Symposium 1: The boreal forest and global change

Terrestrial Global ProductivityEffects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the leaf chemistry of birch Betula pendula (Roth) and the feeding behaviour of the weevil Phyllobius maculicornisKari Kuokkanen, Shanchun Yan, Pekka NiemeläMolecular and morphological analysis of secondary contact zones of Cottus   gobio in Fennoscandia: geographical discordance of character transitionsTytti Kontula, Risto VainoiaA 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 genusBen A. Lepage flsLong-Term Effects of Forestry on Birds of the Eastern Canadian Boreal Forests: a Comparison with FennoscandiaLouis Imbeau , Mikko Mönkkönen , André DesrochersLarge-Scale Conversion of Forest to Agriculture in the Boreal Plains of SaskatchewanKeith A Hobson , Erin M Bayne , Steve L Van WilgenburgEdge Effects on Liverworts and Lichens in Forest Patches in a Mosaic of Boreal Forest and WetlandJon Moen, Bengt Gunnar JonssonPotential impact of climatic change on the distribution of forest herbs in EuropeFlemming Skov, Jens-Christian SvenningStructure of insect communities inhabiting old-growth forest specialist bracket fungiAtte KomonenThe isotopic composition of soil organic carbon on a north south transect in western CanadaM. Bird, H. Santrùcková, J. Lloyd, E. LawsonMapping environments at risk under different global climate change scenariosEarl Saxon, Barry Baker, William Hargrove, Forrest Hoffman, Chris ZganjarThe ecological and evolutionary significance of frost in the context of climate changeD.W. InouyeMicrosite-dependent changes in methanogenic populations in a boreal oligotrophic fenPierre E. Galand, Hannu Fritze, Kim YrjäläThe 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 scaleJ LloydMidsummer spatial variation in methane efflux from stands of littoral vegetation in a boreal meso-eutrophic lakePaula Kankaala, Suvi Mäkelä, Irina Bergström, Eeva Huitu, Tiina Käki, Anne Ojala, Miitta Rantakari, Pirkko Kortelainen, Lauri ArvolaGreenhouse gas dynamics in boreal, littoral sediments under raised CO2 and nitrogen supplyAnu Liikanen, Eeva Ratilainen, Sanna Saarnio, Jukka Alm, Pertti J. Martikainen, Jouko SilvolaRecent ecological and biogeochemical changes in alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado, USA): a response to anthropogenic nitrogen depositionAlexander P. Wolfe, Alison C. Van Gorp, Jill S. BaronGlobal and regional modelling of Arctic boreal vegetation distribution and its sensitivity to altered forcingT. G. F. Kittel , W. L. Steffen, F. S. Chapin IIIClimate change effects on net carbon exchange of a boreal aspen hazelnut forest: estimates from the ecosystem model ecosysR. F. Grant, I. A. NalderBiotic disturbance agents in the boreal forest: considerations for vegetation change modelsCarolyn M. Malmström, Kenneth F. RaffaThe global distribution of cultivable lands: current patterns and sensitivity to possible climate changeNavin 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 mandatesDaniel Scott, Jay R. Malcolm, Christopher LemieuxSimulating effects of climate change on boreal ecosystem carbon pools in central CanadaD. T. Price, C. H. Peng, M. J. Apps, D. H. HalliwellStability of boreal forest stands during recent climate change: evidence from Landsat satellite imageryJeffrey G. MasekModelling climate change-driven treeline shifts: relative effects of temperature increase, dispersal and invasibilityStefan Dullinger, Thomas Dirnböck, Georg GrabherrChange 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. PrairieImpact of climatic factors on the developmental stability of mountain birch growing in a contaminated areaJari 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 ForestsHartwell H. Welsh JR., Sam Droege

Restoration of biodiversity enhances agricultural productionJames M. Bullock, Richard F. Pywell, Mike J.W. Burke, Kevin J. Walker

Nitrogen deposition and plant species interact to influence soil carbon stabilizationFeike A. Dijkstra, Sarah E. Hobbie, Johannes M. H. Knops, Peter B. Reich

Disentangling biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: deriving solutions to a seemingly insurmountable problemShahid Naeem, Justin P. Wright

Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soilA. 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 landG. W. Korthals, P. Smilauer, C. Van Dijk, W. H. Van Der Putten

Global change, soil biodiversity, and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems: three case studiesM. 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 functionH. W. Hunt, D. H. Wall

The impact of global climate change on tropical forest biodiversity in AmazoniaLera Miles, Alan Grainger, Oliver Phillips

Death of biodiversity the urgent need for global ecologyBowman

Soil characteristics of Rocky Mountain National Park grasslands invaded by Melilotus officinalis and M. albaJ. J. Wolf, S. W. Beatty, T. R. Seastedt

Landscape patterns of indicator plants for soil acidity in the Bavarian AlpsSebastian Schmidtlein, Jörg Ewald

Plant community development is affected by nutrients and soil biotaG. B. De Deyn, C. E. Raaijmakers, W. H. Van Der Putten

Darkness visible: reflections on underground ecologyA. H. Fitter

Effects of experimental irrigation and drought on the composition and diversity of soil fauna in a coniferous standNiklas Lindberg, Jan B. Engtsson, Tryggve Persson

Non-target effects of entomopathogenic nematodes on the soil nematode communityNethi 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 agroecosystemsFritz 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 nitrogenJoseph 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 assemblagesFiorenza Micheli, Benjamin S. HalpernScale issues in marine ecosystems and human interactionsR. Ian Perry, Rosemary E. Ommer

Connecting seas: western Palaearctic continental flyway for water birds in the perspective of changing land use and climateMennobart R. Van Eerden, Rudolf H. Drent, Julia Stahl, Jan P. Bakker

Biogeography of the marine birds of a confined sea, the MediterraneanRichard Zotier, Vincent Bretagnolle, Jean-Claude Thibault

Sturgeons (Chondrostei: Acipenseridae) and their metazoan parasites: patterns and processes in historical biogeographyAnindo Choudhury, Terry A. DickLakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management

Salinisation: A major threat to water resources in the arid and semi-arid regions of the worldW. D Williams

Phylogeography of Ponto-Caspian crustaceans: a benthic planktonic comparisonMelania E. A. Cristescu, Paul D. N. Hebert, Teodora M. OnciuRestoration Ecology

Beach Nourishment and Coastal Habitats: Research Needs to Improve CompatibilityKF. 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 DixonCraig L. Shafer

Ecogeography of the herpetofauna of a northern California watershed: linking species patterns to landscape processesHartwell H. Welsh Jr, Garth R. Hodgson, Amy J. Lind

Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecologyClaire Kremen

Detritus, trophic dynamics and biodiversityJ. 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 depositionAlexander P. Wolfe, Alison C. Van Gorp, Jill S. Baron

Analyzing the ecosystem carbon and hydrologic characteristics of forested wetland using a biogeochemical process modelJianbo Cui, Changsheng Li, Carl Trettin

Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems: research priorities on global change effectsS. Lavorel, J. Canadell, S. Rambal, J. Terradas

Towards a hierarchical framework for modelling the spatial distribution of animalsBrendan G. Mackey, David B. Lindenmayer

Vegetation characteristics and primary productivity along an arctic transect: implications for scaling-upMathew 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 approachLisa Borre , David R. Barker, Laurie E. Duker

Applications of ecological stoichiometry for sustainable acquisition of ecosystem servicesRobert 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 demandJohn D. Schade, Javier F. Espeleta, Christopher A. Klausmeier, Megan E. McGroddy, Steven A. Thomas, Lixia Zhang

Strategies for ecological extrapolationDebra P. C. Peters, Jeffrey E. Herrick

Buffering an Acidic Stream in New Hampshire with a Silicate MineralGene 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 processBrian P. Kinlan, Steven D. Gaines, Sarah E. Lester

Conservation Biogeography: assessment and prospectRobert 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 bivalvesRoy Kaustuv, David Jablonski, James W. Valentine

Allometric scaling of maximum population density: a common rule for marine phytoplankton and terrestrial plantsAndrea Belgrano, Andrew P Allen, Brian J Enquist, James F Gillooly

Why does metabolism scale with temperature?A. Clarke, K. P. P. FraserB.

Food web structure in riverine landscapesG. Woodward, A. G. Hildrew

Scale in macroecologyTim M Blackburn, Kevin J Gaston

Fish abundance with no fishing: predictions based on macroecological theorySimon Jennings, Julia L. Blanchard

A testable linear model for diversity trends in estuariesMartin J Attrill

The applicability of Rapoport's rule to the marine molluscs of the AmericasR. R. Fortes, R. S. Absalão

The continuity of microevolution and macroevolutionAndrew M. Simons

Latitudinal gradients in Atlantic reef fish communities: trophic structure and spatial use patternsS. R. Floeter, C. E. L. Ferreira, A. Dominici Arosemena, I. R. Zalmon

Abundance occupancy relationshipsKevin J Gaston, Tim M Blackburn, Jeremy J.D Greenwood, Richard D Gregory, Rachel M Quinn, John H Lawton

Marine systems: moving into the genomics eraKaren 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 relativesNicholas 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 wildlifeVaughan Monamy, Miranda Gott

The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen-Science Ecological Research ProjectCelia Evans, Eleanor Abrams, Robert Reitsma, Karin Roux, Laura Salmonsen, Peter P. Marra

Invasion theory and biological controlWilliam 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 femalesJ. 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 scienceBarry 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 studiesGregory P. Asner, Jonathan M. O. Scurlock, Jeffrey A. Hicke

A 21st century Pangea? The emergence of a new international forum for BiogeographersRobert J. Whittaker, Dov F. Sax

Social ecology in the Danube Delta: Theory and practiceVirginia Boja , Ioana Popescu

The Two-Culture Problem: Ecological Restoration and the Integration of KnowledgeE Higgs

Symposium 7: Multi-scale integration for ecological sustainability: Approaches and applications

Determining the 'health' of estuaries: Priorities for ecological researchPeter G. Fairweather

Environmental weeds in Australia and New Zealand: issues and approaches to managementJann A. Williams , Carol J. West

Rethinking Community-Based ConservationF. Berkes

Demographic Effects of Collecting Rattan Cane and Their Implications for Sustainable HarvestingS.F. Siebert

Invasibility: the local mechanism driving community assembly and species diversityMark A. Davis, Ken Thompson, J. Philip Grime

Spatial correlations of Diceroprocta apache and its host plants: evidence for a negative impact from Tamarix invasionAaron R. Ellingson, Douglas C Andersen

The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi-scale community ecologyM. 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 fieldLinton Winder, Colin J. Alexander, John M. Holland, Chris Woolley, Joe N. Perry

Simple temporal models for ecological systems with complex spatial patternsMercedes Pascual, Manojit Roy, Alain Franc

Geomorphic dynamics of floodplains: ecological implications and a potential modelling strategyK. Richards, J. Brasington, F. Hughes

Development, maintenance and role of riparian vegetation in the river landscapeEric Tabacchi, David L. Correll, Richard Hauer, Gilles Pinay, Anne-Marie Planty-Tabacchi, Robert C. Wissmar

Scale invariant spatio-temporal patterns of field vole densityJames 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 dynamicsM. N. Rossi, H. G. Fowler

Local scope, global challengeErica Fleishman

Detection of plot-level changes in ectomycorrhizal communities across years in an old-growth mixed-conifer forestAntonio Izzo, Josephine Agbowo, Thomas D. Bruns

Nitrogen on microbial and global scalesL. Van Der Eerden

The role of conservation in expanding biodiversity researchDiane S. Srivastava

On Sustainability, Estuaries, and Ecosystem Restoration: The Art of the PracticalRC. 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 ecosysR. F. Grant, I. A. Nalder

Clean rain promotes fine root growth and soil respiration in a Norway spruce forestNorbert 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 extrapolationTagir 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 tomorrowMichaela Stickney , Colleen Hickey, Roland Hoerr

Assessing population structure and gene flow in Montana wolverines ( Gulo gulo ) using assignment-based approachesC. C. Cegelski, L. P. Waits, N. J. Anderson

Responses of ground vegetation to prolonged simulated acid rain in sub-arctic pine birch forestA. Shevtsova, S. Neuvonen

Light and CO2 responses of photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics in bean plants after simulated acid rainVioleta 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 communitiesBryan L. Brown

Carbon fluxes, nitrogen cycling, and soil microbial communities in adjacent urban, native and agricultural ecosystemsJP. Kaye, RL. McCulley, IC. Burke

Urban plant ecology patterns and processes: a case study of the flora of the City of Plymouth, Devon, U.KM. Kent, R. A. Stevens, L. Zhang

The human footprint in ecology past, present and futureAmy T. Austin

The influence of varying spatial heterogeneity on the refuge model for coexistence of specialist parasitoid assemblagesEric E. Porter, Bradford A. Hawkins

Linking Restoration and Landscape EcologySusan 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 LandscapesJohn M. Marzluff, Kern Ewing

Weed dynamics in the Mediterranean urban ecosystem: ecology, biodiversity and managementS 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 birdsAndy J. Green, Jordi Figuerola

Beyond biodiversity: individualistic controls of invasion in a self-assembled communityScott J. Meiners, Mary L. Cadenasso, Steward T. A. Pickett

Cross-scale vegetation patterns of Flooding Pampa grasslandsS. B. Perelman, R. J. C. León, M. Oesterheld

Large-scale ecology and hydrology: an introductory perspective from the editors of the Journal of Applied EcologyS.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 networkJ. 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 InterestsL. Cullen JR, K. Alger, D. M. Rambaldi

The lie of the land. The role of perception in our relationship to the environmentBy Patricia M. Fox, Richard J. Hobbs , William A. Loneragan

Scale issues in marine ecosystems and human interactionsR. Ian Perry, Rosemary E. Ommer

Changing the way we think about global change research: scaling up in experimental ecosystem scienceBarry 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 REVIEWR. S. Defries, J. R. G. Townshend

Fire ecology and Aboriginal land management in central Arnhem Land, northern Australia: a tradition of ecosystem managementD. 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 evolutionK. 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 riversS. Manel, S.T. Buckton, S.J. Ormerod

Vegetationsite relationships of roadside plant communities in West Virginia, USAJ. S. Rentch, R. H. Fortney, S. L. Stephenson, H. S. Adams, W. N. Grafton, J. T. Anderson

On the Cusp of Restoration: Science and SocietyRE. Turner

Forest Restoration in Urbanizing Landscapes: Interactions Between Land Uses and Exotic ShrubsKathi L. Borgmann, Amanda D. Rodewald

On Sustainability, Estuaries, and Ecosystem Restoration: The Art of the PracticalRC. 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 ForestsDominic Byarugaba

Phylogenetic diversity: a quantitative framework for measurement of priority and achievement in biodiversity conservationGARY M Barker

Tropical Forest Management and Conservation of Biodiversity: an OverviewFrancis E. Putz , Geoffrey M. Blate, Kent H. Redford , Robert Fimbel , John Robinson

Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic ForestM. 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 reservesRobert L. Pressey, Matthew E. Watts, Thomas W. Barrett

The impact of global climate change on tropical forest biodiversity in AmazoniaLera Miles, Alan Grainger, Oliver Phillips

Climate change-integrated conservation strategiesL. Hannah, G. F. Midgley, D. Millar

Area, shape and isolation of tropical forest fragments: effects on tree species diversity and implications for conservationJennifer L. Hill, Paul J. Curran

Tree seed dispersal among forest fragments: II. Dispersal abilities and biogeographical controlsNina Hewitt, Martin Kellman

Life after logging: post-logging recovery of a neotropical bat communityF. 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 ChileThora 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 biodiversityR. Baker, R. Cannon, P. Bartlett, I. Barker

An Essay on Some Topics Concerning Invasive SpeciesJames H. Brown, Dov F. Sax

Predicting patterns of non-native plant invasions in Yosemite National Park, California, USAEmma 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 diversityElsa E. Cleland, Melinda D. Smith, Sandy J. Andelman, Christy Bowles, Karen M. Carney, M. Claire Horner-Devine, 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 yearsA. 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 translocationA. C. Pinder

Invasive species profiling? Exploring the characteristics of non-native fishes across invasion stages in CaliforniaMichael 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 invasionJohn A. Kupfer, Jay D. Miller

Species attributes and invasion success by alien plants on Mediterranean islandsF. 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 streamK. 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 PortugalA 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.PN. Owen-Smith

Natural enemy diversity and pest control: patterns of pest emergence with agricultural intensificationAndrew Wilby, Matthew B Thomas

Diversity and abundance of Crenarchaeota in terrestrial habitats studied by 16S RNA surveys and real time PCRTorsten Ochsenreiter, Drazenka Selezi, Achim Quaiser, Liza Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Christa Schleper

Origins of mangrove ecosystems and the mangrove biodiversity anomalyAaron 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 desertMartin Pfeiffer, Losol Chimedregzen, Kaman Ulykpan

Evolution of termite functional diversity: analysis and synthesis of local ecological and regional influences on local species richnessRichard 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 systemLita P. Buttolph, D. Layne Coppock

The ecology and management of the Saiga antelope in KazakhstanA. B Bekenov, Iu. A Grachev, E. J Milner Gulland

Assessing the future global impacts of ozone on vegetationM. 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 ProjectCelia 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 BrazilD.F. Calheiros, A.F. Seidl, C.J.A. Ferreira

Lake Champlain Basin Program: Working together today for tomorrowMichaela 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 dominanceOlivier Dangles, Björn Malmqvist

Perturbation and abrupt shift in trophic control of biodiversity and productivityOswald J. Schmitz

Ecosystem consequences of diversity depend on food chain length in estuarine vegetationJ. Emmett Duffy, J. Paul Richardson, Kristin E. France

Models of predation and fishing mortality in aquatic ecosystemsStuart J Whipple, Jason S Link, Lance P Garrison, Michael J Fogarty

The state of freshwater ecologyColin S. Reynolds

Importance of species identity and number for process rates within different stream invertebrate functional feeding groupsMicael Jonsson, Björn Malmqvist

Monitoring a marine ecosystem using responses of upper trophic level predatorsI. L. Boyd, A. W. A. Murray

Current issues with fish and fisheries: editor's overview and introductionS. J Ormerod

Ecosystem recovery in restored headwater streams: the role of enhanced leaf retentionTimo Muotka, Pekka Laasonen

The environmental state of Argentinean lakes: An overviewRolando Quirós, Edmundo Drago

Symposium 17: Species range dynamics: Past, present, and future

Range expansion by moose into coastal temperate rainforests of British Columbia, CanadaC. T. Darimont, P. C. Paquet, T. E. Reimchen, V. Crichton

Intraspecific abundance occupancy relationships: case studies of six bird species in Britain. BIODIVERSITY RESEARCHKevin J Gaston, Tim M Blackburn, Richard D Gregory

An evolutionary tolerance model explaining spatial patterns in species richness under environmental gradients and geometric constraintsThiago Fernando L. V. B. Rangel, José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

Is the matrix a sea? Habitat specificity in a naturally fragmented landscapeDon A. Driscoll

Alternative causes for range limits: a metapopulation perspectiveR.D Holt, T.H Keitt

Connecting geographical distributions with population processesBrian A. Maurer, Mark L. Taper

Elevational diversity gradients, biogeography and the structure of montane mammal communities in the intermountain region of North AmericaEric A. Rickart

Large-scale dynamics in colonization and extinction for breeding birds in BritainKevin J Gaston, Tim M Blackburn

The dynamics of plant invasions: a case study of three exotic goldenrod species (Solidago L.) in EuropeEwald Weber

Correlates of geographic range size in New Zealand Chionochloa (Poaceae) speciesKelvin M. Lloyd, J. Bastow Wilson, William G. Lee

Coevolution between hosts and parasites with partially overlapping geographic rangesS. L. Nuismer, J. N. Thompson, R. Gomulkiewicz

Consequences of low mobility in spatially and temporally heterogeneous ecosystemsG. R. Matlack, J. Monde

The effect of habitat type on speciation rates and range movements in aquatic beetles: inferences from species-level phylogeniesI. Ribera , T. G. Barraclough, A. P. Vogler

Nitrogen-fixing legumes and silvigenesis in a rain forest in French Guiana: a taxonomic and ecological approachJ. C. Roggy, M. F. Prevost

Impacts of parasitic plants on natural communitiesMalcolm C. Press, Gareth K. Phoenix

Spatial-temporal population dynamics across species range: from centre to marginQinfeng Guo, Mark Taper, M. Schoenberger, J. Brandle

Species' borders: a unifying theme in ecologyRobert 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 speciesG. W. Wardell-Johnson

The Environmental Limits to GlobalizationDavid Ehrenfeld

Meta-ecosystems: a theoretical framework for a spatial ecosystem ecologyMichel Loreau, Nicolas Mouquet, Robert D. Holt

Preserving biodiversity under current and future climates: a case studyJohn W. Coulston, Kurt H. Riitters

Ecological biogeography of North American mammals: species density and ecological structure in relation to environmental gradientsCatherine 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 interactionsR. Ian Perry, Rosemary E. Ommer

Spatial scale and benthic community organisation in the littoral zones of large oligotrophic lakes: potential for cross-scale interactionsR. J. Stoffels, K. R. Clarke, G. P. Closs

Spatial dynamics and cross-correlation in a transient predatorprey systemPatrick 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 diversityPeter B. Adler, William K. Lauenroth

Scaling up evolutionary responses to elevated CO2 : lessons from ArabidopsisJoy K. Ward, John K. Kelly

The evolutionary ecology of PlasmodiumR. 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-PacificS. Uthicke, J. A. H. Benzie

Adaptive evolutionary conservation: towards a unified concept for defining conservation unitsDylan J Fraser, Louis Bernatchez

Extreme events as shaping physiology, ecology, and evolution of plants: toward a unified definition and evaluation of their consequencesVincent P. Gutschick, Hormoz BassiriRad

Plant growth forms: an ecological and evolutionary perspectiveNick Rowe, Thomas Speck

Long-distance migration: evolution and determinantsThomas Alerstam, Anders Hedenström, Susanne Åkesson

Cope's Rule and the evolution of long-distance transport in vascular plants: allometric scaling, biomass partitioning and optimizationB. 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, USAChristopher 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 populationsMary C. Orland

Ontogeny of Acoustic and Feeding Behaviour in the Grey Gurnard, Eutrigla gurnardusM. 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 mixturesL. David Humphrey, David A. Pyke

Growling for food: acoustic emissions during competitive feeding of the streaked gurnardM. C. P. Amorim, A. D. Hawkins

COMPETITION BETWEEN A PROCHLOROPHYTE AND A CYANOBACTERIUM UNDER VARIOUS PHOSPHORUS REGIMES: COMPARISON WITH THE DROOP MODELHélène Ducobu , Jef Huisman , Richard R Jonker , Luuc R Mur

Resource pulses in arid environments patterns of rain, patterns of lifeJake F. Weltzin, David T. Tissue

Influence of pulsed resources and marine subsidies on insular rodent populationsPaul Stapp, Gary A. Polis

The use of time and space by male and female gerbils exploiting a pulsed resourceBurt 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 programsSimon Linke, Richard H. Norris, Daniel P. Faith, David Stockwell

Integrated models of livestock systems for climate change studies. 2. Intensive systemsJ. 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 paludicolaAndrzej Dyrcz, Hedi Sauer-Gürth, Emil Tkadlec, Michael Wink

The mismeasure of islands: implications for biogeographical theory and the conservation of natureHartmut S. Walter

Unbiased estimation of individual asymmetryVan Dongen

Improving competition representation in theoretical models of self-thinning: a critical reviewJoel 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 experimentsNatalia 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 speciesL. H. Comas, D. M. Eissenstat

Growth conditions are more important than species origin in determining leaf pigment content of British plant speciesM. J. Rosevear, A. J. Young, G. N. Johnson

Reduced leaf expansion as a cost of systemic induced resistance to herbivoryJ. P. Moore, J. E. Taylor, N. D. Paul, J. B. Whittaker

Foliar resistance to simulated extreme temperature events in contrasting plant functional and chorological typesD. 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 changeMagne 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 speciesFernanda 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 pairsSébastien Lavergne, John D. Thompson, Eric Garnier, Max Debussche

The modulating effects of pH and benzyladenine on the Ca2 + and Mg2 +ATPases in the plasmalemma of wheat root cellsDaan Kuiper, Marianne Sommarin, Anders Kylin

Intrinsic cost of delayed flowering in annual plants: negative correlation between flowering time and reproductive effortH. 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 behaviourDavid 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 carnivoresJohn 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 forestHaemig

Climate change and the fate of cereal aphids in Southern BritainJA. Newman

The spatio-temporal distribution of Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis) infection in a high-density badger populationR. 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 associationPeter H. Thrall, J. J. Burdon, Clive H. Bock

Establishment of an emerging generalist pathogen in redwood forest communitiesP. 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 rangeK. 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 thistleStephanie Kluth, Andreas Kruess, Teja Tscharntke

Interactions between nutrient status and weevil herbivory in the biological control of water hyacinthTim 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 environmentD. J. Bailey, A. Kleczkowski, C. A. Gilligan