*SYMPOSIUM ATTRACTS TOP ECOLOGISTS TO SPEAK ABOUT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
AND CONSERVATION*
*COLLEGE STATION, TX* - Nov. 9, 2005 -Texas A&M University's nationally
recognized Ecological Integration Symposium has invited top ecologists
and policy scientists to discuss the effects of global climate change
on
biodiversity and ecology for the past seven years. This year's
Ecological Integration Symposium, entitled "Biodiversity, Ecology &
Global Climate Change," is scheduled for /*March 31, 2006*/ and has
confirmed the following speakers to date:
* _Dr. Lee Hannah_ is a Senior Fellow at Conservation
International
and the Co-Leader for the Center for Applied Biodiversity
Sciences/The Nature Conservancy Climate Change Initiative. His
work includes modeling plant distributions in biodiversity
hotspots and developing conservation responses to climate
change.
* _Dr. Susan Kilham_ is Professor of Biology and Environmental
Science at Drexel University focusing on aquatic ecology. She
investigates climate change in the large lakes of the
Yellowstone
Ecosystem.
* _Dr. Joel Scheraga_ is the Global Change Research Program
National
Program Director for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
National Center for Environmental Assessment. Dr. Scheraga's
directs assessments of the potential impacts of climate change
and
climate variability on human health, the environment, and the
U.S.
economy.
* _Dr. Daniel Schindler_ is an Associate Professor in the School
of
Aquatic and Fishery Sciences & Department of Biology, University
of Washington. He research in the Pacific Northwest examines the
effects of watershed development on the food webs of lakes and
UV
radiation on the spatial distribution of amphibians in the
Pacific
Northwest.
According to Dr. Robert D. Brown, Head of the Department of Wildlife
and
Fisheries Sciences and the Director of the Institute of Renewable
Natural Resources at Texas A&M University: "This is the 7th year our
graduate students have organized this symposium and it is gaining in
national attention. It is unique in that it attracts renowned
ecologists while being entirely organized, run and funded by the
efforts
of our graduate students. This year's focus on global warming is
especially pertinent and timely."
The Ecological Integration Symposium is a free event that attracts up
to
500 attendees and will take place between /8 AM and 5 PM/ on Texas A&M
University's main campus.
More information can be found at our website:
http://wfsc.tamu.edu/symposium/index.html
Please contact me for more information.
Best regards,
Michael
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Michael Sorice
Human Dimensions Lab
Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
2258 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2258
Ph: (979) 845-4283
Fax: (979) 845-3786
http://lutra.tamu.edu/hdlab/
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Fran Gelwick
Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Associate Professor
Section of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Systematics
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
2258 TAMUS
Old Herman Heep Lab Bldg. Rm 216
College Station, TX 77843-2258
PH: 979-862-4172
FX: 979-845-4096
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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