SYMP 13 - ESA Early Career Fellows and Mercer Award Symposium I

Organizer(s)

• CN

  Charles Nilon

  School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri
  Columbia, Missouri, United States

This symposium will showcase the research of ESA Early Career Fellows and the Mercer Award winner. Early Career Fellows are members recognized for advancing ecological knowledge and for their promise of continuing to make outstanding contributions to ecology. The Mercer Award is given by ESA for an outstanding ecological research paper published by a younger researcher 40 years of age or younger at the time of publication. Talks will span the field of ecology and highlight new directions in ecological research.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:20 AM PDT

  Patterns and predictors of global warming-driven morphological change in North American migratory birds
  

  Presenting Author: Brian Weeks, School for Environment and Sustainability – University of Michigan

  Co-author: Marketa Zimova – Appalachian State University

  Co-author: Benjamin Winger – University of Michigan
• 8:20 AM – 8:40 AM PDT

  Quantitative specialization by pollinators favors rare plants and plant coexistence
  

  Presenting Author: Fernanda S. Valdovinos – University of California, Davis

  Co-author: Sabine S. Dritz – University of California Davis

  Co-author: Connor Morozumi – University of Louisville

  Co-author: Loy Xingwen – Atlanta Botanical Garden

  Co-author: Kaysee C. Arrowsmith – University of Washington, Department of Biology

  Co-author: Annie Schiffer – Utah State University

  Co-author: Victoria Reynolds – University of Washington

  Co-author: Mark Novak – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Berry J. Brosi, PhD – University of Washington
• 8:40 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Photosynthetic acclimation to global change: improved understanding for more reliable predictions
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas G. Smith, Biological Sciences – Texas Tech University
• 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM PDT

  Indirect risks to ecosystem functioning through coextinctions in ecological networks
  

  Presenting Author: Laura E. Dee, PhD, Early-career Ecologist – University of Colorado-Boulder

  Co-author: Dana N. Morton – Colby College

  Co-author: Henry Li – University of Colorado Boulder

  Co-author: Sophie Montague – Colby College

  Co-author: Aislyn Keyes – University of Colorado Boulder

  Co-author: Allison K. Barner, PhD – Colby College
• 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Discussion