MPE 2013+ Workshop on Appropriate Complexity Modeling of the Impacts of Global Change on Ecosystems

March 27 - 29, 2017
University of California, Berkeley

Organizers:

Wayne Getz, University of California - Berkeley, wgetz at berkeley.edu

Laurel Larsen, University of California - Berkeley, laurel at berkeley.edu

Charles Marshall, University of California - Berkeley, crmarshall at berkeley.edu

Workshop Program:

Venue: Valley Life Sciences Building
       Room 5053
       University of California -Berkeley
       Berkeley, CA

Monday, March 27, 2017

 9:00 - 10:30   Talks 1-6

                Introduction to ACME, Aim of Workshop, Bridging Scales of Analysis		
                Wayne Getz 

         	Appropriate Complexity Landscape Modeling Review		
                Laurel Larsen

                ACME for Predicting Biotic Interactions in a Range-shifting World through a Host-parasite Lens		
                Colin Carlson

                What Role can "Building-block Model" Templates Play in ACME?		
                David O'Sullivan

                Impacts of Global Change on Dryland Ecosystems - Resolving the Plant Status - Land-surface-flux Dichotomy		
                Sally Thompson

                Understanding the Influence of Scale-emergent Biophysical Drivers on Methane Fluxes from Restored Wetlands		
                Sam Chamberlin

10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break		

11:00 - 12:30	Talks 7-12

                Ecohydrological Patterns: The Role of Environmental Fluctuations		
                Poalo D'Odorico

                Observations and Predictions in Ecological Modelling: a Matter of Scales		
                Luca Giuggioli

                Impacts of Climate Change on Geographic Range Shifts of Imperiled Species		
                Stephanie Romanach

                Issues of Space and Place in a World of Large-scale Vectorborne Disease Models 		
                Sadie Ryan 

                How a Decision-theory Framework can be our Guide to Model Complexity	
                Carl Boettiger
	
                "The Unmet Challenges of Predicting Species" Geographic (and Altitudinal) Range Shifts in the Face of Global Change
	        Charles Marshall 

12:30 -  2:00	Lunch Break	

 2:00 -  3:30	Aims and working group emergence		

 3:30 -  4:00	Coffee Break		

 4:00 -  5:30	Working Session 1	

 Evening	Workshop Dinner		

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

 9:00 - 10:30	Working Session 2

10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break		

11:00 - 12:30	Working Session 3

12:30 -  2:00	Lunch Break	

 2:00 -  3:30	Report Back Session 1	

 3:30 -  4:00	Coffee Break		

 4:00 -  5:30	Working Session 4	

 Evening 	Free 	

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

 9:00 - 10:30	Working Session 5

10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break		

11:00 - 12:30	Report Back Session 2

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