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The Ecological Society of AmericaGOVERNING BOARD FOR 20052006

President: Nancy B. Grimm, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501President-Elect: Alan Covich, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602Past-President: Jerry M. Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543Vice President for Science: Gus R. Shaver, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543Vice President for Finance: Bill Parton, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1499Vice President for Public Affairs: Rich Pouyat, 3315 Hudson St., Baltimore, MD 21224Vice President for Education and Human Resources: Carol A. Brewer, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812-0001Secretary: David W. Inouye, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4415Member-at-Large: P. Dee Boersma, Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800Member-at-Large: Shahid Naeem, Department of EEEB, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027Member-at-Large: Dennis Ojima, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1499

AIMS The Ecological Society of America was founded in 1915 for the purpose of unifying the sciences of ecology, stimulating research in all aspects of the discipline, encouraging communication among ecologists, and promoting the responsible application of eco-logical data and principles to the solution of environmental problems. Ecology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the relationships between organisms and their past, present, and future environments. These relationships include physiological responses of individuals, structure and dynamics of populations, interactions among species, organization of biological communities, and processing of energy and matter in ecosystems.

MEMBERSHIP Membership is open to persons who are interested in the advancement of ecology or its applications, and to those who are engaged in any aspect of the study of organisms in relation to environment. The classes of membership and their annual dues for 2006 are as follows:

Regular member: Student member: $25.00 Income level Dues Life member: Contact Member and Subscriber Services (see below) $60,000 $95.00 Subscriptions to the journals are not included in the dues. Special membership rates are available for individuals in developing countries. Contact Member and Subscriber Services (address below) for details.

PUBLICATIONS The Society publishes a bulletin, four print journals, and an electronic data archive. The Bulletin of the ecological Society of america, issued quarterly, contains announcements of meetings of the Society and related organizations, programs, awards, articles, and items of current interest to members. The journal Ecology, issued monthly, publishes essays and articles that report and interpret the results of original scientific research in basic and applied ecology. Ecological monographS is a quarterly journal for longer ecological research articles. Ecological applicationS, published six times per year, contains ecological research and discussion papers that have specific relevance to environmental management and policy. frontierS in ecology and the environment, with 10 issues each year, focuses on current ecological issues and environmental challenges; it is international in scope and interdisciplinary in approach. ecological archiveS is published on the Internet at http://esapubs.org/Archive and contains supplemental material to ESA journal articles and data papers. No responsibility for the views expressed by the authors in ESA publications is assumed by the editors or the publisher, the Ecological Society of America. Subscriptions for 2006 are available to ESA members as follows: Regular Student FrontierS in ecology Free to members Ecology $65.00 $50.00 Bulletin of the Ecological Free to members Ecological monographS $30.00 $25.00 Society of America Ecological applicationS $50.00 $40.00 ecological archiveS Free

Application blanks for membership may be obtained from the Ecological Society of America, Member and Subscriber Services, 1707 H Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006, to which all correspondence concerning membership should be addressed. Checks accompanying membership applications should be made payable to the Ecological Society of America. For additional information on the Society and its publications, visit ESAs home page on the World Wide Web http://esa.org.

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Cover Photo: A SCUBA diver, Jos Selig, measuring red abalone (Haliotis rufescens), and red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), along a 30-m transect at Point Cabrillo State Marine Conservation Area, in Mendocino County, northern California. Elasticity analyses of size-based matrix models can be used to determine which size classes of abalone have the most influence on population growth, aiding in the management and conservation of abalone in California. This photo was taken while collecting data used by L. Rogers-Bennett and R. T. Leaf to model red abalone populations. For more information read Elasticity analyses of size-based red and white abalone matrix models: Management and conservation in California to be published in Ecological Applications 16(1), February 2006.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS195 Society Notices195 Call for nominations: ESA Awards198 Student Awards for Excellence in Ecology199 2005 Student Awards Judges200 Other Notices200 One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment201 Course on Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data Using CANOCO: 1728 January 2006202 Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration203 Resolution of Respect: Peter Yodzis

SOCIETY ACTIONS206 ESA Awards for 2005206 Murray F. Buell Award207 E. Lucy Braun Award 208 William S. Cooper Award209 George Mercer Award210 Eugene P. Odum Award211 Sustainability Science Award212 Corporate Award213 Honorary Member Award214 Distinguished Service Citation215 Eminent Ecologist Award216 Minutes of the 1920 May Governing Board Meeting

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by the Ecological Society of America, 1707 H Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006. It is available online

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ANNUAL REPORTS223 Reports of the Executive Director and Staff 223 Executive Director223 Finances/Membership/Subscriber Services224 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment226 Scientific Programs Office230 Public Affairs Office233 Education Office236 Publications Office241 Meetings245 Reports of Officers245 Report of the Vice President for Education and Human Resources247 Report of the Vice President for Public Affairs248 Report of the Vice President for Science248 Reports of Editors-in-Chief248 The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America249 Ecological Applications249 Issues in Ecology250 Reports of Standing Committees 250 Awards Committee251 Board of Professional Certification252 Historical Records Committee254 Meetings Committee258 Professional Ethics and Appeals Committee258 Publications Committee258 Public Affairs Committee (see Report of the Vice President for Public Affairs)258 Research Committee (see Report of the Vice President for Science)258 Reports of Sections258 Agroecology Section260 Applied Ecology Section261 Asian Ecology Section261 International Affairs Section262 Long Term Studies Section263 Paleoecology Section263 Physiological Ecology Section


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265 Plant Population Ecology Section266 Rangeland Ecology Section269 Statistical Ecology Section269 Theoretical Ecology Section270 Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section271 Urban Ecosystem Ecology Section271 Vegetation Section272 Reports of Chapters272 Mexico Chapter273 Mid-Atlantic Chapter274 Rocky Mountain Chapter274 Southeastern Chapter

PHOTO GALLERY: Images from upcoming articles in our scientific journals276 Elk in grassland meadows. S. Creel278 Red abalone and red sea urchins. L. Rogers-Bennett282 Size differences among annual kelp individuals. C. Pfister

CONTRIBUTIONS283 Commentary283 Interpreting the Results from Multiple Regression and Structural Equation Models. J. B. Grace96 and K. A. Bollen296 An Ecologists Perspective of Ecohydrology. D. D. Breshears301 A History of the Ecological Sciences, Part 18. John Ray and His Associates Francis Willughby and William Derham. F. N. Egerton

DEPARTMENTS314 Ecology 101314 Statistics without Math. W. E. Magnusson and G. Mouro315 Ecological Education: K12315 Eating your way through ecology class: its a realistic way to learn. T. E. Lauer


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320 Public Affairs Perspective320 Congressional Visits Day

Society Section and Chapter News322 Plant Population Ecology Section Newsletter322 Canadian Chapter Newsletter324 Southeastern Chapter Newsletter

MEETING REVIEWS326 Ecological Models and Satellite Imagery: from Observations to Forecasts. W. Turner and F. Melton

Section Editors, Emerging Technologies D. W. Inouye, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 E-mail: [email protected] S. Scheiner, Div. of Environmental Biology, Natl. Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230 E-mail: [email protected]

Section Editors, Ecological Education: K12 S. Barker, Dept. of Secondary Education, 350 Education South, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5 Canada E-mail: [email protected] C. W. Anderson, 319A Erickson Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 E-mail: [email protected]

Associate Editor David A. Gooding ESA Publications Office, 127 W. State Street, Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850-5427 E-mail: [email protected]

Production Editor Regina Przygocki ESA Publications Office, 127 W. State Street, Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850-5427 E-mail: [email protected]

Section Editor, Ecology 101 H. Ornes College of Sciences, SB310A, Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT 84720 E-mail: [email protected]

Bulletin Editor-in-Chief E. A. Johnson Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 1707 H Street, NW, Washington DC 20006

Phone (403) 220-7635, Fax (403) 289-9311, E-mail: [email protected]

Section Editor, Public Affairs Perspective N. Lymn Director for Public Affairs, ESA Headquarters, 1707 H Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: [email protected]

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AnnouncementsSociety Notices

Call for Nominations: ESA Awards

TheAwardsCommitteeof theEcologicalSocietyofAmericasolicitsandencouragesnominationsfrommembersoftheESAforeachoftheawardslistedbe-low.ESA especially encourages nominations of can-didates from traditionally underrepresented groups, including women and minorities.Inpreparinganomi-nation,itwouldbehelpfultoconsultwiththeChairofthe specific award subcommittee or the Awards Com-mittee Chair. More information about the process isavailableonESAswebpagehttp://www.esa.orgun-derESAAwards.

Nomination schedule

To be given full consideration, nominations forawardsshouldbecompletedby30 November 2005.They should be submitted directly to Chairs of thespecific award subcommittees (e-mail addresses be-low) or to the Awards Committee Chair, Judith L.Bronstein, Department of Ecology and Evolution-aryBiology,UniversityofArizona,Tucson,Arizona85721, (520) 621-3534, fax (520) 621-9190, judieb@email.arizona.edu.AcompletestatementonpoliciesandproceduresfortheESAAwardsmaybeobtainedbycontactingtheaddressabove.

Robert H. MacArthur Award

The MacArthurAward is given to an establishedecologist in mid-career for meritorious contributionsto ecology, in the expectation of continued outstand-ing ecological research.Nomineesmaybe fromanycountryandneednotbeESAmembers.Thisawardisgiveninalternateyears,andtherecipientisinvitedto

addressthemembershipattheAnnualMeetingfollow-inghis/herselection.RecentrecipientsincludeStephenR.Carpenter,JamesH.Brown,andMayBerenbaum.Nominationsconsistingofaletterofnomination,uptotwosupportingletters,andarecentCVshouldbesenttoRobertColwell,[email protected].

Eminent Ecologist Award

TheEminentEcologistAward isgiven toa seniorecologist in recognition of an outstanding body ofecological work or of sustained ecological contribu-tions of extraordinary merit. Nominees may be from anycountryandneednotbeESAmembers.RecipientsreceivelifetimeactivemembershipintheSociety.Re-cent recipients include Charles Krebs, Richard Root,SamMcNaughton,andLawrenceSlobodkin.Tosub-mitanomination,contactPaulDayton,Chair,[email protected].

Odum Education Award

TheEugeneP.OdumAwardrecognizesanecologistforoutstandingworkinecologyeducation.Thisawardwasgenerouslyendowedby,andnamedfor,thedistin-guishedecologistEugeneP.Odum.Throughteaching,outreach, and mentoring activities, recipients of thisaward have demonstrated their ability to relate basicecological principles to human affairs. Nominationsrecognizingachievementsineducationattheuniversi-ty,K12,andpubliclevelsareallencouraged.RecentrecipientsincludeAlanBerkowitz,RichardRoot,andJames Porter.To submit a nomination, contact Char-lene dAvanzo, Chair, ESA Odum Education [email protected].

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Honorary Member Award

Honorary Membership in the Society is given toa distinguished ecologist who has made exceptional contributions to ecology and whose principal resi-dence and site of ecological research are outside ofNorthAmerica.Up to threeawardsmaybemade inanyoneyearuntilatotalof20isreached.Nominationsof women and minority candidates, as well as thosefromdevelopingcountries,areespeciallyencouraged.RecenthonoreesincludeNormanOwen-Smith,Mad-hav Gadgil, Carlos Herrera, and Erkki Haukioja.Tosubmitanomination,contactSandraTartowski,Chair,Honorary Member Award Subcommittee [email protected].

George Mercer Award

TheMercerAwardisgivenforanoutstandingeco-logicalresearchpaperpublishedbyayoungerresearch-er (the lead author must be 40 years of age or younger atthetimeofpublication).Iftheawardisgivenforapaper with multiple authors, all authors will receivea plaque, and those 40 years of age or younger at the timeofpublicationwillsharethemonetaryprize.Thepaper must have been published in 2004 or 2005 to be eligible for the2005award.Nomineesmaybe fromany country and need not be ESA members. RecentrecipientsincludeJeanL.Richardson,JohnStachow-itz,andDanielBolnick.Nominations shouldbe senttoEllenSimms,Chair,[email protected].

W. S. Cooper Award

TheW.S.CooperAwardisgiventohonoranout-standing contributor to the fields of geobotany and/or physiographic ecology, the fields in which W. S. Coo-perworked.Thisawardisforasinglecontributionina scientific publication (single or multiple authored). Nominees need not be ESA members and can be ofanynationality.RecentrecipientsincludeDavidFos-

ter andcoauthors; JackWilliamsandcoauthors; andDanielGavin andcoauthors.Nominations shouldbesenttoStevenJackson,Chair,[email protected].

Distinguished Service Citation

TheDistinguishedServiceCitationisgiventorec-ognizelonganddistinguishedservicetotheESA,tothe larger scientific community, and to the larger pur-poseofecologyinthepublicwelfare.Recentrecipi-ents are H. Ronald Pulliam,Allen M. Solomon, JimReichman,andJimMacMahon.Tosubmitanomina-tion, contact Paul Dayton, Chair, Distinguished [email protected].

Sustainability Science Award

The Sustainability ScienceAward is given to theauthors of a scholarly work that makes the greatestcontributiontotheemergingscienceofecosystemandregionalsustainabilitythroughtheintegrationofeco-logicalandsocialsciences.Oneofthemostpressingchallengesfacinghumanityisthesustainabilityofim-portantecological,social,andculturalprocessesintheface of changes in the forces that shape ecosystemsandregions.ThisESAawardisforasinglescholarlycontribution (book, book chapter, or peer-reviewed journalarticle)publishedinthelast5years.NomineesneednotbeESAmembersandcanbeofanyage,na-tionality,orplaceof residence.Recent recipientsareMarten Scheffer and colleagues, and Thomas Dietzandcolleagues.Tosubmitanomination,pleasecon-tactTerryChapin,ChairoftheSustainabilityScienceAwardSubcommitteeterry.chapin@uaf.edu.

Corporate Award

TheCorporateAwardisgiventorecognizeacor-poration,business,division,program,oranindividualof a company for accomplishments in incorporatingsoundecologicalconcepts,knowledge,andpractices

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into planning and operating procedures. This awardwasdesignedtoencourageuseofecologicalconceptsinbusinessandprivateindustryandtoenhancecom-municationamongecologistsintheprivatesector.Ed-ucationalinstitutionsandgovernmentagenciesarenoteligible for thisaward.Recent recipientsof theCor-porateAwardincludeAdamDavisofEPRISolutions,CornellUniversitysDepartmentofUtilitiesandEn-ergy Management, Norm Thompson Outfitters, Taylor Guitars,andBonApptitManagementCompany.

Theawardcanbemadeeachyearinanyoneofthefollowing six categories:

A) Environmental Education: Organizations producing educational materials in

print, film, video, software, or multimedia formats; conducting workshops or training sessions; or pro-vidingothertypesofeducationalproductsorservicesthatareprimarilyconcernedwithenvironmentaledu-cation.

B) Stewardship of Land Resources: Organizations concerned with the use of land re-

sources, land-use planning, multiple use of land re-sources, resource extraction, land development, and relatedactivities.

C) Resource Recycling: Organizationsconcernedwith the recovery, recla-

mation,orrecyclingofnaturalresourcessuchaswoodandpaperproducts,glass,metals,wastewater,andre-latedresiduals.

D) Amelioration of Risks from Hazardous and Toxic Substances: Organizationsconcernedwiththesafemanufacturing,distribution,anduseofhazardousand toxic substances, those concerned with the identification and reduction of risks, as well as thoseinmitigativeandrestorativeactivities.

E) Sustainability of Biological Resources in Ter-restrial Environments:

Organizations concerned with forestry, wildlifemanagement, range management, and agroecosys-tems, includingareassuchassoilconservation, inte-grated pest management, fertilization, irrigation, hy-bridization,andgeneticengineering.

F) Sustainability of Biological Resources in Aquatic Environments:

Organizations concerned with aquaculture andcommercial fishing, including shellfishing and re-lated industries; sports fishing, boating, and related recreational uses; lake management and restoration;wetlands protection and restoration; channelization;dredging;andrelatedactivities.

NominationsfortheCorporateawardmaybemadeby industrial representatives, government officials, thegeneralpublic,ESAmembers,orbymembersofthe ESA CorporateAward Subcommittee.To submitanominationortoobtainmoreinformationaboutthenomination procedure, please contact Laura Huen-neke, Corporate Award Subcommittee [email protected].

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STUDENT AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN ECOLOGY

Murray F. Buell Award and E. Lucy Braun Award

MurrayF.BuellhadalonganddistinguishedrecordofserviceandaccomplishmentintheEcologicalSocietyofAmerica.Amongotherthings, he ascribed great importance to the participation of students in meetings and to excellence in the presentation of papers. To honor his selfless dedication to the younger generation of ecologists, the Murray F. Buell Award for Excellence in Ecology is given to a student for the outstandingoralpaperpresentedattheESAAnnualMeeting.

E.LucyBraun,aneminentplantecologistandoneofthechartermembersoftheSociety,studiedandmappedthedeciduousforestregionsofeasternNorthAmericaanddescribedtheminherclassicbook,The Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America.Tohonorher,theE.LucyBraun Award for Excellence in Ecology is given to a student for the outstanding poster presentation at the ESA Annual Meeting.

A candidate for these awards must be an undergraduate, a graduate student, or a recent doctorate not more than 9 months past graduation at thetimeofthemeeting.ThepaperorpostermustbepresentedaspartoftheprogramsponsoredbytheEcologicalSocietyofAmerica,butthestudent need not be an ESA member. To be eligible for these awards the student must be the sole or senior author of the oral paper (Note: sym-posium talks are ineligible) or poster. Papers and posters will be judged on the significance of ideas, creativity, quality of methodology, validity ofconclusionsdrawnfromresults,andclarityofpresentation.Whileallstudentsareencouragedtoparticipate,winningpapersandposterstypicallydescribefullycompletedprojects.ThestudentsselectedfortheseawardswillbeannouncedintheESA BulletinfollowingtheAnnualMeeting. A certificate and a check for $500 will be presented to each recipient at the next ESA Annual Meeting.

If you wish to be considered for either of these awards at the 2006 Annual Meeting, you must send the following to the Chair of the Stu-dent Awards Subcommittee: (1) the application form below, (2) a copy of your abstract, and (3) a 250-word or less description of why/how the research presented will advance the field of ecology. Because of the large number of applications for the Buell and Braun awards in recent years, applicants may be pre-screened prior to the meeting, based on the quality of the abstract and this description of the significance of their research. The application form, abstract, and research justification must be sent by mail, fax, or emal (emal s preferred; send emal to [email protected]) totheChairoftheStudentAwardsSubcommittee:Dr.ChristopherF.Sacchi,DepartmentofBiology,KutztownUni-versity of PA, Kutztown, PA 19530 USA. If you have questions, write, call (610) 683-4314, fax (610) 683-4854, or emal: [email protected]. You will be provided with suggestions for enhancing a paper or poster. The deadline for submission of form and abstract is 1 March 2006; applications sent after 1 March 2006 will not be considered. Ths submsson s n addton to the regular abstract submsson.Buell/Braunparticipants who fail to notify the B/B Chair by 1 May of withdrawal from the meeting will be ineligible, barring exceptional circumstances, for considerationinthefuture.ElectronicversionsoftheApplicationFormareavailableontheESAwebsite,oryoucansendane-mailtosacch@kutztown.eduandrequestthatanelectronicversionbesenttoyouasanattachment.

Application Form for Buell or Braun Award

Name________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CurrentMailingAddress_________________________________________________________________________________________

CurrentTelephone______________________________________________________________________________________________

E-mail________________________________________________________________________________________________________

College/University Affiliation _____________________________________________________________________________________

TitleofPresentation_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Presentation: Paper (Buell Award) ______ Poster (Braun Award) _______

At the time of presentation I will be (check one):______an undergraduate student ______a graduate student______a recent doctorate not more than 9 months past graduation

I will be the sole ____ /senior ____ author (check one) of the paper/poster.

Signed (electronic signatures are OK)

Please attach a copy of your abstract and 250-word or less description of why/how the research presented will advance the field of ecology.

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2005 Student Awards Judges

The 2005 Student Awards Selection Subcommittee, Christopher F. Sacchi (Chair), Anita Davelos Baines, JudieBronstein,PeterKotanen,PaulMarino,andJ.AlanYeakley,thankthefollowingindividualsforjudgingpresentedpapersandpostersatthisyearsAnnualMeetinginMontreal,Canada.

LynnAdlerPeterAdlerRogerAndersonSaraBaerRandyBaliceCarolineBampfyldeJayneBelnapRickBlackDeeBoersmaDorothyBoorseDavidBooseJereBoudellJohnBriggsJudieBronsteinJillBubierYvonneBuckleyDavidBuschJebByersPrassedeCalabiHilaryCallahanChrisCarusoNormChristensenLouiseComasWilliamJ.CromartieIrinaDanielovaJaredDeForestJosephFailSylviaFallonJoeFargioneAdrienFinziJeremy FoxStephenFreedmanTadashiFukamiJaniceGolding

LouGrossJeffHerrickBrettGoodwinPaulGroganKevinGrossCalebHickmanKarenHollNatHollandClausHolzapfelJeffHouserRobertHumstonJonathanJeschkeAdamKayCatherineKleierBrianKloeppelJessicaKnappMaryBethKolozsvaryNicolaKoperAbbyKulaSharonLawlerJosh LefflerDeborahLetourneauKathleenLoGiudiceStephenMainJenniferMatteiAudreyMayerPaulMayerKathyMcGrathWendyMcIntyreScottMeinersMichaelMelampyBethMiddletonShahroukhMistryCharlesMitchellRandyMitchell

SRaghuTaraRajaniemiKiyokoMiyanishiSherriMorrisKarenNelsonChrisParadiseBrianPedersenKarlPolivkaEvanPreisserTomRomdalBillRommeJayRosenheimMRudnickiPatriciaSaundersEricSchauberSannaSevantoJonathanShurinDavidSlingsbyMelindaSmithAllenSolomonSteveSteinJarrod ThaxtonCassondraThomasDanielTinkerNuri Trigo BoixChrisTriplerAndrewTyreJanaVamosiJennekeVisserGuntramWeithoffWilliamE.WilliamsSusanWill-WolfStanWullschlegerRuthYanai


Other Notices

One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment

In celebration of World Environment Day on 3 June 2005 the United Nations Environment Pro-gramme (UNEP), in cooperation with NASA, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the UniversityofMaryland launchedOne Planet, Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment,apubli-cationthatprovidesvisualevidenceofenvironmentalchange using satellite images, graphics, and text. The focusisontheenvironmentalstatusandtrendsoverseveraldecades,bothinphysicalandhumangeogra-phy. The 332-page hardbound Atlas presents visual evidence of global environmental changes resultingfromnaturalprocessesandhuman-inducedactivities.TheAtlasdemonstrateshowourgrowingnumberofpeopleand theirconsumptionpatternsare shrinkingournatural resourcebase.Thechallenge is,howdowe satisfy human needs without compromising thehealthofecosystems?One Planet, Many Peopleisanadditionalwake-upcalltothisneed.AccesstheAtlasonlineat www.na.unep.net. Orderyourhardcopyfromwww.earthprint.com.

Readers Feedback

One Planet, Many People: Atlas of OurChangingEnvironment, clearly illustrates that our ozonosphere has been threatened by hu-man activities. It also shows that this problem has been practically solved due to the collab-orative efforts of the different sectors of our society. We all need to work together to ad-dress the many other problems that affect the health of our planet. As illustrated in this at-

las, we need integrated, interdisciplinary ap-proaches to mitigate the adverse effects of hu-man-induced activities on the environment.

MarioJ.MolinaInstituteProfessor,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,

Co-WinneroftheNobelPrizeinChemistryforhisworkinatmosphericchemistry,particularlyconcerningthe

formationanddecompositionofozone.

One Planet, Many People: Atlas of OurChanging Environment demonstrates how our growing number of people and their consump-tion patterns are shrinking our natural re-source base. The challenge is how do we sat-isfy human needs without compromising the health of ecosystems. One Planet Many Peo-ple is an additional wake-up call to this need.

OlaUllstenCo-ChairWorldCommissiononForestsand

SustainableDevelopmentFormerPrimeMinisterofSweden

One Planet, Many People: Atlas of OurChanging Environment shows us our home as it really is, not only where it is now but where it has been. It becomes quite evident that we have had a huge and largely negative effect on the rest of life of earth the biodiversity with which our well-being is intricately tied both directly and indirectly. The atlas pro-vides an indispensable guide for a better fu-ture for humanity through maintenance of the splendor and magnificence of biodiversity.

ThomasE.LovejoyPresidentofH.JohnHeinzIIICenterforScience

Thanks for the book, I read it last night and find it both interesting and stimulating . . . .

JackDangermondPresident,ESRI,Redlands,California

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sequences, and informative charts and graphs.

2) Next impression: a thorough documentation of the nature and extent of the many ways humans have impacted our planet.

3) Lasting impression: our planet is beautiful, fragile, to a limited degree self healing, but very dependent on our intelligent habitation for our well being and, eventually, our survival.

EdGibson,formerastronaut,SeniorVicePresidentwithScienceApplications

InternationalCorporation

So great, so wonderful, so outstand-ing, . . . This will be an asset for all people in the globe who care for the mother earth.

MediniBhandariFounder (in 1985) of the Association for Protection of

Environment and Culture (APEC-Nepal)

One Planet, Many Peoplewhat an outstanding publication! Aesthetics, Sci-ence, and Message; this book has it all:

1) First impression: interesting and beautiful pictures, intriguing maps and time

Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data Using CANOCO

1728 January 2006, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Thiscourseintroducesmodernapproachestomul-tivariate data analysis, with much time allocated topracticals,whereparticipantsdoworkwiththeirowndata.

In-depth lectures and practical exercises are pro-videdforthefollowingtopics:

Classical ordination methods (PCA, CA, DCA,PCO,NMDS)

Constrained ordination methods (RA, CCA) includingpartialanalysesandpermutationtestsofmultivariatehypotheses

Thorough explanation of how to interpret the contentsofordinationdiagrams.

In addition, we provide an overview of classifica-tion methods (cluster analysis, TWINSPAN), modern regression methods (GLM, GAM, CART), and exper-imentaldesign.

Courselecturershavewrittenabookpublishedbythe Cambridge University Press: Lep, Jan and Petrmilauer. 2003. Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data using CANOCO. Cambridge University Press,Cambridge,UK.

Additional details about the course can be foundatthewebpagehttp://regent.bf.jcu.czorcontactthecoursemanager,Petrmilauer:

E-mail:[email protected].

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Fellowship in Ecological Restoration to Be Awarded by the Garden Club of America

The Garden Club of America (GCA) announces a competition for a Fellowship in Ecological Restora-tion, which will be awarded to an exceptional graduate studenttoassistwithstudyandresearch.Thewinningapplicant will receive $8000 to support specialized studyinecologicalrestorationataleadingaccrediteduniversityintheUnitedStates.TheUniversityofWis-consin-Madison Arboretum will administer the fel-lowship.

All applications will be reviewed by a selectionpanelofresearchscientistsandapprovedbytheGCAScholarshipCommittee.Selectioncriteriawillincludethedegreetowhichtheproposedfellowshipworkad-dresses the objectives of the GCA, as well as the ex-cellenceofthestudentsacademicandpersonalquali-fications.

This past March, the GCA Scholarship Commit-tee awarded scholarships, fellowships, awards andstipends totaling $162,000 to 55 recipients for 20052006 in the fields of conservation, environmental stud-ies, horticulture, botany, and landscape architecture.The GCA, a national nonprofit organization compris-ing 196 clubs in 40 states and the District of Colum-bia, is a recognized national leader in the fields of hor-ticulture,conservation,andcivicimprovement,andisheadquarteredinNewYorkCity.Sinceitsfoundingin1913, it has worked to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educationalprograms and action in the fields of conservation, preservation,andcivicimprovement.

For the purposes of this scholarship, Ecological

Restoration is defined in accordance with the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER): Ecological restora-tionistheprocessofassistingtherecoveryandman-agement of ecological integrity. Ecological integrityincludesacriticalrangeofvariabilityinbiodiversity,ecologicalprocessesandstructures,regionalandhis-torical context, and sustainable cultural practices.

Lettersofapplicationmustbereceivedbythese-lection committee by 14 January 2006. For guidelines and frequently askedquestions, go to theGCAWebsite at http://www.gcamerica.org/scholarship/ecore-stor.html

Committee reviews will be completed early inMarch 2006 and the recipient will be notified, and theawardmade,bytheGCAScholarshipCommitteeshortlythereafter.Forfurtherinformation,contact:

Dr.MarkLeach,EcologistUniversityofWisconsin-MadisonArboretum1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, WI 53711

(608) 263-7344Fax: 608/262-5209

E-mail:[email protected]

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Resolution of Respect

Peter Yodzis

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RenownedtheoreticalecologistPeterYodzis,Pro-fessor Emeritus at the University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada),husbandtoSusanandfathertoHansandMi-chael,passedaway inGuelph,Canadaon28March2005. Peter was afflicted with ALS (Amyotrophic Lat-eralSclerosis;LouGehrigsdisease),acripplingandterminaldiseasethatdeterioratesthemotorneuronsinthebrainandspinalcord.Peterwasaneminentlead-er in theoretical community and food web ecology.Hewasanadvocateforanenergy-basedviewoftheworld as a means to simplify the sheer complexity of bothmathematicalmodelsandnature.

Peter was born on 10 July 1943 in Baltimore, USA. Like a number of theoreticians working in ecologyin the 1970s, Peter was first a physicist by training. He received a B.Sc in 1964 from Duke University in North Carolina and a Ph.D in mathematical physicsin 1969 from New Mexico State University. Follow-ingaseriesofpostdoctoralfellowshipsinDublin,Ire-land andHamburg,Germany,he joined the InstituteforTheoreticalPhysicsinBern,Switzerland.WhileatBernworkingonrelativitytheory,Peterbecameinter-ested in theoreticalecology,andheshiftedhis focusto that subject. Peter published his first paper on theo-retical ecology in 1976 in the journal Nature,andsoonafterhebecamearegularlectureronthesubjectattheUniversityofZurichsZoologicalMuseum,wherehebecame acquainted with his most influential mentor, ProfessorHansBurla.PetermadeamovetotheDe-partment of Zoology at the University of Guelph in1979, where he enjoyed a successful 25-year career.

LateinhiscareerPeterwasdiagnosedwithALS,and like many patients, he was ultimately confined to


awheelchairandhadonlylimitedmobilityinhislow-er extremities. Despite the dire physical challenges of thedisease,Petercontinuedtoworkwiththepassionand rigor that marked his entire career. In 2004 he re-tiredfromanactiveroleandwashonoredwiththesta-tus of Professor Emeritus. Following his retirement,Petercontinuedtocollaboratewithhiscolleaguesandtopursuehisownresearchdirectives.

Compared to many accomplished ecologists, Pe-terspublicationrecordisbrief.However,hisattentionto detail and the rigor with which he conducted re-searchisevidentineachofhispublications.Peterwasa true proponent of the maxim quality over quantity. Duringhis25yearsatGuelph,Petersupervisedonlyasmallnumberofgraduatestudents,buthisabilitytoinspireandteachisevidentwhenconsideringthatallhavecontinuedontocareersinscience.Peterbelievedthat ecologists, as scientists, should be familiarwithmathematics, andhepassedon this idea tograduateandundergraduatestudentsalike.Hisdesiretomakebiologistsmathematicallyandcomputationallyliteratemetresistance,buthepersevered.Inthewordsheof-ten used to his graduate students, Youve got to fight the good fight. When Peter believed in something, he could not be swayed. He was a true teacher andmentorwhocaredmoreaboutcontentandrigorthanpleasingeveryone.

In 1980 and 1981 Peter published two ground-breakingpaperson theconnnectanceandstabilityofreal ecosystems. At this time theoretical ecologistswerebewilderedby thediscrepancybetweennaturalecosystems,whichappearedtobestableandresilient,and the instability exhibited by ecosystem models. Thesetwopapersawokeecologiststotheimportanceof the trophic organization of ecosystems (which had

previously been considered somewhat random) andprompted decades of research into the subject. In 1988 Peterpublishedhisbestknownpaper,Theindetermi-nacy of ecological interactions as perceived throughpress perturbation experiments. The conclusion, that theconsequencesofaperturbationonafoodwebarefrequently impossible to determine from short-termobservationsofthesystem,hasresonatedconsistentlythroughthefoodwebliterature.Italsosuggestedthatthe management of such complex systems may be bet-terunderstoodwithinaprobabilisticframework,sincecomplex systems are prone to a dizzying array of po-tentialresponses.Inanattempttodealwithsuchcom-plexity and its baroque consequences, Peter then em-ployedbioenergeticreasoningasameanstosimplifyfood web dynamical models. The 1992 paper Body size and consumer-resource dynamics, co-authoredbyphysiologistStuartInnes,hasfrequentlybeenusedas a means to understand the role of energy flow in drivingfoodwebdynamics.Thispaperwasoneofthefirst to unite trophic models with organismal physiol-ogy.

Peterhadagiftforcommunicatingscienceanun-usual ability to integrate simple explanations and pro-found mathematical theory with such clarity that hecouldimpressamessageuponthemostaccomplishedecologicaltheoreticianandtheinterestedlaymanwitha single line of text. Attesting to this, Peters 1989 textbook, Introduction to Theoretical Ecology,appearsoften in thesyllabiofcurrentcoursesandis,despiteitsage,stillconsideredanessentialreferenceforanytheoretician. Perhaps his most well-known work tothoseoutside theoreticalecologywaspublishedwithhislong-timefriendAlanHeld,OntheEinstein-Mur-phyinteraction.Heretheyprovideasatiricaltestoftheclaimthatbreadalwaysfallsbuttersidedown,

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which they argued must contradict either Einsteinstheory of general relativity or Murphys Lawbothofwhichareknowntobetrue.

Toward the end of his career, Peters battle withALS limited his travel to conferences and forcedhim to turn down the many speaking invitations hereceived.Hearing this, JohnVandermeerof theUni-versityofMichigansuggestedthatifPetercouldnotgotoameeting,thenameetingshouldcometoPeter.ManyofPeters closest colleagues at theUniversityof Guelph and abroad, excited by this idea, hurriedly organizedacolloquiuminhishonour.Asatestamentto Peters reputation and broad affiliation, the program was quickly filled by a distinguished list of colleagues: JimBrown,DonDeAngelis,JohnHarwood,andKirkWinemiller. Peter himself delivered the final lecture, entitledThesevenscholiaofbioenergeticallometricmodels,andreceivedastandingovationforhischar-ismatic and brave performance.The colloquium hassince spawned an annual series at the University ofGuelph, aptly named the PeterYodzisColloquia inFundamentalEcology,andanewbookseries,Fun-damental Ecology, chronicling the colloquia. (More

information about past and upcoming Peter YodzisColloquiainFundamentalEcologyandthebookse-riesFundamental Ecology isavailableontheInternetathttp://www.ecologycolloquia.uoguelph.ca/)

ThoseofuswhohadtheopportunitytoknowPeter

realizedthathepossessedanincrediblywarmperson-ality and a loveof laughter.Peterwas an avidprac-titionerofAikido,adynamicmartialart thatempha-sizescontrolofonesopponentthroughuseoftheop-ponentsenergy.Peterwasaloverofclassicalmusic,debate, and the Japanese art of Haiku poetry. Whenaskedwhyhemadethechangefromthestudyofgen-eralrelativitytotheoreticalecology,Petersrecurringanswerwas,BecauseIwantedtochangetheworld.Peterwasanoutstandingcolleagueandteacherandadearfriend.Hewillbesadlymissedbyall.

DavidA.VasseurandKevinS.McCannDepartmentofIntegrativeBiology

UniversityofGuelphGuelph,ON

N1G2W1Canada


Society ActionsESA Awards for 2005

Murray F. Buell AwardSean MenkeUniversity of California, San Diego

MurrayF.Buell ascribedgreat impor-tance to the participation of students atmeetings and to excellence in the presenta-tionofpapers.TohonorhisdedicationtotheEcologicalSocietyofAmericaandtotheyoungergenerationofecologists,thisawardispresentedtoastudentfortheoutstandingoralpaperpresentedattheSocietysannualmeeting.

ThewinneroftheMurray F. Buell Awardin2005isSeanMenkeforhispaperAbioticfactorscontrolinva-sionbyantsatthecommunityscale,whichisbasedonhisdoctoralresearchattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,underthesupervisionofDavidHolway.TheBuelljudgesnotedthatSeanpresentedaclear,creative,andwell-designed study of the influence of abiotic factors on the ability of the introduced Argentine ant to invade native communities.JudgesnotedthatSeanclearlydescribedthebackgroundandmotivationforthisstudybasedonbothnaturalhistoryandprinciplesofcommunityecology.Inhispresentation,inaclearandunforcedmanner,hede-scribed the connection between pure ecology and management. Sean provided a thorough explanation of the factors influencing Argentine ant invasion of communities in California. He took an experimental approach to investigate the problem and determined that water, and indirectly, plants, can influence colonization of habitats by Argentine ants.AsArgentineantsincreasedinabundance,Seancoulddemonstratethattheyweremorelikelytospreadtonativehabitatsandtodisplacenativeants.Basedonthisresearch,Seancouldpredictfuturesitesofinvasionasabasis for managing xeric habitats under threat of invasion. Sean received his M.S. in Zoology from the University of Oklahoma in 2002, and his B.A. in Biology from the University of MinnesotaMorris in 1999.

TheBuell-BraunAwardSelectionCommitteealsoselectedonestudent forHonorableMentionfor theBuellAward.ThisrecognitionwasgiventoBenjaminHoultonofPrincetonUniversityforhispresentationonIsotopicconstraintsonnitrogenacquisitionbyplantcommunitiesacrosstropicalrainforests,whichwasco-authoredbyLarsHedinandDanielSigman.

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E. Lucy Braun AwardPhoebe L. ZarnetskeUtah State University

E.LucyBraunwasaneminentplantecolo-gist and the first woman president of the Eco-logicalSocietyofAmerica.Besides describingand mapping the deciduous forest regions ofeastern North America, Lucy Braun served asa dedicated teacher and role model to her stu-dents.Tohonorher, this award is presented toastudentfortheoutstandingposterpresentationattheSocietysannualmeeting.

The2005winneroftheE. Lucy Braun AwardisPhoebeL.ZarnetskeforherposterModelingForest Bird Species Habitat with Extant Presence PointsandGeneratedPseudo-AbsencePoints inUtah.ThisworkisbasedonPhoebesMastersresearchatUtahStateUniversityunderthesuper-vision of Thomas Edwards of the USGS UtahCooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.Judges commented that Phoebes poster repre-sented a great deal of work on a statistically complex problem; the modeling approach that Phoebe used allowed her to use existing data to extrapolate and generate usable conclusions of direct use to the U.S. ForestService.JudgeswhointeractedwithPhoebeclaimedthatsheprovidedclearresponsestoquestionsthatdemonstratedher familiaritywith themodel shedeveloped, andalsoher awarenessof the strengthsandweaknessesoftheapproachessheusedinthisstudy.Thegoaloftheprojectwastomodelthehabitatof management indicator species and estimate their likelihood of occurrence across an extensive landscape. TheregressionmodelthatPhoebedescribedusedknownpresencedataandgeneratedpseudo-absencepointsfortwobirdspecies.Phoebeconcludedthatregressionmodelslikehers,basedonpresenceandpseudo-ab-sencedata,couldbepowerfultoolsinhabitatmodelingandinconservationofspecies.PhoebereceivedherB.A.inBiologyandEnvironmentalSciencefromColbyCollege,Waterville,Mainein2001.


William S. Cooper AwardDaniel Gavin, Linda Brubaker, and Kenneth LertzmanUniversity of Washington

The Wllam S. Cooper Award is given by theSociety in honor of one of the founders of modernplant ecology. It recognizes an outstanding recentcontribution in geobotany, physiographic ecology,plant succession, or the distribution of organismsalongenvironmentalgradients.

The2005recipientsareDrs.DanielGavin,Linda

Brubaker, and Kenneth Lertzman for their paper, Holocene fire history of a coastal temperate rain forest based on soil charcoal radiocarbondates,published inEcology in 2003. The paper developed from research done whileDanielGavin, currently aResearchAssociate at theUniversityofVermont,was agraduate student inLindaBrubakerslaboratoryattheUniversityofWashington.

Determining the fire history of forest ecosystems is critical to understanding forest dynamics and forecasting

ecosystemresponsestoongoingandfutureclimatechange.Forestecologistsandpaleoecologistshavedeviseda number of clever ways to reconstruct fire histories, but they differ in their spatial and temporal resolution and applicability inparticular systems. In theirpaper,Gavin,Brubaker,andLertzmanapplyanovelcombinationof fire-scar analyses and radiocarbon dating of buried charcoal in soils toward reconstruction of fire history in southern British Columbia. Innovative statistical analyses of the charcoal and fire-scar data allowed them to de-velop an unusually detailed record of fire patterns among landform types. These records reveal evolving patterns of landscape-level fire patterns with Holocene climate change, going from extensive fires spanning multiple landforms in the dry early Holocene to a patchy late Holocene pattern of higher fire frequencies on south-facing slopes. The study sets new standards for paleoecological analyses of fire disturbance, and provides important baselines for scientifically sound management of forest ecosystems in coastal temperate rain forests.

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George Mercer AwardDaniel Bolnick, Richard Svanback, James Fordyce, Louis Yang, Jeremy Davis, Darrin Hulsey, and Matthew Forister

The George Mercer Award is theoldestoftheawardsgrantedbytheESA,andisgiveninmemoryofayoungBrit-ish ecologist who was killed in actioninWorldWar I.The award is given toan author under 40 years of age in rec-ognition of a single outstanding paperin ecology published during the past 2years.

Thisyear,theMercerAwardhonorsapaperwhereallsevenco-authorsweregraduatestudentsatthetimeofpublication.TheyareDanielBolnick,RichardSvanback,JamesFordyce,LouisYang,JeremyDavis,DarrinHulsey,andMatthewForister,whohavewontheawardfortheirpaper,Theecologyofindividuals:incidenceandimplicationsofindividualspecialization,publishedinThe American Naturalist in 2003. Daniel Bolnick is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas.

Thepaperarguespersuasivelyfortheimportanceofinterindividualspecializationandnichevariationwithinspecies,usingdataassembledfromtheliteratureandofferingaconceptualframeworkfordescribingandthink-ingabout individualnichevariationand itsconsequences.This isnotanew idea; in fact, themagnitudeandimportanceofindividualvariationhasbeendebatedforalongtime.However,theideahashadrelativelylittlepenetranceintothewaywestudyecology,perhapsbecauseempiricalandtheoreticaltreatmentsofinterindi-vidual variation have been less than definitive, and even conflicting. The Mercer Award subcommittee noted that Bolnicketal.doasuperbandelegantjobofarticulatingwhyindividualnichevariationdeservesrenewedatten-tion,andhowonemightstudyitinnaturalsystems.

Severalmemberscommentedthatthiskindofpaperopensoneseyestonewthingstolookforinonesownwork. Interestingly, several members of the committee also commented that they had not decided exactly if they agreedwithalltheideasinthepaperandthisseemedapositiveindicationaboutthepaperanditspotentialimportance!Thecitationrecordforthispaperisalreadyimpressive.ESAcommendstheauthorsforturningagraduatereadinggroupintoapieceofscholarshipthatpromisestohaveimpactforyearstocome.


Eugene P. Odum AwardJames PorterUniversity of Georgia

TheEugene P. Odum Award for Excellence n Ecology Educaton recog-nizesanecologistforoutstandingteach-ing, research, and mentoring activities,and for demonstrated ability in relatingbasicecologicalprinciples tohumanaf-fairs.

This years recipient of the OdumAwardisDr.JamesPorteroftheUniver-sityofGeorgia.JimPorterseemstobeanatural fit for this award. He spearheaded aneffortrequiringenvironmentalliteracyattheUniversityofGeorgia.Afterthiscomponentwasaddedtothecurriculum,Dr.Portersetaboutteachingoneofthemostimportantportionsofthateffort,anonmajorscoursewith over 400 students per semester. His evaluations from colleagues to students are uniformly glowing. People endeavornotonlytogetintotheclassasenrolledstudents,butalsotogetaseatintheroomasvisitors,sothatthey can hear the lectures. His lectures are variously described as . . . like an Aztec sacrifice. He rips your heart out with the information he presents; a multimedia tour de force; and a life-changing experience. One stu-dentwriteshowhedidnotwanttotakethecourse,andhowtheWall Street Journalsaidthatglobalwarmingwasbaloney.AfterDr.Porterslectureonthissubject,IcanceledmysubscriptiontoThe Wall Street Journal.OtherstudentstellhowtheychangedcareersbasedonDr.Portersclasses,becomingenvironmentalattorneys,scientists,andeducatorsthemselves.OnecolleaguefurtherdescribesJimasateacherwholiveshislifeteach-ingasifthatwereallthatmatters.

Dr. Porters teaching influence is felt beyond the walls of his classroom. His graduate and undergraduate studentshavegoneontopopulateacademia,particularlyinmarineecology.Inaddition,hiseffortsateducationhavebeenformallyrecognizedbyatleastonememberofCongress,whowasimpressedbyhismanyvisitstotheHillandhowmuchhelearnedfromthoseinteractions.

Jimtakesagenuinepersonalinterestinallofhisstudents,andtheysensethathisconcernisreal.Hisintenseandpassionatestyleischanginglives.Thoselivescan,inturn,changetheworld.

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Sustainability Science AwardThomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, and Paul Stern

TheSustanablty Scence Award isgivenannually to the authors of the peer-reviewedpaperpublishedinthepast5yearsthatmakesthe greatest contribution to the emerging sci-ence of ecosystem and regional sustainabilitythroughtheintegrationofecologicalandsocialsciences.Unprecedenteddirectionalchangesinclimate,humanpopulation,technology,andso-cial and economic institutions are altering thestructureandfunctioningofcurrentecologicalandsocialsystems.TheSustainabilityScienceAwardrecognizestherolethatsciencecanplayinaddressingthesechallenges.

ThesubcommitteehasselectedThomasDietz,ElinorOstrom,andPaulSternasthe2005SustainabilitySci-enceAwardwinnersfortheirpaper,Thestruggletogovernthecommons,publishedinScience in 2003. Thom-asDietzisDirectoroftheEnvironmentalScienceandPolicyProgramandAssociateDeanofEnvironmentalSci-enceandPolicy.ElinorOstromiswiththeCenterfortheStudyofInstitutions,Population,andEnvironmentalChangeatIndianaUniversity,andPaulSternisattheDivisionofSocialandBehavioralSciencesandEducationatTheNationalAcademiesinWashington.

Thispaperprovidesagroundbreakingsynthesisofkeyconcepts fromtheemergingscienceofhumanen-vironmentinteractions, linkinghumaninstitutionstosustainablemanagementof thecommons.Thechallengetheypresentistocreateadaptivegovernancestructuresthatcanlinkglobalizationtrendswithlocalandregionalneeds. To meet this challenge, the authors demonstrate how a mix of human institutions (public and private), eachoperatingatdifferentscales,willneedtobeusedinthe21stcenturytoachievesustainability.Indoingso,the authors provide a suite of testable requirements for adaptive commons governance in complex systems, thus setting the stage for new and innovative research in the field of sustainability science.


Corporate AwardBon Apptit Management Company (BAMCO)Palo Alto, California

TheCorporate Awardrecognizesacorporation,busi-ness, division, program, or an individual of a companyforitsaccomplishmentsinincorporatingsoundecologi-calconcepts,knowledge,andpracticesintoitsplanningandoperatingprocedures.ThisyearswinneristheBonApptit Management Company (BAMCO). Founded in 1987 in San Francisco, Bon Apptit is an onsite custom restaurant company offering full food service manage-mentbyprovidingcafandcateringservicestocorpora-tions,collegesanduniversities,andspecialtyvenues.

BonApptitisbeingrecognizedforitsprogramknownas Circle of Responsibility. Under this program, BonApptithasinstitutedavarietyofsociallyandenvironmentallyresponsiblepractices,includingthefollowing:

Offering aprogramthatpurchasesingredientsfromlocalfarmsorartisans,andthatareseasonalandminimallyprocessed;

offering organic options, which contain at least 95% organically produced ingredients; offeringoptionsforfairtrade,shade-grown,andorganiccoffees; recyclingaluminum,glass,andplasticswhereverpossible; observingtheguidelinesofSeafood Watch,asetofguidelinessetforthbytheMontereyBayAquarium

forpurchasingsustainableseafoodchoices.

AsamajorfoodpurchaserintheUnitedStates,BonApptithasworkedwithEnvironmentalDefensetotakeauniquestandonthecriticalenvironmentalandhumanhealthissueofantibioticresistance,leveragingtheirpur-chasing power to influence the way food is raised in the United States. They have adopted the first meat purchas-ingpolicyintheUnitedStatesthatprohibitstheuseofhumanantibioticsinhealthychickens.Theyhavealsoextended their policy to pork, beef, and seafood suppliers. Bon Apptits policy is a unique and effective way to getactiononthisissueinthefaceofinactiononotherfronts.Becausetheyareamajorcustomer,BonApptitspolicyrequiresmeatsupplierstopayattentiontothisissue,andinsomecases,makechangestotheirantibioticsusepoliciestocomply.

Nominators noted that adopting a groundbreaking antibiotics policy is no easy feat and was met with re-sistance from a number of fronts. The staff, however, were always confident that their CEO, Fedele Baucchio, wouldbackthemupontakingaboldstandaslongasitwastherightthingtodofromabusinessandenviron-mentalperspective.Thistypeofsupportandleadershipisunusualanddeservestobecommended.

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Honorary Member AwardErkki HaukiojaUniversity of Turku

TheESAsHonoraryMemberAwardrecogniz-esadistinguishedecologistfromoutsideofNorthAmerica who has made exceptional contributions to the field of ecology. It includes a lifetime mem-bershipintheESA.

The 2005 winner is Dr. Erkki Haukioja. Theinfluence of Professor Haukiojas ideas has been broadly international,notonly throughhiswide-ly cited and highly influential publications, but through leadership in international organizationsandpersonalcontactswithcolleagues.Anintegra-tor of information and ideas across cultures andanopencommunicator,heisagracioushostandsought-aftervisitor.HehasbeenamemberoftheFinnish Academy of Sciences since 1981.

For more than three decades, Professor Haukioja has explored the intricate and tangled complexities of the in-teractionsbetweenFennoscandianmountainbirchanditsherbivores.Hispioneeringworkoninducibleplantde-fenses in the 1970s stimulated the establishment of a large and active new area of research, and he has continued toprovideintellectualleadershipthroughouthiscareer.Hisearlyappreciationoftheroleofthehostplantinpop-ulation dynamics of herbivores, and exceptional creativity in testing hypotheses reshaped ecological approaches tostudiesofplantherbivoreinteractions,forestpests,andpopulationdynamics.Hehasseamlesslyintegratedthedetailed study of mechanisms with the testing of grand hypotheses in a complex model system. Beyond the basic knowledge that they have produced, Professor Haukiojas remarkable breadth of contributions have informedpublicpolicyinFinlandandelsewhere.

ProfessorHaukiojahasdevelopedoneofthepremierecologyprogramsinScandinavia.Hehascontributedde-cadesofuntiringservicetotheUniversityofTurku,andtheKevoSubarcticResearchStation,whichhedirectedformanyyears.ProfessorHaukiojahasmentoredmorethan50graduatestudentsandpost-docs,manyofthemfromoutsideFinland,whoarenowmakingsustainedcontributionsoftheirown.Hissuccessasamentorandcol-leagueisacreditnotonlytohiskeenintellect,broadthinking,andunusuallyeffectiveapplicationofhypothetico-deductivescience,butalsotohiscontagiousenthusiasmfornaturalhistoryandthescienceofecology.


Distinguished Service CitationJim MacMahonUtah State University

TheDstngushed Servce Ctatonisgiveninrec-ognitionoflonganddistinguishedservicetotheESA,to the larger scientific community, and to the larger pur-poseofecologyinthepublicwelfare.WearepleasedtopresenttheawardthisyeartoDr.JimMacMahonoftheUtahStateUniversity.

Jims contributions both to ESA and to the field of ecologyhavebeensubstantialanddiverse.Hehasgiv-enatremendousamountoftime,talent,andenergyinawaythatfewofusareabletoparallel.Thisawardrec-ognizes the long-term and massive contributions thathe has so selflessly offered to the broader community, regionally and nationally, to improve the public profile ofecologyandopportunitiesforecologists.

Jim became President of the ESA in 1997, a very challenging time for the Society. The budget was in turmoil and ESA had recently moved into a headquarters office in Washington with a new Executive Director and staff. Jim made and articulated the tough decisions that were necessary to set the ESA on its present course of financial solvency, leading to the flexibility to tackle new initiatives. Jim spent an extraordinary amount of personal time working with the existing staff. These were critical times, and Jim did more to keep the Society on an even foot-ingthanalmostanyotherPresidentintheESAslonghistory.

Jim has long been a leader in foresighted efforts to involve the science of ecology and scientific community withthepublicwelfare.HewasaleaderintheSustainableBiosphereInitiativeoftheSociety.Hehasservedforyearsonthesteeringcommittee,insuringthatthecommitteethinkscreativelyabouthowtheSBIandtheESAleadershipcanshapeecologicalsciences.Jimalsoco-foundedtheESAsAnnualFundfortheMillennium,thefirst organized effort for the Society to begin a development program. In addition, he has been one of the pri-mary ESA leaders in the field of ecological restoration.

Morethanmostecologists,Jimspendsagreatdealoftimeandeffortmentoringpeople,especiallystudents.He is passionate about ecology and brilliantly communicates this passion to students in the classroom, field, and hiswritings.NotonlydoesJimtakeprideinhismentoring;hisstudentshavelavishedimportantawardsonhim.

JimMacMahonisoneofthoserarepeoplewhomakesahugecontributionalmostanonymously,withoutap-parentneedofrecognition.Thatisonereasonwhyitisaspecialpleasuretorecognizehimwiththisaward.

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Eminent Ecologist AwardLawrence B. SlobodkinState University of New York at Stony Brook

TheEmnent Ecologst Awardisgiveninrecog-nitionofanoutstandingbodyofecologicalworkorof sustained contributions of extraordinary merit. It isthehighesthonorbestowedbytheEcologicalSo-cietyofAmerica.Therecipientofthe2005EminentEcologistAwardisProfessorLawrenceB.SlobodkinoftheStateUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook.

LarrySlobodkin isoneof thepremierecologistsofourtime.Hehasmadelastingcontributionstothetheoretical and empirical development of ecology.Beyondthis,however,manyofushavebeengreatlyinfluenced by the wonderfully original and insightful perspectives that flow from his unfettered mind.

Over the course of his career, Larry Slobodkinpublished seminal papers that influenced the direc-tionofecological research,and thatattractedscien-tists across disciplinary fields. His early efforts to modelpopulationsofDaphniawere instrumental indevelopingmathematicaltheoryinecology,andpro-vided the first experimental evidence for the connections between population and ecosystem study. But even thoughhehadastrongroleindevelopingtheseconnections,heneverhesitatedtocommentwhenheperceivedthatthetheorywasnotbeingfaithfultotherealbiology.SomeofourbestecologistsrefertoLarryasbothin-spirational,andasmarching toadifferentdrummer.Larry recognizes fascinatingquestions,andbringssuchinnovativeideasintoroutineobservationsthatheforcesecologiststostandbackandconsidernaturefromadif-ferent angle. His efforts to influence ecologists to take orthogonal views of nature are among his most important contributions.Anevenbroaderaudiencehaslearnedfromhisforaysintothephilosophyofecologyandtheroleofecologicalscienceinpublicpolicy.

Another extremely important contribution of lasting impact has been the Department of Ecology and Evolu-tion at SUNY Stony Brook, whose creation Larry spearheaded. Overnight, he created one of the most exciting departmentsintheworld.ThelegionsofecologiststrainedatStonyBrook,thestudentstheyhavementored,andthemanyscientistswhosimplyvisitedthatdepartmentduringtheyearswhenLarrywasthedefactoleaderhavedone much to define and to advance our field. All agree that Larry Slobodkin was not always an easy person, but thathecertainlywasagreatone.


Minutes of the ESA Governing Board1920 May 2005Washington, D.C.

Memberspresent:Jerry Melillo (President), Bill Schlesinger

(Past-President, 19 May 2005 only), Nancy Grimm (President-elect), Alan Covich (incoming President-elect), Gus Shaver (Vice President for Science), Norm Christensen (Vice President for Finance), Bill Parton (incoming VP for Finance), Carol Brewer (Vice President for Education and Human Resources), Rich Pouyat (incoming VP for Public Affairs), Shahid Naeem (Member-at-Large), Dennis Ojima (incoming Member-at-Large, 19 May 2005 only). Unable to attend: Boersma,Palmer,Powers.

StaffPresent:Katherine McCarter (Executive Director),

Cliff Duke (Director of Science), Nadine Lymn (Director of Public Affairs), David Baldwin (Managing Editor), Elizabeth Biggs (Director of Finance), Sue Silver (Editor).

Guests:Jeff Herrick, 19 May 2005BruceHayden,20May2005

Thursday, 19 May 2005

I. ROLL CALL AND AGENDA

A) The GB unanimously adopted the proposed agenda.

II. RATIFICATION OF VOTES TAKEN SINCE THE OCTOBER 2004 MEETING

A) The minutes of the October 2004 meeting were approved.B) Brief discussion and approval of the 2006 Annual Meeting theme, Icons and Upstarts in Ecology.

C) Reappointment of David Schimel, EIC for EcologicalApplications, to a 3-year term, beginning January 2005 and ending 31 December 2007, was approved.

III. REPORTS

A) Report of President Melillo. A reminder of the schedule of program reviews and midterm reviews:

Program Review MidtermReview

Science Fall 2004 Spring 2006

Finance/fundraising Spring2005 Fall 2006

Publications Summer2005 Fall 2006 or Spring2007

PublicPolicy Fall2005 Spring2007

Education Fall 2006 Spring2008

GusShaverrequestedthatadocumentbecreatedsummarizingthetimetableofeventssuch as creation of the ESA office in Washington, D.C.,theSBIprogram,etc.KatherineandstaffwillworkonthisaftertheAnnualMeeting.

GeneLikenshasagreedtogivearetrospective of the ESA on its 90th birthday. Jerryhasbeencontactingpast-presidentstoencouragethemtoattend.NancysuggestedthatweconsidercommissioningahistoryoftheESAforits100thanniversary.TheESAarchivesattheUniversityofGeorgialibrarycouldbearesourceforthis.

B) Report of the Executive Director and staff

SeetheMay2005writtenreport.OnehighlightisthepositivereceptionthatseveralfederalagenciesgavetoKatherine

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and Sue Silver about possible financial supportforFrontiers.

The Montreal meeting may have 4000 people (registration to open next week); thismeetingmaybeevenlargerthanPortland.PresidentsofotherecologicalsocietiesfromaroundtheworldarebeinginvitedtoabreakfastmeetingwithESApresidentJerryMelilloandBESpresidentAlastairFitter.

CliffDukereportedonthedatasharinginitiative,andplanningandfund-raisingfor the Mexico meeting.

SueSilverreportedondiscussions

withCharlesworthChinatointroduceFrontierstomanylibrariesinChina,andeffortsbytheChineseFrontiersBoardmembertosolicitarticlesfromChineseauthorsforapossiblespecialissue next year. The Mexico meeting may also generate a special issue (there is a proposalintoNSFforfundingthis).

DavidBaldwinreportedthatsubmissions

areup,andturnaroundtimeatEcologyisnowatarecordlow.ThesuccessofEcological Archivesisresponsibleforsome of this (e.g., there are now >100 submissionsassociatedwithpapersinEcology,andalmosteverypaperintheAugustissuehasmaterialinEA).The publications office is ready to start makinglinkstoadataregistryassoonasitiscreated.

LizBiggsreportedthatCharlesworthChina is also exploring marketing of otherESApublicationsbesidesFrontiers.

ESAhashadagoodyearintermsoffinances (memberships, meetings). The membershipdatabaseisnowworkingwithon-lineaccessbymembers.Thee-storeisalsoworkingnowforpurchaseofbackissues.

NadineLymnreportedthattherapid

responseteamsaremostlymobilized,andBoardmemberswillbeinvitedtoalunchmeetingwiththeteammembersattheAnnualMeeting.CongressionalVisitsDaywentwell.Plansareproceedingtotakeabus-loadofcongressionalstaffersonatourofUSGSactivitiesintheChesapeakeBayarea.

JerryMelilloreportedonadinnermeetingwithLouPitelka,whoisnowworkingpart-timeatUSDA,anddiscussionofpossiblecollaborationwithafewothersocietiestorunaworkshopaboutagriculturalecosystems.

C) Financial updates: Norm Christensen and Katherine McCarter

The fiscal year begins on 1 July, and Katherinereportedresultsthroughthethirdquarter (March). The budget is in good shape, in largepartbecauseofthesuccessoflastyearsAnnual Meeting (two-thirds of the surplus) and subscriptions and dues (one-third); currently we have a $325,432 surplus. We are trying a differentmechanismthisyeartodiscouragethosewhosubmitabstractsforthemeetingandthen dont show up (taking credit card numbers butnotcharginganabstractsubmissionfeetononattendeesuntilafterthemeetingoccurs).

D) Written reports from President-Elect Grimm and Program Chair Paul Ringold


GrimmreportedonplansfortheInternationalConferenceonCircularEconomyandSustainableDevelopment,to be held in Hangzhou, China, 14 November2005,sponsoredbytheprovincialgovernmentofZhejiang.MelilloandGrimmwillattend.

Plansforthe2005meetinginMontreal

areproceedingwell.

IV. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMSA. Financial review

LizBiggsledaquickdiscussionof10graphssenttoBoardmembersthatshowmembership and financial data for the past 6 years;thetrendhasbeenpositiveinbothareas.

Reservefunds.AnanalysiswasdoneoftheESAsrequirementsforoperatingreserves.Totalrisk,shouldtherebesignificant problems with subscription revenue,cancellationoftheAnnualMeeting, etc., is about $2.3 million. One suggestion is that we have a reserve of 6 months of operating expenses, which is also about $2 million. The VP for Finance andstaffrecommendthatweusethisasatarget,withthegoalofbudgeting$50,000/yr, as well as adding any additionalsurplus.Thiscouldbecomeaquasi-endowment,managedlikeanendowment,butwithouttherestrictionsofendowmentspending.Wecurrentlyhave about $600,000 in unrestricted reserves.

A moton was moved and seconded:

The Ecologcal Socety of Amerca should develop a financial reserve of approxmately sx months of operatng

expenses, currently $2 mllon, through an annually budgeted payment ($50,000) and any surplus from the annual budget. Approved unanmously.

Investmentofrestrictedfunds.Thesefollow a typical (conservative) pattern for endowment funds. Significant growth will havetocomefromdonations,notfrominvestmentincome.

Discussionofafundraisingposition,followingonpreviousBoardsuggestionsthatweshouldhaveone.Katherinepresentedideasabouthowthiscanbeaccomplished (using both core funding andMillenniumFund).Wehaveresearchedatargetamountforannualsalary for a nonprofit development officer (with up to 50% of this in additional fundingfortravel,entertainment,publications,etc.).

MillenniumFund.TheFundisavailableto the Governing Board for specific projects. Fund balance is about $84,000; Christiansensuggestsweshouldntletitgetthislarge.Theproposedbudgetwouldfullyutilizetheaccountforthisyear,andlet us start over next year.

Frontiersbudget.Katherinereportedon efforts to raise $500,000 to cover thegapthatdevelopedwhenPackardFoundationwasunabletomeetitsoriginal commitment. About $165,000 is nowinhandfromafewdifferentfederalagencies,andwearewaitingtohearfromafewmore.Advertisingrevenueisabovethegoalforthistime,andalotofeffortisgoingintosecuringadditionallibrarysubscriptions.Wehavefundinginhand for about three more years (at about $400,000/yr).

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Otherpublicationissues.TheplanistogiveelectronicaccesstoESAjournalstoallsubscribers,forthepreviouscost(+ 9%) of print subscriptions. This will result in a savings of about $700/yr to libraries;SchlesingersuggestsweusethisasanopportunitytopushaddingaFrontierssubscription.

Membership dues. Have been flat for manyyears,andweshouldconsiderwhethertoraisethem.Thereisnospecific proposal yet.

Boardethicsandmanagement.Sarbanes-Oxley legislation provided guidelines tocommercialcompanies,andwhilenonprofits are not covered by this, many organizationsarebeginningtolookatachecklistofrequirementsofSarbanes-Oxley that may eventually apply to nonprofits. ESA has been doing most of theseforsometime,buttherearetwothatweshouldadopt:anauditcommitteeofthe Board, and clear conflict of interest policies (e.g., an annual form to be signed byBoardmembers).TheplanisforthestafftostartworkwiththeincomingVPforFinance,BillParton,toworkonthesechanges.

B. The Mexico Meeting

Guest (meeting co-organizer) Jeff Herrick made apresentationaboutthemeeting.Plansareprogressingwell,andtherehasbeenalotofinterest.Acallforworkshoptitleswillbeissuedsoon (many have been suggested already). Fund-raisingisprogressingandlookspromising,buttheBoarddecidedtoassumeresponsibilityforthe cost of the meeting (running the meeting andsubsidizingregistrationandtravelforinternationalparticipants)inthemeantimesoparticipantscanmakecommitmentstoattend.

A moton was moved and seconded: The ESA wll commt to up to $250,000 n expenses for the Mexco meetng. Approved unanmously.

C. Proposed 20052006 budget

KatherineandLizpresentedthebudget,whichtheBoarddiscussed.Amajornewinitiativeintheproposedbudgetwillbetheadditionofadevelopment/fundraisingposition(see discussion above). Printing of WAMIE IIreport,analysisofundergraduateeducationsurveydata,translationofadditionalIssuesin Ecology before the Mexico meeting, and a WAMIEworkshopweresuggestedasadditionalactivitiesforBoardapproval.Nodecisionwasmadeabouttheseadditions.

D. Public Information Campaign

VicePresidentforPublicAffairsSunnyPowersjoinedthediscussionviaspeakerphone.ShouldtheESAundertakesuchacampaign?Nadinereviewedthechronologyofthisidea.SunnysummarizeddiscussionsofthePublicAffairsCommittee,andpresentedarecommendation.Lengthydiscussionledtoaconsensusthataregionalfocus,perhapstakingadvantageofESAchapters,wouldbeanappropriatewaytoproceed.Thisislessdauntingthantheideaofanationalcampaign,whosescale(and expense) began to appear formidable. Staff willbegindevelopmentofaconceptpaperforreviewinAugust.

E. Publications issues

Journalmissionstatements.DavidBaldwinreviewedtheoriginsofthesestatements.AfewsuggestionsweremadethatDavidwillconveytoJimReichman.

EICreviewrecommendations.Issuesraisedinthereportofthereview


committeefortheEditor-in-ChiefofEcological Applicationswerediscussed,andsomerecommendationsweremadethatwillbepassedontoDavidSchimel.

F. Data registry proposal / data access

NancyGrimmpresentedapossibletimeline/processtomovefromadataregistrytowardadatarepository,andthenontowaystofacilitateuseofstoreddata.TheBoardhasalreadyapprovedastatementforESAjournalsencouragingauthorstoidentifyadataregistryfortheir data. A prototype for an official ESA data registryatNCEAScanbeseenathttp://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/style/skins/esa/index.html.A moton was made: The ESA has approved the data regstry at NCEAS and strongly encourages all authors of papers accepted n ESA journals to use ths or another ESAapproved regstry for data n ther papers. Data regstraton wll become a requrement for papers submtted for ESA journals begnnng n 2006. Moton s tabled. ThePublicationsCommitteeisaskedtoclarifythestepsinvolvedincreatingadataarchiveandimplicationsofrequiringthatitbeused,andtocomeupwithalistofESA-approveddataregistriesthatmightusedinadditiontotheESAregistry.ThemotionwillbereconsideredattheAugustmeeting.

Dinner:TheGoverningBoardinvitedNEONpostdocstojointheBoardfordinner.ThoseinattendancewereKitBatten,DavidKirschtel,RankKnight,MeekoOishi,andBrianWee.

Friday,20May2005

EXECUTIVE SESSION

G. British Ecological Society proposal

TheBritishEcologicalSocietyintendstoinvest approximately $1,000,000 in support of

ecologyindevelopingcountries,andhasaskedESAtojoininthiseffort,atleastintermsofmoral support (and potentially in terms of fund raisinginthefuture).A moton was made and seconded: The ESA Board supports the dea of collaboraton wth the Brtsh Ecologcal Socety. Approved unanmously. Thedetailsofthiscollaborationremaintobedecided,butbecausethereissomeurgencyfortheBEStoproceed,wewouldliketoconveyourinterestandsupportatthistime.

H. NEON Co-Director Bruce Hayden

Co-DirectorHaydengavetheBoardanupdateonthestatusofNEON,andtheroleofthepostdocsthatjoineduslastnightfordinner.TheyareworkingtowardanintegratedplanfordevelopmentthatisdueinOctober.Healsoaddressedtheissueoffundingforbigscienceprojects (e.g., what influence might they have on smaller-scalesciencefunding),therelationshipbetween NEON and other science agencies (e.g., NASA),theratiooffundingforinfrastructurevs.research,andwhattheESAmightbeabletodotosupportNEON.

I. Norm Christensen report

NormChristensenreportedondiscussionsregardingtheNationalParksFellowshipprogram.Heisveryenthusiasticabouttheimpactofthisprogramforscienceinandfortheparks,andthepotentialtostrengthentherelationshipbetweenNPSandESA.PreviouslyfundinghascomethroughacollaborationoftheNationalParksFoundationandtheMellonFoundation,whileESAhasservedasasubcontractortoorganizetheselectionprocess.AdvisoryCommitteeChairKayGrossandCommitteememberNormwouldliketheBoardtoconsiderhavingESAleadboththeprogramingeneralandfundraisingeffortsforit.TheAdvisoryCommitteewillcomebackwithaproposal.

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J. Science Committee suggestion for a change in the Bylaws

AproposedBylawsrevisiontocombinetheResearchandSBICommitteesintoanewScienceCommitteeandtoclarifythemissionofthe Office of Science Programs was proposed. ThischangegrewoutofthediscussionsinMayaboutSciencePrograms.A moton was made and seconded: The ESA Board supports the proposed change n the Bylaws. Approved unanmously.

K. Awards nominations

VicePresidentBrewerpresentedtheslateofproposedawardwinnersfromtheAwardsCommittee.A moton was moved and seconded: The ESA Board supports the slate of proposed award wnners. Approved unanmously.

L. Proposal from VP Powers and the Public Affairs Committee

TheCommitteeproposedpursuingdevelopmentofapositionpaperonecosystemservices.Thereisgeneralsupportforthisidea(including from incoming VP for Public Affairs Pouyat).TheCommitteeisaskedtoproceedwithidentifyingappropriatepeopletohelpdevelopapositionpaper.

M. Proposal to adopt a statement on economic growth

AproposalwasmadebyanESAmember(Richard Christian) that the ESA adopt a statementoneconomicgrowthasitrelatestothelong-termhealthandfunctioningofecosystems.ConcernsraisedbyBoardmembersincludedpotentialalienationofsomeESAmembers(many of whom come from industry), potential to damagetheSocietysreputationasanimpartialsourceofadvicetogovernment,andthefactthat

someofthestatementsoffactintheproposedpolicy statement may not have a strong scientific basisatthistime.Therewasconsensusthatthisisasubjectworthyoffurtherdiscussionandstudy,butthatitisprematurefortheESAtomakeapolicystatement.

N. Presentation of the WAMIE II report

TheWAMIEIIreportwaspresentedbyVP Brewer. Extended discussion of the report and its (33) recommendations followed. There isabiggapbetweenwhatseemtobefemale-majority graduate students in ecology (although manyarenotESAmembers)andthenumbersoffemalesinpostdoctoralandfacultypositions.HowcanweidentifythebarriersandworkasaSocietytoovercomethem?Althoughthereseems to be some progress with regard to sex ratios,therehasnotbeenmuchinrecruitingfromminority ethnic groups. Sentiment was expressed for using the existing committee structure (e.g., theStandingCommitteeonEducationandHumanResources)ratherthanforminganewonetopushforprogressontheissuesraisedbythereport.Canweminepreviousgovernmentstudiesfordataratherthanduplicatingefforts?PerhapsweshouldcontactothersocietiessuchastheSocietyforConservationBiologyandtheSocietyforEcologicalRestorationabouttheirmembershipstoseewhethertheyareprovingtobemoreattractivetofemalegraduatestudents.A moton was moved and seconded: The ESA Board gratefully accepts the WAMIE II report. Approved unanmously. TheEHRCommittee was asked to try and find answers to severalquestions:

1)WhydontmoreofthefemaleecologygraduatestudentsbecomemembersofESAandconsiderittheirprimaryprofessionalorganization?

2)WhatcanESAdotoaddressthegeneral issue of retention in the field?


O. ESA links to NEON

GiventhatNEONislikelytobefundedinthenearfuture,afterabuild-upphaseof5-10years,andthatthismaybringaboutaculturalchangeinwhatecologistsdoorareperceivedasdoing,whatcantheSocietydotobringitsmembershipbehindthiseffort?SuggestionsincludedaneditorialinFrontiers,havingJerrymakesomecommentsattheNEONsymposiuminMontreal,andlettingBruceHaydenknowthattheSocietywouldliketoknowwhatitcandotostrengthenthecaseforNEONfunding.

P. New business none.

PresidentMelilloremindedtheBoardaboutitsmeetingsinMontreal.BoardmembersareremindedabouttherequirementforapassportorotheracceptabledocumentationfortraveltoCanadaandback.

Meetingadjournedat11:50am.

Respectfullysubmitted,DavidInouye,Secretary

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I am very much enjoying reading Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. It is very well prepared and containsexcellent articles of current ecological issues. It serves my current needs of trying to keep up-to-date with ecologicalissues in the complexity of current life. Roger Hnatiuk, Emeritus Member of ESA

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AnnuAl RepoRtsAnnual Reports to Council

Ecological Society of America, August 2005

I. REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The past year has been another highly successfulonefortheEcologicalSocietyofAmerica.Weseeourmembership steadily increasing, our financial picture strong,andourannualmeetingsproducingrecordat-tendance and programs that garner interest not onlyfromscientists,butalsofromthemedia.

Our Society has moved forward on many frontsthispastyear.Onenewinitiativehasbeentheestab-lishmentofRapidResponseTeamsthatallowESAtoplayastrongandrelevantrole inpolicydiscussions.Ourpublicationscontinuetobeamongthebestinthefield and Frontiers, in its third year, received its first ISIrating12outof107journals.TheSEEDSinitia-tive has grown and involves ever more students andESA members as it seeks to support and encouragethe interest of underrepresented students in the field ofecology.WehaverefocusedourScienceProgramstobetteradvanceESAprioritiesandtodevelopanewsustainabilityscienceagenda.

ESAcontinuestobecomemoreinternationalinitsactivities. Our collaboration with INTECOL for theAnnualMeetinginMontreal,agatheringofPresidentsof ecological societies worldwide during theAnnualMeeting, the planning of a themed meeting in Mexi-co early in 2006, translation of the Visions issue of FrontiersintoChinese,andourongoingsupportoftheFederationoftheAmericasallattesttothisfact.

The following staff reports accent these accom-plishmentsand many more. I am proud to be theExecutive Director of such a fine organization and to workwithsuchaprofessionalanddedicatedstaff.WelookforwardtocontinuingourprogressasaSocietyand to bringing the expertise of the membership and thestafftobearonthechallengesahead.

Submittedby:KatherineMcCarter

FINANCES/ MEMBERSHIP/ SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

ESAcontinuestogrow!ThenumberofESAmem-bers grew from 8116 members in 2003 to 8718 mem-bers in 2004 and we have already passed that figure for 2005. We expect to end our 2005 membership year with over 9000 members.

ESA upgraded our membership database for the2005membershipandsubscriptionyear.Membersarenowabletorenewtheirmembershiponlineandupdatemailingaddressandotherinformationinrealtime.

We anticipate ending the 20042005 fiscal year withapositivebottomline.Themeeting inPortlandwas well attended, library subscriptions are holdingupdespitebudgetproblemsformanyinstitutions,and


expenses have been kept within normal variances.

Membership and subscriptions for the calendaryear 2004 were:

Totalmembership:8718Domestic: 7372Foreign: 1346

Byclass:Regular: 5961Student: 1907Developing countries: 291Lifemembers:227Emeritus: 332

Subscriptions:Ecology total: 5768Members: 3747Institutions: 2019Other:2

Ecological Applications total: 3317Members: 2066Institutions: 1248Other: 3

Ecological Monographs total: 2795Members: 1480Institutions: 1312 Other: 3

Chaptermembership:RockyMountain:278Southeastern: 486Mid-Atlantic: 392Western: 554Mexico: 52

SectionmembershipAsian: 92Applied: 639Aquatic: 898International Affairs: 98Paleoecology: 145Physiological ecology: 477Vegetation: 453Education: 385

Long-term studies: 243Statisticalecology:270Soilecology:288Theoretical ecology: 262Plant population ecology: 330Agroecology:200Rangelandecology:207Student:271TEK:88Biogeosciences: 327Urban ecology: 209

Membership affliation:Academic: 66%Government: 12%Nonprofit: 4%Consultant: 6%Other/left blank: 12%

Ethnicity:White: 75%Asian: 4 % Hispanic: 3%African American:

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there have been a number of exciting developments.

Impact factor

InJune2005,Frontiers received its first impact fac-torthejournalisranked12thoutof107journalsinthe Ecology category, with an impact factor of 3.362.

Readership survey

AreadershipsurveywascarriedoutinNovemberand December of 2004. A total of 1559 responses were received.InanswertothequestionHowinterestingdo you find each section/feature of Frontiers? (Scale: 5 = very interesting; 3 = slightly interesting; 1 = not interesting), the percentage of readers scoring 4 or 5 (interesting to very interesting) was as follows:

Reviews: 89%; Research Communications: 84%; Dispatches: 77%; Pathways to Scientific Teaching: 61%; Forums: 61%; Laws of Nature: 52%; Finishing Lines: 45%; Write Back: 42%; Websight: 36%.

Please contact Sue Silver ([email protected])forafullreportoftheresults.

Special issues

February 2005 saw the publication of the first FrontiersSpecial Issue,VisionsforanEcologicallySustainable Future. The underlying concept was toshowhoweffortstosolveseriousenvironmentalandsocial problems could benefit from ecological science, and to link the priority actions identified by the Eco-VisionsProjectwithadvancesinareassuchasemerg-ing diseases, fisheries, freshwater, agriculture, and invasivespecies.Inviewoftheenthusiasticfeedbackthatthisissuereceived,itwasdecidedtomakeitopenaccess. Permission was also given to translate the text intoChinese.

ArticlesforasecondSpecialIssue,focusingentire-ly on ecological and environmental issues in China,andwrittenbyChinesescientists,arecurrentlyinpeerreview.ThisissueistentativelyscheduledforFebru-

ary 2006.

ArticlesAs in previous years, journal staff have been ac-

tivelycommissioningarticlesatconferencesandelse-where, so article numbers reported below are a mix-tureofsolicitedandunsolicited.

Articles commissioned as of 14 July 2005

Articles agreed (with deadline dates): 41Articles in negotiation: 14

Received articles July 2004July 2005

Total articles received: 103Articles accepted: 47 (62.67%)Articles rejected: 28 (37.33%)Articles withdrawn: 3Articlescurrentlyinpeerreview:25

Conferences

Asinpreviousyears,journalstaffattendedanum-ber of conferences, commissioning articles, givingaway sample issues, and raising the profile of Fron-tiers andESAwithdifferent audiences.ConferencesincludedtheAnnualMeetingsoftheAmericanSoci-etyofAgronomy,theEntomologicalSociety,theWet-landsSociety, theSpecialLibrariesAssociation, andtheCouncilofScienceEditors,aswellastheFirstNa-tionalConferenceonEcosystemRestoration.

Finances

Late in 2004, Frontiersreceivedthesecondinstall-ments of funding from TheAndrew W. Mellon andDavidandLucilePackardFoundations.Westillhavea shortfall of $500,000 as compared to the original fig-uresusedinthebusinessplan.Inthespringof2005,Executive Director Katherine McCarter and Frontiers Editor-in-ChiefSueSilverthereforevisitedanumberof federal agencies, requesting financial contributions. All the agencies expressed their willingness to help in some way

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