[Info] December 2010 Events at NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for 
December 2010

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

Current NCEAS Residents:

Postdoctoral Fellows: Carol Adair, Jennifer Balch, Julia Baum, Jarrett 
Byrnes, Liza Comita, Darren Johnson, Lesley Lancaster, Katie Longo, 
Jennifer O’Leary, John Parker, Stephanie Pau, Simon Queenborough, 
Josephine Rodriguez, Sadie Ryan, Lindsay Scheef, Carly Strasser, 
Jennifer Williams

Sabbatical Fellows: Ruth Gates, Kay Gross, David Marsh, Gary Mittelbach, 
Max Moritz, Joshua Tewksbury

Center Associates: Sandy Andelman, Juliann Aukema, Nancy Baron, Amber 
Budden, Steven Courtney, Ben Halpern, Carrie Kappel, Jai Ranganathan, 
Kim Selkoe, Alisa Wade
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Upcoming Working Group Projects, December 2010:
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly.

November 29 – December 3, 2010
Title: Economic impacts of non-native forest pests and pathogens in 
North America (TNC)
Leader(s): Juliann Aukema
Email(s): aukema at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Eckehard Brockerhoff, Joseph Cavey, Thomas Holmes, Kent 
Kovacs, Brian Leung, Andrew Liebhold, Frank Lowenstein, Amelia Nuding, 
Michael Springborn, James Turner

November 30- December 1, 2010
Title: Tropical coral reefs of the future: Modeling ecological outcomes 
from the analyses of current and historical trends
Leader(s): Peter Edmunds, Ruth Gates
Email(s): peter.edmunds at csun.edu, gates at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Marissa Baskett, Nicholas Fabina, Erik Franklin, Kevin 
Gross, Lianne Jacobson, Robert van Woesik

December 6-10, 2010
Title: Developing an integrated botanical information network to 
investigate the ecological impacts of global climate change on plant 
biodiversity
Leader(s): Brian Enquist, Richard Condit, Robert Peet, Brad Boyle, 
Steven Dolins
Email(s): benquist at email.arizona.edu, conditr at gmail.com, peet at unc.edu, 
bboyle at email.arizona.edu, sdolins at bradley.edu
Participants: Sandy Andelman, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Doug Daly, 
Barbara Dobrin, John Donoghue, Karla Gendler, Naia Holme, Peter 
Jorgensen, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Zhenyuan Lu, Yadvinder Malhi,
Brian McGill, Sheldon McKay, Jeff Ott, Oliver Phillips, William Piel, 
Mark Schildhauer, Irena Simova, Lindsey Sloat, Nick Spencer, Jens 
Svenning, Nathan Swenson, Barbara Thiers, Cyrille Violle, Corine Vriesendorp

December 7-12, 2010
Title: Forecasting phenology: Integrating ecology, climatology, and 
phylogeny to understand plant responses to climate change
Leader(s): Benjamin Cook, Elizabeth Wolkovich
Email(s): bc9z at ldeo.columbia.edu, wolkovich at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Jenica Allen, Toby Ault, Julio Betancourt, Kjell Bolmgren, 
Elsa Cleland, Theresa Crimmins, T. Jonathan Davies, Nathan Kraft, Lesley 
Lancaster, Susan Mazer, Gregory McCabe, Brian McGill, Abe 
Miller-Rushing, Camille Parmesan, Stephanie Pau, Jim Regetz, Nicolas 
Salamin, Mark Schwartz, Steve Travers

December 14-15, 2010
Title: Development and application of scientific knowledge to 
ecosystem-based management of coastal marine systems
Leader(s): Benjamin Halpern,
Email(s): halpern at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Tundi Agardy, Deerin Babb-Brott, Michael Beck, Chris 
Caldow, Meg Caldwell, Laura Cantral, Sarah Chasis, Simon Cripps, Larry 
Crowder, Jon Day, Paul Doremus, Euan Dunn, Guiehrme Dutra, Charles 
Ehler, William Eichbaum, Steven Gaines, Stefan Gelcich, Mary Gleason, 
Simon Jennings, Sarah Lester, Kathleen Leyden, Jane Lubchenco, Amber 
Mace, Molly McCammon, Laurence McCook, Jacqueline McGlade, Karen McLeod, 
Kathryn Mengerink, Steve Murawski

December 14-16, 2010
Title: Ecotoxicology of the gulf oil spill: a holistic framework for 
assessing impacts
Leader(s): Sean Anderson, Charles Peterson, Gary Cherr
Email(s): sean.anderson at csuci.edu, cpeters at email.unc.edu, 
gncherr at ucdavis.edu
Participants: Richard Ambrose, Shelly Anghera, Steve Bay, Thomas Dean, 
Michael Guzy, Stephanie Hampton, Samantha Joye, John Lambrinos, Bruce 
Mate, Doug Meffert, ean Powers, Christopher Reddy, Robert Spies, Caz 
Taylor, Ronald Tjeerdema, Joseph Torres, Kim Trust

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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