SATURDAY |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Unifying Ecological Mechanisms and Patterns Across Scales |
| Discussion Leaders: Joseph Burger (University of New Mexico) and Sarah Diamond (Case Western Reserve University) |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Ofir Levy (Arizona State University)
"To Simplify or Unify: How Many Details Can Macroecologists Ignore?" |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nutrients, Metabolism and Physiology |
| Discussion Leaders: Elizabeth Trevenen (University of Western Australia) and Michael Angiletta (Arizona State University) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Zachary Brym (Utah State University)
"Evaluating Scaling Relationships of Branching Structure and Biomass Partitioning in Managed Orchard Fruit Species"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Matthew Malishev (University of Melbourne)
"Modelling Movement Mechanisms: Individual-Based Approaches to Energy, Heat, and Water Use by Animals in Time and Space"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Anusha Shankar (Stony Brook University)
"Field-Based Physiological Ecology: A Key Component in Forecasting Species Distributions"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Jessica Corman (Arizona State University)
"Calcium Carbonate Deposition: A Geochemical Constraint on Nutrient Bioavailability?"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Species Interactions and Diversity |
| Discussion Leaders: Jean Philippe Gibert (University of Nebraska Lincoln) and Morgan Ernest (Utah State University) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Kevin Healy (Trinity College)
"A Tail of Two Extremes; Energetics and Evolution of Extreme Body Sizes in Theropods and Marine Filter Feeding Predators"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Alison Barner (Oregon State University)
"Scaling and Spatial Patterns of Species Co-Occurrence in a Rocky Intertidal Meta-Community" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Junwen Guo (Umea University)
"Do Multi-Trophic Food Webs Challenge the Nutrient Cycle from Bi-Trophic Models?"
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10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Jessica Coyle (University of North Carolina)
"Do More Niches or Better Niches Promote Species Richness? Insight from Local and Regional Drivers of Lichen Diversity Across U.S. Forests"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Macroecology and Evolution |
| Discussion Leaders: Daniel McGlinn (Utah State University) and Sarah Supp (Stony Brook University) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Natalie Wright (University of New Mexico)
"Metabolic 'Engines' of Flight Drive Genome Size Reduction in Birds"
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1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Antonin Machac (Stony Brook University)
"Evolutionary Course and Ecological Controls of Mammalian Diversification"
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2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |