Save the date for the 18th Annual Ecological Integration Symposium, Micro to Macro: Ecology in the Anthropocene. Plenary talks will be Thursday March 23, followed by Student presentations on Friday March 24. Social events will be planned for evenings from the 22 – 24.
Schedule details are forthcoming and will be available on the EIS webpage.
Call for abstracts (student presentations): January 17 – February 14, 2017
Plenary speakers and titles are:
“Climate science and public policy – a shifting landscape of risk and opportunity””
Dr. Kim Cobb, Georgia Institute of Technology (website)
“Keystone individuals in spider societies: some pros and cons”
Presented by Dr. Jonathan Pruitt, Univers ity of California -Santa Barbara (website)
“Tropical forest regeneration and restoration: creating new landscapes for people and forests”
Presented by Dr. Robin Chazdon, U niversity of Connecticut (website)
“Linking Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function, Ecosystem Services, and Human Wellbeing: The Landscape Sustainability Science Paradigm”
Presented by Dr. Jingle Wu, Arizona State University (website)
“Sustainability for the anthropocene? Adaptive governance in a multi-level world”
Presented by Dr. Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba (website)
“Towards a periodic table of niches”
Presented by Dr. Eric Pianka, University of Texas -Austin (website)