19TH ANNUAL HARVARD FOREST ECOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday, March 18
Fisher Museum, Harvard Forest
| 9:00 | David Foster, Harvard Forest - Welcome |
| 9:10 - 10:15 Theme I The Future of Microbial Ecology at Harvard Forest |
9:10 - 9:30 Overview of Research and Opportunities Serita Frey, Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire 9:30 - 9:45 Microbial community structure and function in chronically warmed and fertilized soils Alix Contosta, Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire 9:45 - 10:00 A keystone predator controls bacterial diversity in the pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) microecosystem Celeste Peterson, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department, Harvard University Discussion |
| 10:15 - 1:00 Theme II New England Landscape Response to Climate Change and Land Use: Ecosystem Science Addressing Policy Concerns Learn More about Session |
10:15 - 10:20 The HF LTER, Focus of the Session and Science Background David Foster, Harvard Forest 10:20 - 10:35 Policy Background, Questions, and Needs John Nordgren, Kendall Foundation 10:35 - 10:50 Forest Land Use - Patterns, drivers and ecological consequences Rob McDonald, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 10: 50 - 11:05 Future Forest Land Use - Scenario Development and Modeling Jonathan Thompson, Oregon State University 5 Minute Comment - State and Regional Forest Conservation Andy Finton, The Nature Conservancy 5 Minute Comment - Forest Land Owners and their Decisions David Kittredge, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts Discussion & Coffee Break 11:45 - 12:00 Forest Carbon Dynamics - Insights from Flux Measurements Julian Hadley & Bill Munger, Harvard Forest & Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University 12:00 - 12:15 Scaling Forest Dynamics to the Region Paul Moorcroft, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University 12:15 - 12:30 Regional Models and Context John Aber, University of New Hampshire 5 Minute Comment - Global Land Use and Climate Jerry Melillo, MBL Ecosystems Center 5 Minute Comment - Statewide and Regional Policy Bob O'Connor, Massachusetts Energy Environment Affairs Discussion |
| 1:00 | LUNCH |
| 1:45 - 3:00 | Discussion Groups - Locations to be Announced (Museum, Seminar Room, Common Room) |
| 3:00 - 3:45 | Poster Session - Upstairs Museum |
| 3:45 - 5:00 | Reports from Discussion Groups, Next Steps and Synthesis |