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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, August 17, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM EDT
    ESA Education Committee Business Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM EDT
    Historical Records Committee Business Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
    ESA Meetings Committee Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    INS 9 - Are we there yet? The long road to effective science communication and engagement

    Organizer: Elizabeth Cook – Barnard College

    Co-Organizer: Katherine Hannibal – California State University at Northridge

    Co-Organizer: Elizabeth Cook – Barnard College

    Moderator: Katherine Hannibal – California State University at Northridge

    Inspire Session

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    OOS 23 - A comparative perspective on integrating ecological forecasting with decision-making

    Organizer: Korryn Bodner – MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital

    Co-Organizer: Carina Rauen Firkowski – McGill University & University of Toronto

    Co-Organizer: Marie-Josée Fortin – University of Toronto

    Moderator: Carina Rauen Firkowski – McGill University & University of Toronto

    Organized Oral Session

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    OOS 24 - Ecological Networks in Belowground Communities

    Organizer: Monica Farfan – School of Global Enrivonmental Sustainability, Colorado State University

    Moderator: Monica Farfan – School of Global Enrivonmental Sustainability, Colorado State University

    Organized Oral Session

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    OOS 25 - The importance of understanding the historical context of long-term data sets in ecology: Learning from site history and local knowledge

    Organizer: Eric R. Sokol, n/a – INSTAAR, University of Colorado Boulder

    Co-Organizer: Corinna Gries – Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin Madison

    Moderator: Eric R. Sokol, n/a – INSTAAR, University of Colorado Boulder

    Organized Oral Session

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    SYMP 9 - Minimizing Data Waste: Conservation in the Big Data Era

    Organizer: Allison D. Binley – Carleton University

    Co-organizer: Brandon P. Edwards – Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada

    Moderator: Brandon P. Edwards – Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada

    Symposium

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 121 - Agriculture 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 122 - Aquatic Ecology: Streams And Rivers 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 123 - Behavior 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 124 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 125 - Biogeochemistry: C And N Cycling In Response To Global Change 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 126 - Climate Change 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 127 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 128 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 129 - Conservation Management 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 130 - Education: Pedagogy

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 131 - Forests: Boreal And Subalpine 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 132 - Genetics And Molecular Techniques 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 133 - Invasion: Invasibility, Stability, And Diversity

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 134 - Life History Theory And Evolution 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 135 - Pollination 5

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 136 - Population Dynamics: Modeling 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 137 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 138 - Remote Sensing And Image Analysis 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 139 - Restoration Ecology 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 140 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    COS 141 - Urban Ecosystems 6

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Part 2: Climate Change, Land Management, and Community Engagement Research in National Parks
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    INS 10 - Designing green roofs for enhanced ecosystem services

    Organizer: Sean C. Thomas, PhD – University of Toronto

    Co-Organizer: Liat Margolis, MLA – Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

    Moderator: Sean C. Thomas, PhD – University of Toronto

    Inspire Session

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    INS 11 - How I Incorporate the 4DEE Practice of Natural History in My Teaching and Community Work

    Organizer: Jennifer H. Doherty – University of Washington

    Co-Organizer: Christopher Beck – Emory University

    Co-Organizer: Alan R. Berkowitz – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

    Moderator: Christopher Beck – Emory University

    Inspire Session

    Career Track

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    OOS 26 - Extending coexistence theories to predict species interactions in a changing world

    Organizer: Chhaya M. Werner – University of Wyoming

    Co-Organizer: Melissa H. DeSiervo – University of Wyoming

    Moderator: Melissa H. DeSiervo – University of Wyoming

    Organized Oral Session

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    OOS 27 - The Next “Black Box”: The Role of Soil Invertebrates in Plant-Soil Interactions

    Organizer: Meghan G. Midgley, PhD – Morton Arboretum

    Co-Organizer: Janey R. Lienau – Yale University

    Moderator: Meghan G. Midgley, PhD – Morton Arboretum

    Organized Oral Session

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    OOS 28 - Tomorrow’s Forests Today: Insights from Climate Models, Pioneering Field Trials, and Social-Ecological Research to Improve Assisted Tree Species Migration

    Organizer: Tyler K. Refsland, PhD – Michigan State University

    Co-Organizer: Alison D. Munson – Centre for Forest Research, Faculty de Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, Laval University

    Co-Organizer: Patricia Raymond – Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec

    Co-Organizer: Alejandro A. Royo – U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station

    Co-Organizer: Jean-Pierre Tremblay – Département de biologie, Université Laval

    Co-Organizer: Jessica Miesel – Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

    Moderator: Tyler K. Refsland, PhD – Michigan State University

    Organized Oral Session

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 142 - Agriculture 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 143 - Behavior 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 144 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 145 - Biogeochemistry: C And N Cycling In Response To Global Change 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 146 - Climate Change 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 147 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 148 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 149 - Conservation Management 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 150 - Evolution: Genetic Isolation And Differentiation 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 151 - Fire 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 152 - Forests: Boreal And Subalpine 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 153 - Genetics And Molecular Techniques 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 154 - Interdisciplinary Tools to Advance Ecology 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 155 - Invasion: Models 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 156 - Life History Theory And Evolution 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 157 - Physiological Ecology 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 158 - Pollination 6

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 159 - Population Dynamics: Modeling 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 160 - Predation And Predator-Prey Interactions 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 161 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    COS 162 - Urban Ecosystems 7

    Contributed Talk

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    SYMP 10 - Early career perspectives on measuring success during the Decade on Restoration

    Organizer: Elise Gornish – University of Arizona

    Co-organizer: Elizabeth Bach – The Nature Conservancy

    Moderator: Elizabeth Bach – The Nature Conservancy

    Symposium

  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM EDT
    Rapid Response Team Luncheon
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM EDT
    Southwest Business Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Mock Interviews
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Resume Best Practices
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Soil Ecology Section Business Meeting
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM EDT
    Recent Advances Lecture
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    Resume Reviews
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    INS 12 - Decolonizing and Diversifying Ecology

    Organizer: Bruno E. Soares – University of Toronto, Scarborough

    Moderator: Ana Carolina Lacerda de Matos – Federal University of Lavras

    Inspire Session

    Career Track

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    OOS 29 - Changing the focus of eDNA – pushing beyond species presence/absence applications to unlock the trove of ecological information in environmental nucleic acids

    Organizer: Louis Bernatchez – Laval University

    Co-Organizer: Matthew C. Yates – University of Windsor

    Moderator: Margaret F. Docker, PhD – University of Manitoba

    Organized Oral Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    OOS 30 - Moss Ecology in a Changing World

    Organizer: Sarah Ishak – Université de Sherbrooke

    Co-Organizer: Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe – Université de Sherbrooke

    Moderator: Mélanie Jean – Université de Moncton

    Organized Oral Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    OOS 31 - Rate-dependent responses of biological communities to global change

    Organizer: Frederic Guichard, Guichard – McGill University

    Co-Organizer: Frithjof Lutscher – Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa

    Moderator: Frithjof Lutscher – Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa

    Organized Oral Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    OOS 32 - Understanding the ecological role of sustainably managed forests in maintaining complex ecosystem function in North America.

    Organizer: Darren J. Sleep, PhD., CWB – The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

    Co-Organizer: Kate A. Edwards, PhD. – Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service

    Moderator: Darren J. Sleep, PhD., CWB – The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

    Organized Oral Session

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 163 - Agriculture 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 164 - Behavior 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 165 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 166 - Biogeochemistry: C And N Cycling In Response To Global Change 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 167 - Broadening Participation and Impact 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 168 - Climate Change: Plants 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 169 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 170 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 5

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 171 - Conservation Ecology and Extinction 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 172 - Conservation Management 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 173 - Disease And Epidemiology 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 174 - Evolution: Genetic Isolation And Differentiation 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 175 - Forests: Temperate 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 176 - Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 177 - Invasion: Models 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 178 - Mycorrhizae 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 179 - Physiological Ecology 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 180 - Plant-Insect Interactions 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 181 - Population Dynamics: Modeling 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    COS 182 - Restoration Ecology 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    SYMP 11 - Applied ecology for 21st-century environmental solutions requires the need for diverse perspectives

    Organizer: Matthew McCary, PhD – Rice University

    Moderator: Matthew McCary, PhD – Rice University

    Symposium

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    SYMP 12 - Nature-based Solutions for Cities: The promise, peril, and opportunity for resilience and equity through urban ecological infrastructure

    Organizer: Timon McPhearson – Urban Systems Lab, The New School

    Co-organizer: Nadja Kabisch – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Co-organizer: Niki Frantzeskaki – Utrecht University

    Moderator: Timon McPhearson – Urban Systems Lab, The New School

    Symposium

    Career Track

  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    INS 12 - Decolonizing and Diversifying Ecology
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Mock Interviews
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Tell Me About Yourself: Networking and Interviewing
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Journal of Ecology Editors Meeting
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Virtual Coffee Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Resume Reviews
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    CSEE PhD Award Symposium
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    INS 13 - Blurred Borders: Intersectionality and Understanding Natural History

    Organizer: Mariana Abarca, n/a – Smith College

    Co-Organizer: Richard Nevle – Stanford University

    Co-Organizer: Noah Charney – University of Maine

    Co-Organizer: Nigel Golden – University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Co-Organizer: Rachel Portillo – Stanford University

    Moderator: Louise (Lou) Weber – University of Saint Francis

    Inspire Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    OOS 33 - A change is already here: Implications of intensifying drought for terrestrial ecosystems

    Organizer: Melinda D. Smith – Colorado State University

    Co-Organizer: Osvaldo E. Sala – Arizona State University

    Co-Organizer: Kate D. Wilkins – Colorado State University

    Moderator: Jeffrey S. Dukes – Purdue University Departments of Forestry and Natural Resources & Biological Science

    Organized Oral Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    OOS 34 - Bridging Race, Gender & the Environment

    Organizer: Aalayna R. Green – Cornell University

    Moderator: Aalayna R. Green – Cornell University

    Organized Oral Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    OOS 35 - Integrating the frontiers of plant-soil feedback research

    Organizer: Athmanathan Senthilnathan – Stony Brook University

    Co-Organizer: Po-Ju Ke – National Taiwan University

    Moderator: Stephanie Kivlin – University of Tennessee

    Organized Oral Session

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 183 - Agriculture 5

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 184 - Behavior 5

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 185 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 186 - Biogeochemistry: Experimental Climate Change Effects On Biogeo Processes

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 187 - Climate Change: Plants 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 188 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 189 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 6

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 190 - Conservation Ecology and Extinction 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 191 - Conservation Management 4

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 192 - Disease And Epidemiology 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 193 - Ecosystem Function 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 194 - Evolution: Selection And Adaptation 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 195 - Fire 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 196 - Forests: Temperate 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 197 - Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 198 - Modeling: Populations 1

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 199 - Physiological Ecology 3

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 200 - Plant-Insect Interactions 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 201 - Restoration Ecology 5

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 202 - Socio-Ecological Coupling 2

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    COS 203 - Urban Ecosystems 8

    Contributed Talk

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    SYMP 13 - Methods for occurrence data from natural history collections and community science data

    Organizer: Laura M. Guzman, n/a – University of Southern California

    Co-organizer: Vaughn Shirey – Georgetown University

    Co-organizer: Rassim Khelifa – University of British Columbia

    Moderator: Rassim Khelifa – University of British Columbia

    Symposium

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    SYMP 14 - Theoretical advances in the ecology and evolution of mutualisms

    Organizer: Naven Narayanan Venkatanarayanan – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

    Moderator: Naven Narayanan Venkatanarayanan – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

    Symposium

  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    What’s Your Story? How to Cultivate Partnerships for a Sustainable Future
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
    CSEE Public Plenary (Advance Signup Required - See Description For Link)
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Asian Ecology Section Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Come Study or Postdoc in Montreal! Opportunities Offered by the LEADS Program
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    CSEE Student and Postdoc Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Diversity Forum
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Drought-Net Social Hour
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Ecological Restoration Social Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Natural History Section and Education Section mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Plant Population Ecology Section Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Speed-Collaboration: Theoretician-Empiricist Mixer