Farming for Ecosystem Services: New Directions for
Long-term Ecological Research in Agriculture
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S. Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48824
AGENDA | ||
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | ||
3:00 – 4:00 pm | Registration and Poster Set-up | Big Ten Room A |
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Poster Reception | |
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Dinner | |
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm | Welcoming Remarks, Phil Robertson, KBS LTER Director | |
Doug Gage, Assistant Vice President for Research, MSU | ||
Opening Keynote: Global perspectives on food security and environmental sustainability, Mark Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute | ||
Thursday, April 16, 2015 | ||
7:30 am – 8:15 am | Continental Breakfast | Big Ten Room C |
8:15 am – 9:00 am | Welcoming Statements: Dave DeWitt, Associate Dean, CNS | |
The first 25 years - what have we learned?, Phil Robertson, KBS and Dept. of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU | ||
9:00 am – 10:30 am | Keynote Address: On the receiving end: Ecology of streams draining agricultural landscapes, Emily Stanley, University of Wisconsin | |
Agricultural landscapes from a biogeochemical perspective, Steve Hamilton, KBS and Dept. of Zoology, MSU | ||
Microbial community dynamics and long-term trends in the flux of greenhouse gases, Tom Schmidt, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Michigan | ||
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break | |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Keynote Address: Understanding the devious nitrogen cycle: Are we there yet?, Laurie Drinkwater, Cornell University | |
Unraveling the responses to fertilization in plant communities: Ecological and evolutionary insights, Kay Gross, KBS and Dept. of Plant Biology, MSU | ||
Managing more with biology in row-crop agriculture, Sieg Snapp, Dept. of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU | ||
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch | Big Ten Room B |
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Keynote Address: Multiple biodiversity services in changing agricultural landscapes, Teja Tscharntke, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany | Big Ten Room C |
Farmer decisions that shape agro-ecosystem outcomes, Scott Swinton, Dept. of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, MSU | ||
A long-term perspective on insect biodiversity & ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, Doug Landis, Dept. of Entomology, MSU | ||
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Break | |
3:15 – 4:15 pm | Break-out Discussions on Future Directions | |
Session 1: Biological diversity & ecological functions in agricultural landscapes | 104A | |
Session 2: Biogeochemical & hydrologic cycles | 104B | |
Session 3: Productive, resilient cropping systems | 107 | |
Session 4: Decision making for agricultural sustainability | 110 | |
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm | Report Backs: Moderator-led Discussion | Big Ten Room C |
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm | Final Remarks and Adjourn |