Fall 2008 Seminar
SCALING UP, ACROSS, AND OVER TIME IN ECOLOGY

Lectures in NESB Francis Clark Conference Room B215, at 11 a.m. - noon, unless otherwise noted. Talks will be limited to 35 minutes to allow ample time for questions, suggestions, and discussion (we’re all new at this).

The NREL Fall 2008 Seminar Series will be hosted by Dr. Tom Stohlgren and his research team, with several guest presenters being featured throughout the semester. General concepts include scaling biological data across spatial and temporal scales, and scaling information delivery from scientists to the public. We’ll discuss a wide variety of native and invasive organisms, modeling techniques, web-based technologies, and research programs designed to get us all to “Think BIG.”

September 5	Tom Stohlgren, NREL, Colorado State Univeristy Title: "Species Environmental Matching (SEM) Models for Invasive Species " Abstract The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a continental-scale research platform for discovering and understanding the impacts of climate change, land-use change, invasive species, and other factors on ecology. NEON will gather long-term data on ecological responses of the biosphere to changes in land use and climate and on feedbacks with the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. NEON is a national observatory, not a collection of regional observatories. It will consist of distributed sensor networks and experiments, linked by advanced cyberinfrastructure, to record and archive ecological data for at least 30 years. Using standardized protocols and an open data policy, NEON will gather essential data for developing the scientific understanding and theory required to manage the nation’s ecological challenges. The problem is that there are no off-the-shelf protocols for scaling biological data from small study sites to continental scales. Assuming core sample areas and high resolution remote sensing are contained within a 20 km x 20 km area in each domain, the actual data “footprint” sampled represents < 0.3% of the area of the conterminous United States. An innovative, interdisciplinary approach to scaling biodiversity sampling is essential to meet NEON’s challenge of extrapolation from these small core areas up to continental scales. The greatest practical challenge NEON faces is integrating complex sensor networks and field experiments, with detailed observations and measurements of the changing biodiversity and ecosystem function within and across domains to continental scales.
September 12	TBA Title: "TBA"
September 19	TBA Title: "TBA"
September 26	TBA Title: "TBA"
October 3	TBA Title: "TBA"
October 10	TBA Title: "TBA"
October 17	TBA Title: "TBA"
October 24	TBA Title: "TBA"
October 31	TBA Title: "TBA"
November 7	TBA Title: "TBA"
November 14	TBA Title: "TBA"
November 21	TBA Title: "TBA"
November 28	* Thanksgiving Break - no lecture *
December 5	TBA Title: "TBA"

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Fall 2008 Seminar SCALING UP, ACROSS, AND OVER TIME IN ECOLOGY

Fall 2008 Seminar
SCALING UP, ACROSS, AND OVER TIME IN ECOLOGY