Symposium 1: The boreal forest and global change
Terrestrial Global Productivity
Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the leaf chemistry of birch Betula pendula (Roth) and
the feeding behaviour of the weevil Phyllobius maculicornis
Kari Kuokkanen, Shanchun Yan, Pekka Niemelä
Molecular and morphological analysis of secondary contact zones of Cottus gobio in Fennoscandia:
geographical discordance of character transitions
Tytti Kontula, Risto Vainoia
A new species of Tsuga (Pinaceae) from the middle Eocene of Axel Heiberg Island, Canada, and an
assessment of the evolution and biogeographical history of the genus
Ben A. Lepage fls
Long-Term Effects of Forestry on Birds of the Eastern Canadian Boreal Forests: a Comparison with
Fennoscandia
Louis Imbeau , Mikko Mönkkönen , André Desrochers
Large-Scale Conversion of Forest to Agriculture in the Boreal Plains of Saskatchewan
Keith A Hobson , Erin M Bayne , Steve L Van Wilgenburg
Edge Effects on Liverworts and Lichens in Forest Patches in a Mosaic of Boreal Forest and Wetland
Jon Moen, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson
Potential impact of climatic change on the distribution of forest herbs in Europe
Flemming Skov, Jens-Christian Svenning
Structure of insect communities inhabiting old-growth forest specialist bracket fungi
Atte Komonen
The isotopic composition of soil organic carbon on a north south transect in western Canada
M. Bird, H. Santrùcková, J. Lloyd, E. Lawson
Mapping environments at risk under different global climate change scenarios
Earl Saxon, Barry Baker, William Hargrove, Forrest Hoffman, Chris Zganjar
The ecological and evolutionary significance of frost in the context of climate change
D.W. Inouye
Microsite-dependent changes in methanogenic populations in a boreal oligotrophic fen
Pierre E. Galand, Hannu Fritze, Kim Yrjälä
The CO2 dependence of photosynthesis, plant growth responses to elevated CO2 concentrations and
their interaction with soil nutrient status, II. Temperate and boreal forest productivity and the
combined effects of increasing CO2 concentrations and increased nitrogen deposition at a global
scale
J Lloyd
Midsummer spatial variation in methane efflux from stands of littoral vegetation in a boreal mesoeutrophic lake
Paula Kankaala, Suvi Mäkelä, Irina Bergström, Eeva Huitu, Tiina Käki, Anne Ojala, Miitta Rantakari,
Pirkko Kortelainen, Lauri Arvola
Greenhouse gas dynamics in boreal, littoral sediments under raised CO2 and nitrogen supply
Anu Liikanen, Eeva Ratilainen, Sanna Saarnio, Jukka Alm, Pertti J. Martikainen, Jouko Silvola
Recent ecological and biogeochemical changes in alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park
(Colorado, USA): a response to anthropogenic nitrogen deposition
Alexander P. Wolfe, Alison C. Van Gorp, Jill S. Baron
Global and regional modelling of Arctic boreal vegetation distribution and its sensitivity to altered
forcing
T. G. F. Kittel , W. L. Steffen, F. S. Chapin III
Climate change effects on net carbon exchange of a boreal aspen hazelnut forest: estimates from
the ecosystem model ecosys
R. F. Grant, I. A. Nalder
Biotic disturbance agents in the boreal forest: considerations for vegetation change models
Carolyn M. Malmström, Kenneth F. Raffa
The global distribution of cultivable lands: current patterns and sensitivity to possible climate change
Navin Ramankutty, Jonathan A. Foley, John Norman, Kevin McSweeney
Climate change and modelled biome representation in Canada's national park system: implications
for system planning and park mandates
Daniel Scott, Jay R. Malcolm, Christopher Lemieux
Simulating effects of climate change on boreal ecosystem carbon pools in central Canada
D. T. Price, C. H. Peng, M. J. Apps, D. H. Halliwell
Stability of boreal forest stands during recent climate change: evidence from Landsat satellite
imagery
Jeffrey G. Masek
Modelling climate change-driven treeline shifts: relative effects of temperature increase, dispersal
and invasibility
Stefan Dullinger, Thomas Dirnböck, Georg Grabherr
Change of fire frequency in the eastern Canadian boreal forests during the Holocene: does
vegetation composition or climate trigger the fire regime?
Christopher Carcaillet, Yves Bergeron, Pierre J. H. Richard, Bianca Fréchette, Sylvie Gauthier, Yves
T. Prairie
Impact of climatic factors on the developmental stability of mountain birch growing in a
contaminated area
Jari Valkama, Mikhail V. Kozlov
Symposium 2 : Soil Biodiversity: Scaling from microbe to ecosystem
Soil-mediated effects on germination and seedling growth of coastal wattle (Acacia sophorae) by the
environmental weed, bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata)
John A. Vranjic , Matthew J. Woods , Julian Barnard
A Case for Using Plethodontid Salamanders for Monitoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Integrity of North
American Forests
Hartwell H. Welsh JR., Sam Droege
Restoration of biodiversity enhances agricultural production
James M. Bullock, Richard F. Pywell, Mike J.W. Burke, Kevin J. Walker
Nitrogen deposition and plant species interact to influence soil carbon stabilization
Feike A. Dijkstra, Sarah E. Hobbie, Johannes M. H. Knops, Peter B. Reich
Disentangling biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: deriving solutions to a seemingly
insurmountable problem
Shahid Naeem, Justin P. Wright
Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil
A. H. Fitter, C. A. Gilligan, K. Hollingwoth, A. Kleczkowski, R. M. Twyman, J. W. Pitchford, The Members of
the Nerc Soil Biodiversity Programme
Linking above- and below-ground biodiversity: abundance and trophic complexity in soil as a response to
experimental plant communities on abandoned arable land
G. W. Korthals, P. Smilauer, C. Van Dijk, W. H. Van Der Putten
Global change, soil biodiversity, and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems: three case studies
M. J. Swift, O. Andren, L. Brussaard, M. Briones, M. -M. Couteaux, K. Ekschmitt, A. Kjoller, P. Loiseau, P.
Smith
Modelling the effects of loss of soil biodiversity on ecosystem function
H. W. Hunt, D. H. Wall
The impact of global climate change on tropical forest biodiversity in Amazonia
Lera Miles, Alan Grainger, Oliver Phillips
Death of biodiversity the urgent need for global ecology
Bowman
Soil characteristics of Rocky Mountain National Park grasslands invaded by Melilotus officinalis and M. alba
J. J. Wolf, S. W. Beatty, T. R. Seastedt
Landscape patterns of indicator plants for soil acidity in the Bavarian Alps
Sebastian Schmidtlein, Jörg Ewald
Plant community development is affected by nutrients and soil biota
G. B. De Deyn, C. E. Raaijmakers, W. H. Van Der Putten
Darkness visible: reflections on underground ecology
A. H. Fitter
Effects of experimental irrigation and drought on the composition and diversity of soil fauna in a
coniferous stand
Niklas Lindberg, Jan B. Engtsson, Tryggve Persson
Non-target effects of entomopathogenic nematodes on the soil nematode community
Nethi Somasekhar, Parwinder S Grewal, Elizabeth A. B De Nardo, Benjamin R Stinner
Community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at different soil depths in extensively and intensively
managed agroecosystems
Fritz Oehl, Ewald Sieverding, Kurt Ineichen, Elisabeth-Anne Ris, Thomas Boller, Andres Wiemken
Grassland species effects on soil CO2 flux track the effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen
Joseph M Craine, David A Wedin, Peter B Reich
Soil biodiversity: myth, reality or conning?
Henri M. André, Xavier Ducarme, Philippe Lebrun
Symposia 3: Linking ecological processes and environmental impacts across scales:
Coastal ecology and energy development in the Caspian Sea and Gulf of Mexico
Low functional redundancy in coastal marine assemblages
Fiorenza Micheli, Benjamin S. Halpern
Scale issues in marine ecosystems and human interactions
R. Ian Perry, Rosemary E. Ommer
Connecting seas: western Palaearctic continental flyway for water birds in the perspective of changing
land use and climate
Mennobart R. Van Eerden, Rudolf H. Drent, Julia Stahl, Jan P. Bakker
Biogeography of the marine birds of a confined sea, the Mediterranean
Richard Zotier, Vincent Bretagnolle, Jean-Claude Thibault
Sturgeons (Chondrostei: Acipenseridae) and their metazoan parasites: patterns and processes in historical
biogeography
Anindo Choudhury, Terry A. Dick
Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management
Salinisation: A major threat to water resources in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world
W. D Williams
Phylogeography of Ponto-Caspian crustaceans: a benthic planktonic comparison
Melania E. A. Cristescu, Paul D. N. Hebert, Teodora M. Onciu
Restoration Ecology
Beach Nourishment and Coastal Habitats: Research Needs to Improve Compatibility
KF. Nordstrom
Sustainable Coastal Development: The Dual Mandate and a Recommendation for "Commerce Managed
Areas"
MP. Weinstein, De J. Reed
Symposia 4: Ecosystem ecology at the watershed scale: Linking biogeochemical cycles
across the terrestrial - aquatic divide
Conservation Biology Trailblazers: George Wright, Ben Thompson, and Joseph Dixon
Craig L. Shafer
Ecogeography of the herpetofauna of a northern California watershed: linking species patterns to
landscape processes
Hartwell H. Welsh Jr, Garth R. Hodgson, Amy J. Lind
Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecology
Claire Kremen
Detritus, trophic dynamics and biodiversity
J. C. Moore, E. L. Berlow, D. C. Coleman, P. C. de Ruiter, Q. Dong, A. Hastings, N. Collins Johnson, K. S.
McCann, K. Melville, P. J. Morin, K. Nadelhoffer, A. D. Rosemond, D. M. Post, J. L. Sabo, K. M. Scow, M. J.
Vanni, D. H. Wall
Recent ecological and biogeochemical changes in alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado,
USA): a response to anthropogenic nitrogen deposition
Alexander P. Wolfe, Alison C. Van Gorp, Jill S. Baron
Analyzing the ecosystem carbon and hydrologic characteristics of forested wetland using a biogeochemical
process model
Jianbo Cui, Changsheng Li, Carl Trettin
Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems: research priorities on global change effects
S. Lavorel, J. Canadell, S. Rambal, J. Terradas
Towards a hierarchical framework for modelling the spatial distribution of animals
Brendan G. Mackey, David B. Lindenmayer
Vegetation characteristics and primary productivity along an arctic transect: implications for scaling-up
Mathew Williams, Edward B. Rastetter
Biodiversity in Wetlands: Assessments, Function, and Conservation.
Institutional arrangements for managing the great lakes of the world: Results of a workshop on
implementing the watershed approach
Lisa Borre , David R. Barker, Laurie E. Duker
Applications of ecological stoichiometry for sustainable acquisition of ecosystem services
Robert Ptacnik, G. Darrel Jenerette, Antonie M. Verschoor, Andrea F. Huberty, Angelo G. Solimini, Justin
D. Brookes
A conceptual framework for ecosystem stoichiometry: balancing resource supply and demand
John D. Schade, Javier F. Espeleta, Christopher A. Klausmeier, Megan E. McGroddy, Steven A. Thomas,
Lixia Zhang
Strategies for ecological extrapolation
Debra P. C. Peters, Jeffrey E. Herrick
Buffering an Acidic Stream in New Hampshire with a Silicate Mineral
Gene E. Likens, Donald C. Buso, Brian K. Dresser, Emily S. Bernhardt, Robert O. Hall Jr, Kate H.
Macneale, Scott W. Bailey
Sustainable Coastal Development: The Dual Mandate and a Recommendation for "Commerce Managed
Areas"
MP. Weinstein, DeJ. Reed
Symposia 5: Marine Macroecology
Propagule dispersal and the scales of marine community process
Brian P. Kinlan, Steven D. Gaines, Sarah E. Lester
Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospect
Robert J. Whittaker, Miguel B. Araújo, Paul Jepson, Richard J. Ladle, James E. M. Watson, Katherine J.
Willis
Climate change, species range limits and body size in marine bivalves
Roy Kaustuv, David Jablonski, James W. Valentine
Allometric scaling of maximum population density: a common rule for marine phytoplankton and
terrestrial plants
Andrea Belgrano, Andrew P Allen, Brian J Enquist, James F Gillooly
Why does metabolism scale with temperature?
A. Clarke, K. P. P. Fraser
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Food web structure in riverine landscapes
G. Woodward, A. G. Hildrew
Scale in macroecology
Tim M Blackburn, Kevin J Gaston
Fish abundance with no fishing: predictions based on macroecological theory
Simon Jennings, Julia L. Blanchard
A testable linear model for diversity trends in estuaries
Martin J Attrill
The applicability of Rapoport's rule to the marine molluscs of the Americas
R. R. Fortes, R. S. Absalão
The continuity of microevolution and macroevolution
Andrew M. Simons
Latitudinal gradients in Atlantic reef fish communities: trophic structure and spatial use patterns
S. R. Floeter, C. E. L. Ferreira, A. Dominici Arosemena, I. R. Zalmon
Abundance occupancy relationships
Kevin J Gaston, Tim M Blackburn, Jeremy J.D Greenwood, Richard D Gregory, Rachel M Quinn, John H
Lawton
Marine systems: moving into the genomics era
Karen Wilson, Michael Thorndyke, Frank Nilsen, Alex Rogers, Pedro Martinez
Does Change in an Adriatic Hydromedusan Fauna Indicate an Early Phase of Marine Ecosystem
Destruction?
Adam Benovi, Davor Lu, Vladimir Onofri
Macroecology of live-bearing in fishes: latitudinal and depth range comparisons with egg-laying relatives
Nicholas B. Goodwin, Nicholas K. Dulvy, John D. Reynolds
Symposia 6: Pathways to scientific teaching in ecology education
Opinion Practical and ethical considerations for students conducting ecological research involving wildlife
Vaughan Monamy, Miranda Gott
The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen-Science Ecological Research
Project
Celia Evans, Eleanor Abrams, Robert Reitsma, Karin Roux, Laura Salmonsen, Peter P. Marra
Invasion theory and biological control
William F. Fagan, Mark A. Lewis, Michael G. Neubert, P. van den Driessche
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The Landscape Game: A learning tool demonstrating landscape design principles
S. McIntyre
A simple graphical technique for displaying individual fertility data and cohort survival: case study of 1000
Mediterranean Fruit Fly females
J. R Carey, P Liedo, H.-G MÜller, J.-L Wang, J. W Vaupel
Changing the way we think about global change research: scaling up in experimental ecosystem science
Barry Osmond, Gennady Ananyev, Joseph Berry, Chris Langdon, Zbigniew Kolber, Gunghui Lin, Russell
Monson, Caroline Nichol, Uwe Rascher, Uli Schurr, Stan Smith, Dan Yakir
Global synthesis of leaf area index observations: implications for ecological and remote sensing studies
Gregory P. Asner, Jonathan M. O. Scurlock, Jeffrey A. Hicke
A 21st century Pangea? The emergence of a new international forum for Biogeographers
Robert J. Whittaker, Dov F. Sax
Social ecology in the Danube Delta: Theory and practice
Virginia Boja , Ioana Popescu
The Two-Culture Problem: Ecological Restoration and the Integration of Knowledge
E Higgs
Symposium 7: Multi-scale integration for ecological sustainability: Approaches and
applications
Determining the 'health' of estuaries: Priorities for ecological research
Peter G. Fairweather
Environmental weeds in Australia and New Zealand: issues and approaches to management
Jann A. Williams , Carol J. West
Rethinking Community-Based Conservation
F. Berkes
Demographic Effects of Collecting Rattan Cane and Their Implications for Sustainable Harvesting
S.F. Siebert
Invasibility: the local mechanism driving community assembly and species diversity
Mark A. Davis, Ken Thompson, J. Philip Grime
Spatial correlations of Diceroprocta apache and its host plants: evidence for a negative impact from
Tamarix invasion
Aaron R. Ellingson, Douglas C Andersen
The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi-scale community ecology
M. A. Leibold, M. Holyoak, N. Mouquet, P. Amarasekare, J. M. Chase, M. F. Hoopes, R. D. Holt, J. B.
Shurin, R. Law, D. Tilman, M. Loreau, A. Gonzalez
Modelling the dynamic spatio-temporal response of predators to transient prey patches in the field
Linton Winder, Colin J. Alexander, John M. Holland, Chris Woolley, Joe N. Perry
Simple temporal models for ecological systems with complex spatial patterns
Mercedes Pascual, Manojit Roy, Alain Franc
Geomorphic dynamics of floodplains: ecological implications and a potential modelling strategy
K. Richards, J. Brasington, F. Hughes
Development, maintenance and role of riparian vegetation in the river landscape
Eric Tabacchi, David L. Correll, Richard Hauer, Gilles Pinay, Anne-Marie Planty-Tabacchi, Robert C.
Wissmar
Scale invariant spatio-temporal patterns of field vole density
James L. Mackinnon, Steve J. Petty , David A. Elston, Chris J. Thomas, ToM. N. Sherratt, X. Lambin
The sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis (Fabr.) (Lep., Crambidae) and its parasitoids: a synchrony
approach to spatial and temporal dynamics
M. N. Rossi, H. G. Fowler
Local scope, global challenge
Erica Fleishman
Detection of plot-level changes in ectomycorrhizal communities across years in an old-growth mixedconifer forest
Antonio Izzo, Josephine Agbowo, Thomas D. Bruns
Nitrogen on microbial and global scales
L. Van Der Eerden
The role of conservation in expanding biodiversity research
Diane S. Srivastava
On Sustainability, Estuaries, and Ecosystem Restoration: The Art of the Practical
RC. Baird
Symposium 8: Ecosystem response and recovery: Assessing the 1991 Canada-US Air
Quality Agreement
Elevated atmospheric CO2 alters wood production, wood quality and wood strength of Scots pine (Pinus
sylvestris L) after three years of enrichment
R Ceulemans, M. E Jach, R Van De Velde, J. X Lin, M Stevens
Climate change effects on net carbon exchange of a boreal aspen hazelnut forest: estimates from the
ecosystem model ecosys
R. F. Grant, I. A. Nalder
Clean rain promotes fine root growth and soil respiration in a Norway spruce forest
Norbert P. Lamersdorf, Werner Borken
Integration of CO2 flux and remotely-sensed data for primary production and ecosystem respiration
analyses in the Northern Great Plains: potential for quantitative spatial extrapolation
Tagir G. Gilmanov, Larry L. Tieszen, Bruce K. Wylie, Larry B. Flanagan, Albert B. Frank, Marshall R.
Haferkamp, Tilden P. Meyers, Jack A. Morgan
Effects of simulated acid rain on the physiology of carmine spider mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus
(Boisduvals) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
J.-P. Zhang, J.-J. Wang, Z.-M. Zhao, W. Dou, Y. Chen
Lake Champlain Basin Program: Working together today for tomorrow
Michaela Stickney , Colleen Hickey, Roland Hoerr
Assessing population structure and gene flow in Montana wolverines (Gulo gulo) using assignment-based
approaches
C. C. Cegelski, L. P. Waits, N. J. Anderson
Responses of ground vegetation to prolonged simulated acid rain in sub-arctic pine birch forest
A. Shevtsova, S. Neuvonen
Light and CO2 responses of photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics in bean plants
after simulated acid rain
Violeta Velikova, Tsonko Tsonev, Ivan Yordanov
Symposium 9: Spatial heterogeneity in urban ecosystems: Integration and scaling in
coupled natural-human systems
Are the ecological concepts of assembly and function of biodiversity useful frameworks for understanding
natural pest control?
Andrew Wilby, Matthew B. Thomas
Spatial heterogeneity reduces temporal variability in stream insect communities
Bryan L. Brown
Carbon fluxes, nitrogen cycling, and soil microbial communities in adjacent urban, native and agricultural
ecosystems
JP. Kaye, RL. McCulley, IC. Burke
Urban plant ecology patterns and processes: a case study of the flora of the City of Plymouth, Devon, U.K
M. Kent, R. A. Stevens, L. Zhang
The human footprint in ecology past, present and future
Amy T. Austin
The influence of varying spatial heterogeneity on the refuge model for coexistence of specialist parasitoid
assemblages
Eric E. Porter, Bradford A. Hawkins
Linking Restoration and Landscape Ecology
Susan S. Bell, Mark S. Fonseca, Little B. Motten
Restoration of Fragmented Landscapes for the Conservation of Birds: A General Framework and Specific
Recommendations for Urbanizing Landscapes
John M. Marzluff, Kern Ewing
Weed dynamics in the Mediterranean urban ecosystem: ecology, biodiversity and management
S Benvenuti
Symposium 10: The invasion paradox: Reconciling biodiversity and invasion patterns
across spatial scales
Recent advances in the study of long-distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via birds
Andy J. Green, Jordi Figuerola
Beyond biodiversity: individualistic controls of invasion in a self-assembled community
Scott J. Meiners, Mary L. Cadenasso, Steward T. A. Pickett
Cross-scale vegetation patterns of Flooding Pampa grasslands
S. B. Perelman, R. J. C. León, M. Oesterheld
Large-scale ecology and hydrology: an introductory perspective from the editors of the Journal of Applied
Ecology
S.J Ormerod, A.R Watkinson
Can niche use in red and grey squirrels offer clues for their apparent coexistence?
Jenny Bryce, Paul J. Johnson, David W. Macdonald
Development of inland lakes as hubs in an invasion network
J. R. Muirhead, H. J. Macisaac
Symposium 11: Global land science: Dynamics of the coupled human-environment system
Land Reform and Biodiversity Conservation in Brazil in the 1990s: Conflict and the Articulation of Mutual
Interests
L. Cullen JR, K. Alger, D. M. Rambaldi
The lie of the land. The role of perception in our relationship to the environment
By Patricia M. Fox, Richard J. Hobbs , William A. Loneragan
Scale issues in marine ecosystems and human interactions
R. Ian Perry, Rosemary E. Ommer
Changing the way we think about global change research: scaling up in experimental ecosystem science
Barry Osmond, Gennady Ananyev, Joseph Berry, Chris Langdon, Zbigniew Kolber, Gunghui Lin, Russell
Monson, Caroline Nichol, Uwe Rascher, Uli Schurr, Stan Smith, Dan Yakir
Global land cover characterization from satellite data: from research to operational implementation?
GCTE/LUCC RESEARCH REVIEW
R. S. Defries, J. R. G. Townshend
Fire ecology and Aboriginal land management in central Arnhem Land, northern Australia: a tradition of
ecosystem management
D. Yibarbuk, P. J. Whitehead, J. Russell-Smith, D. Jackson, C. Godjuwa, A. Fisher, P. Cooke, D.
Choquenot, D. M. J. S. Bowman
Cultural niche construction and human evolution
K. N. Laland, J. Odling-Smee, M. W. Feldman
Testing large-scale hypotheses using surveys: the effects of land use on the habitats, invertebrates and
birds of Himalayan rivers
S. Manel, S.T. Buckton, S.J. Ormerod
Vegetationsite relationships of roadside plant communities in West Virginia, USA
J. S. Rentch, R. H. Fortney, S. L. Stephenson, H. S. Adams, W. N. Grafton, J. T. Anderson
On the Cusp of Restoration: Science and Society
RE. Turner
Forest Restoration in Urbanizing Landscapes: Interactions Between Land Uses and Exotic Shrubs
Kathi L. Borgmann, Amanda D. Rodewald
On Sustainability, Estuaries, and Ecosystem Restoration: The Art of the Practical
RC. Baird
Symposium 12 : Bridging the divide: Bringing theory into practice in forest biodiversity
conservation
Forest landscape pattern in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, South Africa: 50 years of change or stasis?
M. J. Lawes, D. M. MacFarlane, H. A. C. Eeley
Conservation Biodiversity in East African Forests
Dominic Byarugaba
Phylogenetic diversity: a quantitative framework for measurement of priority and achievement in
biodiversity conservation
GARY M Barker
Tropical Forest Management and Conservation of Biodiversity: an Overview
Francis E. Putz , Geoffrey M. Blate, Kent H. Redford , Robert Fimbel , John Robinson
Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
M. Tabarelli, L. P. Pinto, J. M. C. Silva, M. Hirota, L. Bede
Forest-Dwelling Native Amazonians and the Conservation of Biodiversity: Interests in Common or in
Collision?
Kent H. Redford, Allyn Maclean Stearman
Do we need to devalue Amazonia and other large tropical forests?
John M. Bates, Terrence C. Demos
Is maximizing protection the same as minimizing loss? Efficiency and retention as alternative measures of
the effectiveness of proposed reserves
Robert L. Pressey, Matthew E. Watts, Thomas W. Barrett
The impact of global climate change on tropical forest biodiversity in Amazonia
Lera Miles, Alan Grainger, Oliver Phillips
Climate change-integrated conservation strategies
L. Hannah, G. F. Midgley, D. Millar
Area, shape and isolation of tropical forest fragments: effects on tree species diversity and implications for
conservation
Jennifer L. Hill, Paul J. Curran
Tree seed dispersal among forest fragments: II. Dispersal abilities and biogeographical controls
Nina Hewitt, Martin Kellman
Life after logging: post-logging recovery of a neotropical bat community
F. M. Clarke, L. V. Rostant, P. A. Racey
Knowledge, values, uses and management of the Araucaria araucana forest by the indigenous Mapuche
Pewenche people: A basis for collaborative natural resource management in southern Chile
Thora Martina Herrmann
Symposium 13: Prediction and prioritization of future invasive species
Novel strategies for assessing and managing the risks posed by invasive alien species to global crop
production and biodiversity
R. Baker, R. Cannon, P. Bartlett, I. Barker
An Essay on Some Topics Concerning Invasive Species
James H. Brown, Dov F. Sax
Predicting patterns of non-native plant invasions in Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Emma C. Underwood, Rob Klinger, Peggy E. Moore
Invasion in space and time: non-native species richness and relative abundance respond to interannual
variation in productivity and diversity
Elsa E. Cleland, Melinda D. Smith, Sandy J. Andelman, Christy Bowles, Karen M. Carney, M. Claire HornerDevine, John M. Drake, Sarah M. Emery, Joel M. Gramling, David B. Vandermast
Invasion in grassland gaps: the role of neighbourhood richness, light availability and species
complementarity during two successive years
A. Milbau, I. Nijs, F. De Raedemaecker, D. Reheul, B. De Cauwer
Larval taxonomy and early identification of topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva: a screening tool to
reduce risks of unintentional species translocation
A. C. Pinder
Invasive species profiling? Exploring the characteristics of non-native fishes across invasion stages in
California
Michael P. Marchetti, Peter B. Moyle, Richard Levine
Wildfire effects and post-fire responses of an invasive mesquite population: the interactive importance of
grazing and non-native herbaceous species invasion
John A. Kupfer, Jay D. Miller
Species attributes and invasion success by alien plants on Mediterranean islands
F. Lloret, F. Medail, G. Brundu, I. Camarda, E. Moragues, J. Rita, P. Lambdon, P. E Hulme
The impact of exotic trout on native charr in a Japanese stream
K. Morita, J. Tsuboi, H. Matsuda
Restoration of a Forest Understory After the Removal of an Invasive Shrub, Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera
maackii)
Kurt M. Hartman, Brian C. McCarthy
Management of the invasive species Opuntia stricta in a Botanical Reserve in Portugal
A Monteiro, V M Cheia, T Vasconcelos, I Moreira
Symposium 14: Ecological impacts of Asia on global sustainability at multiple scales
Megafaunal Extinctions: The Conservation Message from 11,000 Years B.P
N. Owen-Smith
Natural enemy diversity and pest control: patterns of pest emergence with agricultural intensification
Andrew Wilby, Matthew B Thomas
Diversity and abundance of Crenarchaeota in terrestrial habitats studied by 16S RNA surveys and real
time PCR
Torsten Ochsenreiter, Drazenka Selezi, Achim Quaiser, Liza Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Christa Schleper
Origins of mangrove ecosystems and the mangrove biodiversity anomaly
Aaron M. Ellison, Elizabeth J. Farnsworth, Rachel E. Merkt
Community organization and species richness of ants (Hymenoptera/Formicidae) in Mongolia along an
ecological gradient from steppe to Gobi desert
Martin Pfeiffer, Losol Chimedregzen, Kaman Ulykpan
Evolution of termite functional diversity: analysis and synthesis of local ecological and regional influences
on local species richness
Richard G. Davies, Paul Eggleton, David T. Jones, Freddy J. Gathorne-Hardy, Luis M. Hernández
Influence of deferred grazing on vegetation dynamics and livestock productivity in an Andean pastoral
system
Lita P. Buttolph, D. Layne Coppock
The ecology and management of the Saiga antelope in Kazakhstan
A. B Bekenov, Iu. A Grachev, E. J Milner Gulland
Assessing the future global impacts of ozone on vegetation
M. R. Ashmore
Local Mangrove Planting in the Philippines: Are Fisherfolk and Fishpond Owners Effective Restorationists?
Bradley B. Walters
Symposium 15: The bringing together of professional ecologists and educators with
citizen science
The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen-Science Ecological Research
Project
Celia Evans, Eleanor Abrams, Robert Reitsma, Karin Roux, Laura Salmonsen, Peter P. Marra
Integration of Science and Community-Based Conservation in the Mexico/ U.S. Borderlands
Charles G. Curtin
Participatory research methods in environmental science: local and scientific knowledge of a limnological
phenomenon in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil
D.F. Calheiros, A.F. Seidl, C.J.A. Ferreira
Lake Champlain Basin Program: Working together today for tomorrow
Michaela Stickney , Colleen Hickey, Roland Hoerr
Symposium 16: Incorporating trophic diversity into the biodiversity-ecosystem
functioning debate: Lessons from aquatic ecosystems
Species richness decomposition relationships depend on species dominance
Olivier Dangles, Björn Malmqvist
Perturbation and abrupt shift in trophic control of biodiversity and productivity
Oswald J. Schmitz
Ecosystem consequences of diversity depend on food chain length in estuarine vegetation
J. Emmett Duffy, J. Paul Richardson, Kristin E. France
Models of predation and fishing mortality in aquatic ecosystems
Stuart J Whipple, Jason S Link, Lance P Garrison, Michael J Fogarty
The state of freshwater ecology
Colin S. Reynolds
Importance of species identity and number for process rates within different stream invertebrate
functional feeding groups
Micael Jonsson, Björn Malmqvist
Monitoring a marine ecosystem using responses of upper trophic level predators
I. L. Boyd, A. W. A. Murray
Current issues with fish and fisheries: editor's overview and introduction
S. J Ormerod
Ecosystem recovery in restored headwater streams: the role of enhanced leaf retention
Timo Muotka, Pekka Laasonen
The environmental state of Argentinean lakes: An overview
Rolando Quirós, Edmundo Drago
Symposium 17: Species range dynamics: Past, present, and future
Range expansion by moose into coastal temperate rainforests of British Columbia, Canada
C. T. Darimont, P. C. Paquet, T. E. Reimchen, V. Crichton
Intraspecific abundance occupancy relationships: case studies of six bird species in Britain. BIODIVERSITY
RESEARCH
Kevin J Gaston, Tim M Blackburn, Richard D Gregory
An evolutionary tolerance model explaining spatial patterns in species richness under environmental
gradients and geometric constraints
Thiago Fernando L. V. B. Rangel, José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho
Is the matrix a sea? Habitat specificity in a naturally fragmented landscape
Don A. Driscoll
Alternative causes for range limits: a metapopulation perspective
R.D Holt, T.H Keitt
Connecting geographical distributions with population processes
Brian A. Maurer, Mark L. Taper
Elevational diversity gradients, biogeography and the structure of montane mammal communities in the
intermountain region of North America
Eric A. Rickart
Large-scale dynamics in colonization and extinction for breeding birds in Britain
Kevin J Gaston, Tim M Blackburn
The dynamics of plant invasions: a case study of three exotic goldenrod species (Solidago L.) in Europe
Ewald Weber
Correlates of geographic range size in New Zealand Chionochloa (Poaceae) species
Kelvin M. Lloyd, J. Bastow Wilson, William G. Lee
Coevolution between hosts and parasites with partially overlapping geographic ranges
S. L. Nuismer, J. N. Thompson, R. Gomulkiewicz
Consequences of low mobility in spatially and temporally heterogeneous ecosystems
G. R. Matlack, J. Monde
The effect of habitat type on speciation rates and range movements in aquatic beetles: inferences from
species-level phylogenies
I. Ribera , T. G. Barraclough, A. P. Vogler
Nitrogen-fixing legumes and silvigenesis in a rain forest in French Guiana: a taxonomic and ecological
approach
J. C. Roggy, M. F. Prevost
Impacts of parasitic plants on natural communities
Malcolm C. Press, Gareth K. Phoenix
Spatial-temporal population dynamics across species range: from centre to margin
Qinfeng Guo, Mark Taper, M. Schoenberger, J. Brandle
Species' borders: a unifying theme in ecology
Robert D. Holt, Timothy H. Keitt
Symposium 18: Linking local, regional, and global ecological changes across densely
populated landscapes
Responses of forest eucalypts to moderate and high intensity fire in the Tingle Mosaic, south-western
Australia: comparisons between locally endemic and regionally distributed species
G. W. Wardell-Johnson
The Environmental Limits to Globalization
David Ehrenfeld
Meta-ecosystems: a theoretical framework for a spatial ecosystem ecology
Michel Loreau, Nicolas Mouquet, Robert D. Holt
Preserving biodiversity under current and future climates: a case study
John W. Coulston, Kurt H. Riitters
Ecological biogeography of North American mammals: species density and ecological structure in relation
to environmental gradients
Catherine Badgley, David L. Fox
Symposium 19: Spatial nonlinearities and cross scale interactions: Cascading effects in
the Earth system
Scale issues in marine ecosystems and human interactions
R. Ian Perry, Rosemary E. Ommer
Spatial scale and benthic community organisation in the littoral zones of large oligotrophic lakes: potential
for cross-scale interactions
R. J. Stoffels, K. R. Clarke, G. P. Closs
Spatial dynamics and cross-correlation in a transient predatorprey system
Patrick C. Tobin, Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Symposium 20: Evolution on ecological time scales
Are ecological and evolutionary rules being dismissed prematurely?
Kyle G. Ashton
Selection for developmental time in bean weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus): correlated responses for
other life history traits and genetic architecture of line differentiation
Darka Seslija, Nikola Tucic
The power of time: spatiotemporal scaling of species diversity
Peter B. Adler, William K. Lauenroth
Scaling up evolutionary responses to elevated CO2 : lessons from Arabidopsis
Joy K. Ward, John K. Kelly
The evolutionary ecology of Plasmodium
R. E. L. Paul, F. Ariey, V. Robert
Is hormesis an evolutionary expectation?
V. E. Forbes
Gene flow and population history in high dispersal marine invertebrates: mitochondrial DNA analysis of
Holothuria nobilis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) populations from the Indo-Pacific
S. Uthicke, J. A. H. Benzie
Adaptive evolutionary conservation: towards a unified concept for defining conservation units
Dylan J Fraser, Louis Bernatchez
Extreme events as shaping physiology, ecology, and evolution of plants: toward a unified definition and
evaluation of their consequences
Vincent P. Gutschick, Hormoz BassiriRad
Plant growth forms: an ecological and evolutionary perspective
Nick Rowe, Thomas Speck
Long-distance migration: evolution and determinants
Thomas Alerstam, Anders Hedenström, Susanne Åkesson
Cope's Rule and the evolution of long-distance transport in vascular plants: allometric scaling, biomass
partitioning and optimization
B. J. Enquist
Symposium 21: Resource pulses in space and time: Linking species, communities, and
ecosystems
Conservation of Large, Nomadic Populations of White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) in the United States
Peter C. Frederick, Keith L. Bildstein, Bruce Fleury, John Ogden
Resource dispersion and consumer dominance: scavenging at wolf- and hunter-killed carcasses in Greater
Yellowstone, USA
Christopher C. Wilmers, Daniel R. Stahler, Robert L. Crabtree, Douglas W. Smith, Wayne M. Getz
Scale-dependent interactions between intrinsic and extrinsic processes reduce variability in protist
populations
Mary C. Orland
Ontogeny of Acoustic and Feeding Behaviour in the Grey Gurnard, Eutrigla gurnardus
M. Clara P. Amorim, Anthony D. Hawkins
Effects of surface and sub-surface soil horizons on the seasonal performance of Larrea tridentata
(creosotebush)
Erik P. Hamerlynck, Joseph R. Mcauliffe, Stanley D. Smith
Microhabitat dependent responses to resource pulses in the aridland perennial, Cryptantha flava
Michael S. Peek, Irwin N. Forseth
Demographic and growth responses of a guerrilla and a phalanx perennial grass in competitive mixtures
L. David Humphrey, David A. Pyke
Growling for food: acoustic emissions during competitive feeding of the streaked gurnard
M. C. P. Amorim, A. D. Hawkins
COMPETITION BETWEEN A PROCHLOROPHYTE AND A CYANOBACTERIUM UNDER VARIOUS PHOSPHORUS
REGIMES: COMPARISON WITH THE DROOP MODEL
Hélène Ducobu , Jef Huisman , Richard R Jonker , Luuc R Mur
Resource pulses in arid environments patterns of rain, patterns of life
Jake F. Weltzin, David T. Tissue
Influence of pulsed resources and marine subsidies on insular rodent populations
Paul Stapp, Gary A. Polis
The use of time and space by male and female gerbils exploiting a pulsed resource
Burt P. Kotler, Chris R. Dickman, Gideon Wasserberg, Ofer Ovadia
Symposium 22 : Qualitatively wider scope and failed models: New paradigms for tired old
myths
ANNA: A new prediction method for bioassessment programs
Simon Linke, Richard H. Norris, Daniel P. Faith, David Stockwell
Integrated models of livestock systems for climate change studies. 2. Intensive systems
J. R. Turnpenny , D. J. Parsons , A. C. Armstrong , J. A. Clark , K. Cooper, A. M. Matthews
Offspring sex ratio variation in relation to brood size and mortality in a promiscuous species: the Aquatic
Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Andrzej Dyrcz, Hedi Sauer-Gürth, Emil Tkadlec, Michael Wink
The mismeasure of islands: implications for biogeographical theory and the conservation of nature
Hartmut S. Walter
Unbiased estimation of individual asymmetry
Van Dongen
Improving competition representation in theoretical models of self-thinning: a critical review
Joel H. Reynolds, E. David Ford
Symposium 23: Comparative plant ecology as a tool for integrating across scales
Leaf traits and herbivore selection in the field and in cafeteria experiments
Natalia Pérez-Harguindeguy, Sandra Díaz, Fernanda Vendramini, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Diego E.
Gurvich, Marcelo Cabido
Comparing alien plant invasions among regions with similar climates: where to from here?
Aníbal Pauchard, Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Ramiro O. Bustamante
Linking fine root traits to maximum potential growth rate among 11 mature temperate tree species
L. H. Comas, D. M. Eissenstat
Growth conditions are more important than species origin in determining leaf pigment content of British
plant species
M. J. Rosevear, A. J. Young, G. N. Johnson
Reduced leaf expansion as a cost of systemic induced resistance to herbivory
J. P. Moore, J. E. Taylor, N. D. Paul, J. B. Whittaker
Foliar resistance to simulated extreme temperature events in contrasting plant functional and chorological
types
D. E. Gurvich, S. Diaz, V. Falczuk, N. Perez- Harguindeguy, M. Cabido, P. C. Thorpe
A comparative ecological study of Norwegian mountain plants in relation to possible future climatic change
Magne Sætersdal, H. J. B Birks
Ecology and Developmental Morphology of Male Plants of Chondrus Crispus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)
Eleanor Tveter-Gallagher, Arthur C Mathieson, Donald P Cheney
Leaf traits as indicators of resource-use strategy in floras with succulent species
Fernanda Vendramini, Sandra Díaz, Diego E Gurvich, Peter J Wilson, Ken Thompson, John G Hodgson
Seed mass, habitat conditions and taxonomic relatedness: a re-analysis of Salisbury (1974)
C. K. Kelley
The biology and ecology of narrow endemic and widespread plants: a comparative study of trait variation
in 20 congeneric pairs
Sébastien Lavergne, John D. Thompson, Eric Garnier, Max Debussche
The modulating effects of pH and benzyladenine on the Ca 2 + and Mg2 +ATPases in the plasmalemma of
wheat root cells
Daan Kuiper, Marianne Sommarin, Anders Kylin
Intrinsic cost of delayed flowering in annual plants: negative correlation between flowering time and
reproductive effort
H. Kudoh, N. Kachi, S. Kawano, Y. Ishiguri
Pollination Ecology of Pedicularis punctata Decne. (Scrophulariaceae) in the Kashmir Himalaya
Lazarus Walter Macior
Morphological phylogenetics of Australian gall-inducing thrips and their allies: the evolution of host-plant
affiliations, domicile use and social behaviour
David C. Morris, Laurence A. Mound , Michael P. Schwarz, Bernard J. Crespi
Symposium 24: Bridging the gap between theory and empiricism in ecology
Interference interactions, co-existence and conservation of mammalian carnivores
John D. C. Linnell, Olav Strand
How should environmental stress affect the population dynamics of disease?
Kevin D. Lafferty, Robert D. Holt
Predation risk alters interactions among species: competition and facilitation between ants and nesting
birds in a boreal forest
Haemig
Climate change and the fate of cereal aphids in Southern Britain
JA. Newman
The spatio-temporal distribution of Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis) infection in a high-density
badger population
R. J. Delahay, S. Langton, G. C. Smith, R. S. Clifton-Hadley, C. L. Cheeseman
Short-term epidemic dynamics in the Cakile maritima Alternaria brassicicola hostpathogen association
Peter H. Thrall, J. J. Burdon, Clive H. Bock
Establishment of an emerging generalist pathogen in redwood forest communities
P. E. Maloney, S. C. Lynch, S. F. Kane, C. E. Jensen, D. M. Rizzo
Soil feedback and pathogen activity in Prunus serotina throughout its native range
K. O. Reinhart, A. A. Royo, W. H. Van Der Putten, K. Clay
Interactions between the rust fungus Puccinia punctiformis and ectophagous and endophagous insects on
creeping thistle
Stephanie Kluth, Andreas Kruess, Teja Tscharntke
Interactions between nutrient status and weevil herbivory in the biological control of water hyacinth
Tim A. Heard, Shaun L. Winterton
Pathogenic Specialization of Puccinia triticina in Andalusia from 1998 to 2000
F. Martínez, J. C. Sillero, D. Rubiales
Epidemiological dynamics and the efficiency of biological control of soil-borne disease during consecutive
epidemics in a controlled environment
D. J. Bailey, A. Kleczkowski, C. A. Gilligan