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PASI Field Course 2011

A Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) in Peru

Tropical Ecology and Biogeochemistry,
from Andean Cloud Forests to the Lowland Amazon

Core Presentations

INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL

What are we doing here?  Learning and Doing Science by PASI (Assoc. Professor Scott Saleska, U. Arizona, U.S.)

Conservation and Development in the Madre de Dios Watershed (Dr. Frank Hajek, Peru)

Ecology and Conservation on an Amazon-Andres Gradient (Assoc. Professor Miles Silman, Wake Forest University, U.S.)

Evaluation Strategy PIRE 2010/2011 (Jirina Foltysova and Shandiin Wood, graduate students, Professor Ralph Renger, U. Arizona. U.S.)

ECOPHYSIOLOGY, EVOLUTION, and CLIMATE CHANGE

Connecting Biogeochemical and Hydrological Process through Biology (Professor Travis Huxman, U. Arizona, U.S.)

The Effect of Temperature on Canopy Physiology, Carbon Cycling, and Seasonality of Carbon Usage in Tropical Forests

(Dr. Christopher Doughty, Post-doctoral fellow, Oxford, U.K.)

The Functional Significance and Phylogenetic Distribution of Leaf Teeth (Dr. Bradley Boyle, Research Scientist, U.Arizona, U.S.)

A Quick (and rough) Primer on Trait Based Plant Ecology (Professor Brian J. Enquist, U. Arizona, U.S.)

HYDROMETEOROLOGY and ECOHYDROLOGY

Precipitation Recycling in the Amazon Forest and the Use of Stable Water Isotopes (Asst. Professor Francina Dominguez, U. Arizona, U.S.)

Diversity in Water Use and Water Acquisition Mechanisms of Neotropical Forest Trees (Assoc. Professor Rafael S. Oliveira, University of Campinas, Brazil)

Ecoclimate Teleconnections:  Remote Effects of the Interactions between Ecosystems and Climate (Dr. Abigail Swann, Post-doctoral fellow, Harvard University, U.S.)

MICROBIAL BIOGEOGRAPHY and ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION

Soil Microbial Ecology: Genes to Ecosystems (Dr. Rachel Gallery, Staff Scientist, NEON, U.S.)

Can meta-omics methods give insight into soil gas cycling? (Dr. Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Post-doctoral fellow, ASU/ U. Oregon, U.S.)

ECOSYSTEM CARBON CYCLING and FOREST DYNAMICS

Ecosystem Ecology and Carbon Cycling of Tambopata, in the context of Amazonia (Professor Yadvinder Mahli, Oxford University, U.K.)

The Response of Tropical Forest Function and Carbon Cycling to Warming:  Insights from an Elevation Transect Study in the Andes and Amazon (Professor Yadvinder Mahli, Oxford University, U.K.)

Uncovering the Hidden Half of the Amazon Rainforest - Challenges to Quantifying Belowground Carbon Cycling (Asst. Professor Daniel Metcalfe, Umea University, Sweden)

Tropical Trace Gas Production and Elevation Gradients (Research Asst. Professor Joost van Haren, Biosphere 2, U. Arizona, U.S.)

The Role of Fires in the Tropical Andes (Dr. Imma Oliveras, Oxford University, Spain)

HUMAN DIMENSIONS

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+): Innovation for Conservation (Dr. Frank Hajek, Peru)

Public Ecology and Making an Environmental Difference (Asst. Professor Tracey Osborne, U. Arizona, U.S.)

The Social Dimensions of Markets and Governance for Carbon Forestry and REDD (Asst. Professor Tracey Osborne, U. Arizona, U.S.)

REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION DYNAMICS

Beyond Biomass: Detecting Regional Carbon Dynamics in the Amazon (Scott Stark, Ph.D. student, U. Arizona, U.S.)

How do Amazon Forests respond to drought?: a remote-sensing perspective (Assoc. Professor, Scott Saleska, U. of Arizona, U.S.)