Working Groups
NCEAS provides a stimulating "neutral territory" for interdisciplinary groups to collaborate on novel research in ecology and allied disciplines. Working Groups each include 10 to 15 researchers who visit NCEAS for 1 to 2 weeks at a time to focus intensely on the analysis and synthesis of existing information in their fields. The Center supports researchers' travel and provides the infrastructure necessary for deep analysis and collaboration in a hospitable environment. Proposals for new Working Groups are reviewed twice yearly and also may be solicited and reviewed irregularly in response to specific needs in the Conservation and Resource Management Program or the Ecoinformatics Program. The success of the NCEAS approach is evident from the impact that synthetic work has had on ecology and conservation. While the names of many NCEAS Working Group investigators are well known in the ecology and conservation communities, NCEAS is proud that 75% of participants are typically first-time visitors. NCEAS strongly encourages proposal submission by investigators who are new to NCEAS.
Working Group Projects November/December 2009
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader directly.
November 2-4, 2009
Title: Global Climate Change and Adaptation of Conservation Priorities
Leader: M. Rebecca Shaw
Email: rshaw
tnc [dot] org
Participants: Daniel Cayan, Frank Davis, Alan Flint, Alex Hall, Lee Hannah, Jim Lutz, Joel Michaelsen, Max Moritz, Kelly Redmond, Helen Regan, Nate Stephenson, Alexandra Syphard, Anthony Westerling, Tom Wigley
November 5-7, 2009
Title: Evolutionary Ecology of Primate Life Histories (funded jointly with NESCent)
Leader(s): Karen Strier, Susan Alberts
Email(s): kbstrierwisc [dot] edu, albertsduke [dot] edu
Participants: Jeanne Altmann, Diane Brockman, Anne Bronikowski, Marina Cords, Linda Fedigan, William Morris, Anne Pusey, Tara Stoinski
November 5-8, 2009
Title: The Role of Niche Conservatism in Producing Biodiversity Gradients
Leader(s): Howard Cornell, Susan Harrison, Christy McCain
Email(s): hvcornellucdavis [dot] edu, spharrisonucdavis [dot] edu, christy [dot] mccaincolorado [dot] edu
Participants: David Ackerly, Andrew Allen, Brian Anacker, Lauren Buckley, Ellen Damschen, T. Jonathan Davies, John Grytnes, Bradford Hawkins, Robert Holt, Nathan Kraft, Kaustuv Roy, Patrick Stephens, John Wiens
November 9-13, 2009
Title: When Are Matrix Models Useful for Management? An Empirical Test Across Plant Populations
Leader(s): Elizabeth Crone, Eric Menges, Martha Ellis
Email(s): elizabeth [dot] croneumontana [dot] edu, emengesarchbold-station [dot] org, martha [dot] ellisumontana [dot] edu
Participants: Timothy Bell, Paulette Bierzychudek, Johan Ehrlen, Tom Kaye, Tiffany Knight, Peter Lesica, Bruce Maxwell, William Morris, Gerard Oostermeijer, Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, Amanda Stanley, Tamara Ticktin, Teresa Valverde, Jennifer Williams
November 9-13, 2009
Title: A Synthesis of Patterns, Analyses, and Mechanisms of Beta-diversity Along Ecological Gradients
Leader(s): Jonathan Chase, Nathan Sanders, Amy Freestone
Email(s): jchasebiology2 [dot] wustl [dot] edu, nsandersutk [dot] edu, amy [dot] freestonetemple [dot] edu
Participants: Marti Anderson, Howard Cornell, Thomas Crist, Kendi Davies, Susan Harrison, Brian Inouye, Nathan Kraft, James Stegan, Nathan Swenson, Mark Vellend
December 7-11, 2009 (Off-site in Davis, CA)
Title: Potential Interactions Between Urban Runoff and Decline of Pelagic Fishes
Leader(s): Daniel Schlenk
Email(s): daniel [dot] schlenkucr [dot] edu
Participants: John Melack, John Oram, Nathaniel Scholz, James Sickman, Frank Spurlock, Inge Werner, Don Weston, Qingfu Xiao, Thomas Young, Minghua Zhang
December 8-10, 2009
Title: Supporting Decision Making in the Coral Triangle Initiative: Prioritizing Socially and Economically Viable Projects and Places for Biodiversity Conservation
Leader(s): Hugh Possingham, Carissa Klein
Email(s): h [dot] possinghamuq [dot] edu [dot] au, c [dot] kleinuq [dot] edu [dot] au
Participants: Maria Berger, Joshua Cinner, Eddie Game, Hedley Grantham, Abdul Halim, Benjamin Halpern, Christina Hicks, Leah Karrer, Richard Leck, Fiorenza Micheli, Elizabeth Selig, Kimberly Selkoe, Mark Spalding, Annabelle Trinidad
December 8-11, 2009
Title: Developing an Integrated Botanical Information Network to Investigate the Ecological Impacts of Global Climate Change on Plant Biodiversity
Leader(s): Brian Enquist, Richard Condit, Robert Peet, Brad Boyle, Steven Dolins
Email(s): benquistemail [dot] arizona [dot] edu, conditrgmail [dot] com, peetunc [dot] edu, bboyleemail [dot] arizona [dot] edu, sdolinsbradley [dot] edu
Participants: Sandy Andelman, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Doug Daly, Karla Gendler, Naia Holme, Peter Jorgensen, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Yadvinder Malhi, Brian McGill, Oliver Phillips, Mark Schildhauer, Lindsey Sloat, Jens Svenning, Nathan Swenson, Barbara Thiers, Cyrille Voille, Corine Vriesendorp, Susan Wiser, Hans ter Steege
December 15-17, 2009
Title: Human Impacts of Water Infrastructure on Watershed Ecosystems and the Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture in the Coterminous United States
Leader(s): John Sabo, Laura Bowling, Gerrit Schoups
Email(s): sabonceas [dot] ucsb [dot] edu, bowlingpurdue [dot] edu, gerrit [dot] schoupsgmail [dot] com
Participants: Thomas Dunne, William Graf, Tushar Sinha, Ellen Wohl
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