One slot remains for a talk at ACES, A Conference on Ecosystem Services, Phoenix, AZ. December 6-9, 2010.
The session is "Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Ecosystem Services" Summary: An understanding of how ecosystems and their component characteristics and processes vary in space and time is of fundamental importance to the understanding and effective management of benefit flows to humans. When effective management must be coordinated among multiple political entities, knowledge of the timing and location of benefit flows can provide a means to identify interested parties and establish markets that internalize and balance the costs and benefits among them. The purpose of this session is to bring together scientists who are investigating the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecosystem services and associated implications for assessment, valuation, and cross-jurisdictional management. Scientists will present their latest work on the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecosystem services, with an emphasis on the flow of services from ecosystems to people, services provided by mobile species, and challenges posed by the temporal variability (including phenology) of ecosystems. If interested, please send an abstract by Sept 3, 2010 to [email protected], or [email protected]. ACES website: http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aces/ Abstract format: http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aces/abstracts.html Thank you, Jay Diffendorfer and Darius Semmens Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center USGS
