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 May 2008
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader directly.
April 28-May 2, 2008
Title: Data management and analysis tools supporting adaptive management in South Afrian parks
Leader: Matthew B. Jones, Mark P. Schildhauer
Email: jones@nceas.ucsb.edu, schild@nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Kim Bernard, Avinash Chuntharpursat, Wayne Goschen, Judith Kruger, Nicola Stevens
May 8-11, 2008
Title: Detritus and dynamics of populations, food webs and communities
Leader: John C. Moore, Quan Dong
Email: jcmoore@nrel.colostate.edu, quan_dong@nps.gov
Participants: Mark Bradford, David C. Coleman, Alan Covich, Peter C. de Ruiter , Beth Hagen, Alan Hastings, Kimberly A. Melville-Smith, John C. Moore, Neil Rooney, Amy Rosemond, John Sabo, Michael J. Vanni, Diana H. Wall, Matthew Wallenstein, Colleen T. Webb, Elizabeth Wolkovich
May 12-15, 2008
Title: Revisiting nutrient limitation in tropical forests
Leader: Cory C. Cleveland, Alan R. Townsend
Email: cory.cleveland@umontana.edu, alan.townsend@colorado.edu
Participants: Silvia Alvarez-Clare, Mercedes Bustamante, George Chuyong, Pauline Grierson, Kyle Harms, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Luiz Martinelli, William J. Parton, Stephen Porder, Sasha Reed, Carlos A. Sierra, Whendee L. Silver, Edmund Tanner, Peter Vitousek, Will Wieder
May 18-22, 2008
Title: Linking phylogenetic history, plant traits, and ecological processes at multiple scales
Leader: Jeannine M. Cavender-Bares, David D. Ackerly, J. Gordon Burleigh, Michelle Mack, Richard H. Ree, Peter Reich
Email: cavender@umn.edu, dackerly@berkeley.edu, jgb12@duke.edu, mcmack@botany.ufl.edu, rree@fieldmuseum.org, preich@umn.edu
Participants: Cecile M. Ane, Marc W. Cadotte, Jonathan Davies, Nicholas J. Deacon, Michael J. Donoghue, Erika J. Edwards, Paul Fine, Matthew R. Helmus, Robert D. Holt, Steven W. Kembel, Clarence L. Lehman, Jeremy W. Lichstein
May 21-23, 2008
Title: Towards a unified theory of biodiversity
Leader: Andrew P. Allen, Jessica L. Green, Stephen P. Hubbell, Pablo A. Marquet
Email: aallen@bio.mq.edu.au, jlgreen@uoregon.edu, shubbell@eeb.ucla.edu,
pmarquet@bio.puc.cl
Participants: Jayanth Banavar, James H. Brown, Jennifer Dunne, Brian J. Enquist, James F. Gillooly, Patty Gowaty, John Harte, Amos Maritan, James O'Dwyer, Jordan Okie, Annette Ostling, Mark Ritchie, Van M. Savage, Igor Volkov, Geoffrey W. West, Tommaso Zillio
May 23-24, 2008
Title: Gradients in biodiversity and speciation
Leader: Gary Mittelbach, Howard V. Cornell, Douglas W. Schemske
Email: mittelbach@kbs.msu.edu, hvcornell@ucdavis.edu, schem@msu.edu
Participants: Kaustuv Roy, Jay Sobel
May 27–June 4, 2008
Title: A quantitative exploration of the role of publication-related biases in ecology
Leader: Christopher J. Lortie, Lonnie Aarssen, Julia Koricheva, Tom Tregenza
Email: christopher@onepoint.ca, aarssenl@biology.queensu.ca, julia.koricheva@rhul.ac.uk, t.tregenza@exeter.ac.uk
Participants: Robyn Borsuk, Amber E. Budden, Rich Francis, Olyana Grod, Roosa Leimu
May 28-30, 2008
Title: Cadillac Desert
Leader: John Sabo
Email: john.l.sabo@asu.edu
Participants: Laura Bowling, William Graf, Jan Hopmans, Gerrit Schoups, Robert H. Webb, Ellen Wohl
