qingfu Zhao

August 17-21, 2009
Title: Ecosystem services on an urbanizing planet: What 2 billion new 
urbanites means for air and water
Leader(s): Robert McDonald, Peter Marcotullio
Email(s): rob_mcdonald at tnc.org, peter.marcotullio at hunter.cuny.edu
Participants: Deborah Balk, Marilyn Brown, Li-Fang Chang, Ian Douglas, 
Thomas Elmqvist, Balazs Fekete, Nancy Grimm, Jenny Gronwall, Rebecca 
Hale, Shu-Li Huang, Jeffrey Kenworthy, Vali Mara, Carmen Revenga, Andrea 
Sarzynski, Niels Schulz

August 17-21, 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, Greg Bratman, Kerry Britton, Eckehard 
Brockerhoff, Joseph Cavey, Bill Dickerson, Lynn Garrett, Robert Haack, 
Stephanie Hampton, Andrew Liebhold, Frank Lowenstein, Carissa Marassas, 
Meghan Nuding, Lars Olson, Margaret Shannon, Erin Sills, Christa 
Speekmann, Mike Springborn, Christina Vieglais

August 24-26, 2009
Title: Cultural ecosystem services from marine and coastal systems: 
Counting the intangibles
Leader(s): Anne Guerry, Kai Chan
Email(s): anne.guerry at stanford.edu, kaichan at ires.ubc.ca
Participants: Vic Adamowicz, Patricia Balvanera, Xavier Basurto, Ann 
Bostrom, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Gretchen Daily, Rachelle Gould, Benjamin 
Halpern, Neil Hannahs, Sarah Klain, Jordan Levine, Bryan Norton, Mary 
Ruckelshaus, Roly Russell, Debra Satz, Heather Tallis, Ulalia Woodside

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Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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Santa Barbara, Ca 93101-3351
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