Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Integration and Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution Through Fundamental Principles
Discussion Leader: Christopher Klausmeier (Michigan State University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Pablo Marquet (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
"What is Ecology? and How Can We Foster the Integration of Theories within It?"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm
Elizabeth Borer (University of Minnesota, United States)
"The Benefits of Study Abroad: Learning the Language and Culture of Unfamiliar Disciplinary Terrain"
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Causal Links between Temperature, Metabolism and Stoichiometry
Discussion Leader: Anita Narwani (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Elena Litchman (Michigan State University, United States)
"Using Traits and Trade-offs to Predict Eco-Evolutionary Responses of Phytoplankton to Global Environmental Change"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Sean Michaletz (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
"On the Kinetics of Leaf Photosynthesis and Respiration"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:15 am
Jacob Allgeier (University of Michigan, United States)
"How Many is Enough? Quantifying the Importance of Individual Variation for Consumer Stoichiometry"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:40 am
Joey Bernhardt (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Linking Individual Performance to Population Persistence in Fluctuating Environments"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Alexis Synodinos (French National Centre for Scientific Research and CNRS, France)
"The Effects of Temperature on Trophic Community Dynamics"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Daniel Wieczynski (Duke University, United States)
"The Mechanics of Carbon Flux Shifts Under Warming"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Closing Remarks
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Jennifer Sunday (McGill University, Canada) and John DeLong (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Variation in Biological Scaling and the Four Dimensions of Life
Discussion Leader: Joanna Bernhardt (Yale University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
James Brown (University of New Mexico , United States)
"Energetic Fitness, Metabolic Ecology and Biological Time"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
Anastassia Makarieva (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia)
"The Role of Resource Surplus in the Destabilization of Complex (Eco)Systems"
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
Ian Hatton (Max Plank Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI MiS), Germany)
"Similar Structure and Dynamic Scaling from Ribosomes to Whole Biomes"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Evolutionary Underpinnings of Ecological Physiology
Discussion Leader: Theodore Garland (University of California Riverside, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Lauren Buckley (University of Washington, United States)
"Evolution of Thermal Sensitivity in Changing and Variable Climates"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Christopher Kempes (Santa Fe Institute, United States)
"What Life Cannot Be: The Boundaries of Evolution and How Life Discovers Constraints"
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
Jennifer Sunday (McGill University, Canada)
"Towards a Mechanistic Relationship between Competitive Ability and Temperature"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Juan Vicente Gallego Rubalcaba (McGill University, Canada)
"From Individual Energy Balances to Global Biodiversity Patterns: Using Biophysical Models to Predict Broad-Scale Patterns in Macroecology"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Seth Rudman (Washington State University, United States)
"Lability and Constraint: the Pace, Predictability, and Magnitude of Rapid Adaptation"
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Closing Remarks
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Integrating Theories to Explain Ecological Patterns and Processes Across Spatial Scales
Discussion Leader: Dominique Gravel (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Jordan Okie (Arizona State University, United States)
"Gradients and Scaling of Biodiversity and Biomass Equilibria"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Adam Clark (University of Graz, Austria)
"General Statistical Scaling Laws for Stability in Ecological Systems"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Cristian Roman Palacios (University of Arizona, United States)
"Time vs Diversification: Examining the Major Drivers of Animal and Plant Diversity in Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Habitats"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Melissa Guzman (University of Southern California, United States)
"Integrating Empirical and Theoretical Ecology to Understand Trophic Metacommunity Dynamics: Lessons from the Bromeliad System"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wrapped Hierarchies and Disease Ecology: The Interplay of Ecological and Evolutionary Theories
Discussion Leader: Andy Dobson (Princeton University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Mercedes Pascual (University of Chicago, United States)
"Non-Neutral Hyper-Diversity in a Host-Pathogen System: Frequency-Dependent Selection across Organizational Scales"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Cynthia Downs (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, United States)
"Towards an Allometric Understanding of Immunology"
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Dedmer Van de Waal (Netherlands Institute of Ecology, The Netherlands)
"Ecological Stoichiometry of Phytoplankton Disease"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Ann Tate (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"Ecological Interactions among Coinfecting Parasites Shape Within-Host and Between-Host Competition Outcomes"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
Clay Cressler (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States)
"Immunological Allee Effects and the Epidemiology and Evolution of Host-Parasite Interactions"
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Closing Remarks
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 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
Time Continuum: Synergies Between Paleoecological and Neoecological Perspectives
Discussion Leader: Michelle Lawing (Texas A&M University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Jessica Blois (University of California, Merced, United States)
"Biodiversity Patterns across Space and Time: The ‘Fuzzy’ Lenses Provided by Paleo- and Neo-Data"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Kate Lyons (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, United States)
"The Importance of Body Size in Community Structure Over Time and Space"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Graciela Gil-Romera (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología/ Philipps-Marburg University, Spain)
"Measuring Ecological Memory as a Tool to Decipher Long-Term Resilience"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Multitrophic Species Interactions and the Functioning of Ecosystems
Discussion Leader: Serguei Saavedra (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Priyanga Amarasekare (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Consumer-Resource Dynamics in a Warming World"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Oscar Godoy (University of Cadiz, Spain)
"Towards a Non-Stationary Perspective of Community Ecology"
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
Ursula Gaedke (Universität Potsdam, Germany)
"Flexibility Matters: The Role of Biodiversity and Trait Adaptation for the Function of Ecosystems - Theoretical and Empirical Evidence from Multitrophic Food Webs"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Pablo Antiqueira (University of Campinas, Brazil)
"Climate Change and Top Predator Loss Drive the Multitrophic Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning."
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Matt Barbour (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
"Gene to Ecosystem Ecology for a Changing World"
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Closing Remarks
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Challenges and Opportunities for an Integrative Ecology
Discussion Leader: Jeremy Fox (University of Calgary, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Brian McGill (The University of Maine, United States)
"Levels of Causality for Macroecological Phenomena and Moving Towards a Theory of Niche"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
Felisa Smith (University of New Mexico, United States)
"What’s Past is Prologue - Integrating Time into Ecology"
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
John DeLong (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States)
"The Unification of Ecology is Dead: Long Live the Unification of Ecology!"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure