Symposia
Accepted symposia will be final when the authors have registered to attend EcoSummit.
The symposia below are listed alphabetically by organiser(s). For information on each symposium click on the program symposium number: Please note that some of the symposia run over 2 or 3 sessions in which case click the session number.
| The role of agroecology in restoring ecological services, food sovereignty and resiliency |
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Miguel A Altieri, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Clara I. Nicholls, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia Symposium 52: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Climate change and human activity in arid Central Asia: Lessons from the past |
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Cheng-Bang An, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China Symposium 67 |
| Interactions among ecosystem services and human behavior: Thresholds, stable states, and trade-offs in response to climate and anthropogenic change |
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Patrick Bourgeron, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Indiana University, IN, USA Symposium 26: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Watershed approach: Managing water quality from headwaters to the coast |
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Jeanine Boyle and John McArdle, Battelle Memorial Institute, Duxbury, MA, USA Symposium 34: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Water soft paths: Balancing ecological protection and human needs for fresh water |
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David B. Brooks, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, Ottawa, ON, Canada Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Oakland, CA, USA Symposium 01 |
| SER Symposia - Uncovering hidden ecosystem values to promote watershed restoration & climate change adaptation |
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Carolyn J. Browning, ICF International, Englewood, CO, USA Matthew A. Wilson, Society for Ecological Restoration, Lone Tree, CO, USA Symposium 28: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Landscape-scale tradable credit systems for biodiversity |
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Douglas J. Bruggeman, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Stuart Whitten, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia Symposium 03 |
| Carnivore conservation in human-dominated systems: Ecological, ethical and social dimensions |
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Jeremy Bruskotter, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Adrian Treves, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Stan Gehrt, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Symposium 64 |
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| Contributions of zoos and conservation centers for global biodiversity solutions |
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Nicole Cavender, The Wilds, Cumberland, OH, USA Rebecca Rose, The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell, OH, USA Jenise Bauman, The Wilds, Cumberland, OH, USA Symposium 38: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Applying an analytical framework for sustainability science across contrasting biophysical, cultural, and institutional contexts |
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Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA Symposium 14 |
| Planning and performing ecological restoration through the valuation of ecosystem services |
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Francisco A. Comín, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain Greg Reub, ENVIRON International Corporation, Seattle, WA, USA Symposium 53: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Ecosystem sustainability from the Olentangy to the Yangtze |
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Julie Cronk, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH, USA Siobhan Fennessy, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA Symposium 35: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Ecosystem responses to global change and restoration of natural and urban areas in warm-temperate/subtropical regions |
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Liangjun Da, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China Symposium 41: Session 1, Session 2 |
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| Community resilience: Strategies for empowerment in agrobiodiversity management and adaptation |
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Walter Simon de Boef, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, and Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands Abishkar Subedi, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands Shreeram P. Neopane, Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Pokhara, Nepal Symposium 19: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Ecosystem services: From science to practice |
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Rudolf S. de Groot and Leon C. Braat, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands Symposium 57: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3 |
| Tropical rain forest field stations and long-term ecological research |
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Ian Douglas, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Symposium 29: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Developing an International Water Stewardship Standard: The Alliance for Water Stewardship |
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Lisa Wojnarowski Downes, Alliance for Water Stewardship, Milwaukee, WI, USA Symposium 04 |
| Human ecology: Synergistic approaches to human-environmental challenges |
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Robert Dyball, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Richard J. Borden, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, USA Symposium 30: Session 1, Session 2 |
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| A day at the beach: Restoration of the ecosystems services provided by sand dunes |
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Sarah Emery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA Jennifer Rudgers, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA Symposium 40: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Evolutionary processes and managed populations: Managing for long-term success |
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Erin K. Espeland, USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Laboratory, Sidney, MT, USA Symposium 23: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Using ecological modelling and systems ecology to understand and promote sustained life |
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Brian D. Fath, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA Dan A. Fiscus, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD, USA Symposium 43: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Restoring ecosystem services in aquatic systems - Do production functions that support ecosystem services meet restoration needs? |
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Catherine Febria, University of Maryland, College Park & Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA Ben Koch, University of Maryland, College Park & Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA Lisa Wainger, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA Margaret Palmer, University of Maryland & National SESYNC, Annapolis, MD, USA Symposium 54: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Ecological systems and sustainable development: Current research at the U.S. EPA |
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Herb Fredrickson and Joseph Fiksel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA Symposium 15 |
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| Structure matters – The potential of land-use pattern to contribute to ecosystem services provision |
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Christine Fürst, European Land-use Institute (ELI), Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Sandra Luque, French Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research (CEMAGREF), Saint Martin d'Hères, France Carsten Lorz, European Land-use Institute (ELI) Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Symposium 55: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Cienega de Santa Clara: Creating a sustainable future for an anthropogenic wetland in the Sonoran Desert |
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Edward P. Glenn, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Symposium 22: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Biological basis for pollinator habitat manipulations: Population regulation and plant restoration |
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Karen Goodell, The Ohio State University, Newark, OH, USA T’ai Roulston, Curator, University of Virginia, Boyce, VA, USA Symposium 05 |
| Denitrification regulating climate change and other ecosystem services: From large scale processes to community ecology |
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Sara Hallin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden Symposium 65 |
| Ecosystem-based plant conservation: What, why and how to |
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Alan Hamilton and Pei Shengji, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Symposium 20: Session 1, Session 2 |
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| The use of native plants for large-scale restoration in a changing world |
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Kayri Havens-Young, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL, USA Peggy Olwell, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, USA Symposium 16 |
| Can we use above and belowground ecosystem services to promote sustainable production of food, biofuels and biodiversity in agriculture? |
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Katarina Hedlund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Wim van der Putten, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands Symposium 37: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Sediment chemistry and dynamics of natural and restored wetlands |
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Peter R. Jaffe, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Symposium 06 |
| Urban demand and environmental requirements for ecosystem services |
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Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico Erik Andersson, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Symposium 33: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services of ecological networks and greenways: From local to global |
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Rob H.G. Jongman, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands Ülo Mander, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia Symposium 66 |
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| Recent development in ecological modelling and engineering of lakes and wetlands |
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Sven Erik Jørgensen, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark Symposium 51: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Forest regeneration and climate change |
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Margot W. Kaye, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA Fernando Valladares, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain Symposium 42: Session 1, Session 2 |
| The role of knowledge in effective human-ecological system interactions |
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Tom Koontz, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Symposium 61 |
| Salt marshes: Ecology, disturbance and restoration |
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Bo Li, Fudan University, Shanghai, China John Teal, Teal Partners and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Rochester, MA, USA Pei Qin, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Symposium 24: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Effects of climate change and human disturbance on carbon dynamics of coastal wetlands |
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Guanghui Lin, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Jianwu Tang, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA Christopher Craft, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Symposium 68 |
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| Ecosystem services in the changing world |
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Y.-P. Lin, H.-L. Yu, Rita S.W. Yam, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Peter Verburg, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands Symposium 27: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Ecological problems on basins and estuaries of big rivers |
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Jianjian Lu, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China Guy Ziv, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Symposium 13 |
| Ecosystem change in polar and alpine environments |
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Berry Lyons, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Symposium 12 |
| Urban ecosystem services from green roofs |
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J. Scott MacIvor, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada Jeremy Lundholm, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada Symposium 68 |
| Ecological engineering: Designing and restoring ecosystem services |
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Jay Martin, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA William J. Mitsch, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Symposium 48: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3 |
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| The prosperous way down |
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Jay Martin, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Mark Brown, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Symposium 39: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Ecoinformatics tools assisting in sustainable ecosystem management |
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Bill Michener, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA Friedrich Recknagel, University of Adelaide, Australia Symposium 32: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Restoring the Florida Everglades |
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William J. Mitsch, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Ramesh K. Reddy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Symposium 36: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Boreal forests in a sustainable world |
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Jon Moen and Lucy Rist, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Symposium 56 |
| Estimating ecosystem services with ecological indicators |
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Felix Müller, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany Symposium 61 |
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| Eutrophication control in shallow lakes |
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Hans W. Paerl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, USA Boqiang Qin, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, CAS, Nanjing, China Symposium 60: Session 1, Session 2 |
| ESA Symposia - Connecting the science of ecology to practice: Opportunities for facilitating Earth stewardship |
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S.T.A. Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA F.S. Chapin, III, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA M.E. Power, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA C. Duke, Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, USA S.L. Collins, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA Symposium 46: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Moving integration forward in assessing impacts of global change across scales and processes |
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Walt Sadinski, U.S. Geological Survey, La Crosse, WI, USA Alisa Gallant, U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD, USA Symposium 07 |
| Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases in wetlands |
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Karina Schafer, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA William J. Mitsch, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Gil Bohrer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Symposium 59: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Integrated modelling for ecosystem services |
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Ralf Seppelt, Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany Tony Jakeman, Australia National University, Canberra, Australia Symposium 31: Session 1, Session 2 |
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| Hima Mesopotamia: Restoring the ancient system of story, place and culture in the Tigris Euphrates Watershed |
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Michelle Stevens, Tim Horner, David Kelley and Jamie Kneitel, Hima Mesopotamia Nonprofit Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA Symposium 18 |
| Protecting and restoring severely degraded terrestrial ecosystems |
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Alexia Stokes, INRA Montpellier, France Symposium 11 |
| Ecogeomorphology: A biophysical framework for river science |
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Mažeika S.P. Sullivan, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Gary J. Brierley, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Symposium 45: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Large-scale wetlands restoration |
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John M. Teal, Teal Partners and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Rochester, MA, USA Susan Peterson, Teal Partners, Rochester, MA, USA Lee Weishar, Woods Hole Group, Rochester, MA, USA Symposium 47: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Emergy evaluation of sustainability: Quantifying ecosystem services, environmental debt and ecosystem restoration |
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David R. Tilley, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Daniel E. Campbell, USEPA, Narragansett, RI, USA Sergio Ulgiati, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy Symposium 21: Session 1, Session 2 |
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| Biogeochemistry of green infrastructure in the urban environment |
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Amy Townsend-Small and Ishi Buffam, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA Symposium 44: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Creation and restoration of urban ecosystem service to meet the challenge of fast urbanization and industrialization |
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Rusong Wang, Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology, CAS, Beijing, China Symposium 50: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3 |
| Restoration ecology in a sustainable world |
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Michael P. Weinstein, PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA John W. Day, Jr., Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Symposium 63: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3 |
| Green City Lab – Bringing the ecosystem services approach to the city |
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Wolfgang Wende, Leibniz Institute of Ecol., Urban & Regional Develop., Dresden, Germany Symposium 10 |
| Why do birds matter? Birds’ ecological functions and ecosystem services |
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Daniel G. Wenny, Loras College, Dubuque, IA, USA Christopher J. Whelan, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois-Chicago, IL, USA Cagan H. Sekercioglu, Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Symposium 08 |
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| The Three Gorges Project in China: Environment monitoring network status and achievement |
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Bingfang Wu, Institute of Remoter Sensing Application, CAS, Beijing, China Symposium 58: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3 |
| Restoration of the Hackensack Meadowlands in northern New Jersey |
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Meiyin Wu, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA Karina Schafer, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA Michael Weinstein, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA Symposium 09 |
| Mitigating human-wildlife conflicts as indicators of ecological sustainability |
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Zhaolu Wu, Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University, China Sima Fakheran, Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Meredith L. Gore, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Symposium 25: Session 1, Session 2 |
| Modelling farmland at various scales under climate change: From concept to application |
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Tian Xiang Yue, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China Felix Herzog, Agroscope Research Station ART, Zurich, Switzerland Symposium 17 |
| Ecohydrology for enhancement resilience and ecosystem services of river basins |
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Maciej Zalewski, European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology u/a UNESCO Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Applied Ecology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Shahbaz Khan, UNESCO Division of Water Sciences, Paris, France Symposium 49: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3 |
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