Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Making
Links Between Physiological, Behavioral, Population, Community and Ecosystems
Ecology |
| Discussion Leader: Mary O'Connor (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | James Brown (University of New Mexico (Retired), USA) "Energy, Ecology, Evolution: A New Paradigm and Synthesis" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Roger Nisbet (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) "Prediction Up and Down Levels of Organization: One Step at a Time" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Metabolic Traits and Biotic Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Tony Dell (National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Gabriel Yvon-Durocher (University of Exeter, United Kingdom) "Ecological and Evolutionary Constraints on the Temperature Dependence of the Carbon Cycle" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Mark Bradford (Yale University, USA) "Biotic Interactions, Biogeochemistry and Scale: Does Ignoring Local Variation Invalidate Our Knowledge of Broad-Scale Controls on Carbon Cycling?" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Anita Narwani (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland) "Similarity in
Gene Expression Predicts Species Interactions and Coexistence in Freshwater
Green Algae" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Mridul Thomas (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland) "The Effect of Temperature on Present and Future Phytoplankton" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Elisa Schaum (University of Exeter, United Kingdom) "Wee Beasties in a Warming World - Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms of Thermal Acclimation and Adaptation" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Linking Ecological, Evolutionary and Ecosystem Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Gabriel Yvon-Durocher (University of Exeter, United Kingdom) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Thomas Bell (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) "Ecosystem Functioning in Miniature Worlds: Dynamics of the Niche in Bacterial Microcosms" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Michael Follows (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Linking Stoichometry, Allometry and the Biogeography of Marine Microbes" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Linking the Levels Using Individual Based Models (IBMs) |
| Discussion Leader: Roger Nisbet (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Volker Grimm (Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany) "Nothing Makes Sense in Ecology Except in the Light of Individuals: Individual-Based Modelling Unifies Ecology" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Steve Railsback (Humboldt State University / Lang Railsback and Associates, USA) "Should We Hope for General Theory Linking Individual Adaptive Behavior and Community Ecology?" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Richard Sibly (University of Reading, United Kingdom) "Using
Energy Budgets in IBMs to Link Individuals and Populations" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Elske van der Vaart (University of Reading, United Kingdom) "Evaluation of Complex Models Using Approximate Bayesian Computation" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | New Insights from Individual Based Models |
| Discussion Leader: Volker Grimm (Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Jaclyn Matthes (Dartmouth College, USA) "The Challenge of Reconciling Earth System Models with Ecological Datasets Across Centuries" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Michael Harfoot (Microsoft Research, United Nations Environment Programme, United Kingdom) "The Madingley Model" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Derek Tittensor (Dalhousie University, Canada) "Combining Metabolic and Neutral Theories to Explain Patterns of Global
Biodiversity" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Christina Kaiser (University of Vienna, Austria) "Understanding Emergent
Phenomena of Soil Microbial Communities Using Individual-Based Modelling" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Ofir Levy (Arizona State University, USA) "Time
as an Ecological Resource: Can Diurnal Animals Compensate for Climate Change by
Nocturnal Activity?" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biological Allometry - Organismal Form, Function, and Evolution |
| Discussion Leader: Van Savage (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Brian Enquist (University of Arizona, USA) "The Next Steps for
Metabolic Scaling: A General Theory for Scaling from Cells to Ecosystems" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Chris Doughty (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) "How Did Ecosystems Function Before the Megafauna Extinctions: Using Biological Allometry to Predict Large Animals Impact on Forest Function" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Cyrille Violle (CNRS, France) "Biological Allometry, Natural and Artificial Selection" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Lisa Bentley (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) "Exploring the Scaling of Tree Branching Architecture Across the Tropics" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Ian Hatton (McGill University, Canada) "Growth
Dynamics and Scaling Laws Across Levels of Organization" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biological Allometry - Constraints on Ecosystem Functioning and Biological Diversity |
| Discussion Leader: Brian Enquist (University of Arizona, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Van Savage (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) "Temperature, Traits, and Trophic Interactions" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Diego Barneche (Monash University, Australia) "Constraining Ecosystem Dynamics from Individual-Level Growth Energetics" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Daniel van Denderen (Centre for Ocean Life, DTU Aqua, Denmark) "Global Patterns in the Feeding Ecology of Large Marine Fish" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | John Grady (University of New Mexico, USA) "Variation in Metabolic Power Drives the Distribution of Marine Predators" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Jordan Okie (Arizona State University, USA) "Major Evolutionary Transitions of Life, Metabolic
Scaling, and the Number and Size of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Stoichiometry in Ecological Interactions and Evolutionary Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Angelica Gonzalez (Rutgers University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Michelle Evans-White (University of Arkansas, USA) "Ecological Stoichiometry of Leaf Litter
Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Kathleen Treseder (University of California, Irvine, USA) "Microbial Traits, Stoichiometry, and Ecosystem Function" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Caroline Turner (University of Pittsburgh, USA) "Evolving Stoichiometry in E. coli: Selection for Elemental Efficiency or Increased Growth?" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Krista Capps (University of Georgia, USA) "Waste-Water Stoichiometry and Freshwater Ecosystem Function: Linking Resource-Management Decisions with the Quality and Quantity of Basal Food Resources" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Jim Heffernan (Duke University, USA) "Using Fine-Scale Variability to Diagnose and Forecast Shifts in Resource Limitation" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Stoichiometry from Ecosystems to Molecules |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Sibly (University of Reading, United Kingdom) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | David Storch (Charles University, Czech Republic) "Diversity Equilibria" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Mary O'Connor (University of British Columbia, Canada) "Unifying Ecology - Where Have We Got to and What Are the Prospects?" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |