Researchers from the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center will be gathering at the 108th Annual Ecological Society of America meeting, to be held in Portland, Oregon the week of August 6-11.
This year’s theme seeks to help create an ESA for All Ecologists by providing programming to better engage private- and public-sector ecologists. This year’s conference will highlight projects that are implementing ecological science, collaborating across sectors, educating future scientists and decision makers, and disseminating basic and applied ecology research to those who need it most.
NW CASC Presentations at ESA
Monday August 7
Adapting at-risk species management for climate change induced phenological shifts
NW CASC Presenter: Kelsey King, 2020 Research Fellow
When: Monday, August 7 | 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PT
Where: Room C120-121
Widespread foliage scorch in the wake of the 2021 heat dome heat wave in the Pacific Northwest: patterns, drivers of vulnerability, and lessons for future heatwaves
NW CASC Presenter: Adam Sibley, 2022 Research Fellow
When: Monday August 7 | 4:30 – 4:45 PM PT
Where: Room B118
Tuesday August 8
Scaling burn severity patterns across regions and fire regimes yields insights into historically climate-limited fire regimes
NW CASC Presenter: Michele Buonanduci, 2021 Research Fellow
When: Tuesday August 8 | 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PT
Where: Room 257
Measuring and modeling post-fire forest trajectories in northwestern Cascadia
NW CASC Presenter: Jenna Morris, 2022 Research Fellow
When: Tuesday August 8 | 8:30 – 8:45 AM PT
Where: Room 257
Fire, northern spotted owls, and old forests in the Pacific Northwest
NW CASC Presenter: Jeremy Rockweit, 2019 Research Fellow
When: Tuesday August 8 | 1:30-1:45 PM PT
Where: Room 257
Mobile technology provides new insight into human-mediated routes of aquatic species invasions
NW CASC Presenter: Rachel Fricke, 2022 NW CASC Fellow
When: Tuesday August 8 | 4:00 – 4:15 PM PT
Where: Room B117
Using adaptive-capacity assessments to evaluate climate-change vulnerabilities, link to mechanisms of climatic influence, and identify potential climate-adaptation actions: An Oregon Coast example
Presenter: Erik Beever
NW CASC Co-author: Lindsey Thurman, Partnerships Ecologist
When: Tuesday, August 8 | 4:45 – 5:00 PM PT
Where: Room 254
Wednesday August 9
Impact of seasonal-to-annual climate on post-fire regeneration of western larch
NW CASC Presenter: Spencer Vieira, 2022 Research Fellow
When: Wednesday August 9 | 10:00 – 10:15 AM PT
Where: Room E141
Plant abundance influences riverine dissolved oxygen concentrations
NW CASC Presenter: Aaron Pelly, 2022 Research Fellow
When: Wednesday August 9 | 1:45 – 2:00 PM PT
Where: B116
POSTER SESSION: Developing a state of knowledge assessment to bridge climate change science and climate-smart management in the northwest USA
NW CASC Presenter: Emily Fusco, NW RISCC Coordinator
When: 5:00 – 6:30 PM PT
Where: ESA Exhibit Hall
Thursday August 10
SPECIAL SESSION: Practicing and Rewarding Co-production of Knowledge Within Universities
NW CASC Speaker: Meade Krosby, University Director
When: Thursday, August 10 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PT
Where: Room C124
SPECIAL SESSION: Climate Adaptation Science: Defining a New Field of Science and Practice
NW CASC Organizers: Nicole DeCrappeo, USGS Director; John B. Bradford, Research Ecologist; Lindsey Thurman
NW CASC Speakers: John Bradford, Lindsey Thurman
When: Thursday, August 10 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PT
Where: Room D135
Widespread exposure to fire-regime change will transform conifer forests but ecosystem feedbacks may support persistence
NW CASC Presenter: Tyler Hoecker, Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral Fellow
When: Thursday August 10 | 3:45-4:00 PM PT
Where: Room 255
SPECIAL SESSION: Climate Adaptation in Practice: From Science to Service
NW CASC Organizers: Nicole DeCrappeo, Lindsey Thurman, John Bradford
NW CASC Presenters: Lindsey Thurman, Meade Krosby, Emily Fusco
When: Thursday, August 10 | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PT
Where: Room C124