Wednesday, August 14, 2019: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
M100, Kentucky International Convention Center
Transient dynamics certainly affect our every observation and attempted manipulation of ecological systems. Climate change, species introductions, habitat destruction, and other disturbances ensure that systems are frequently quite far from an equilibrium state, and therefore may be experiencing temporary behavior which differs markedly from what we predict in the long term. However, the theory that would support our measurement, understanding and management of such transient dynamics is either underdeveloped, or largely unknown to mainstream ecologists. As a result, generalizations regarding transients across different systems that could provide important ecological insights are still in their infancy. This lack of progress persists despite a least a decade of calls for greater attention to transients. The speakers in this symposium work with different systems (terrestrial to marine) and use different approaches (experimental to mathematical). Together they will identify areas of commonality and fruitful paths of investigation. The goals of the session are to identify general needs for theory development, to galvanize new research in this area, and to begin the work of creating a general framework for understanding ecological transients.
8:40 AM
Transient dynamics: A symptom of aging?
Iain Stott, University of Lincoln, University of Southern Denmark;
Owen Jones, University of Southern Denmark;
Annette Baudisch, University of Southern Denmark
10:10 AM
Transient responses of bumble bee populations to spatial and temporal variation in food resources
Elizabeth Crone, Tufts University;
David T. Iles, Tufts University;
Natalie Z. Kerr, Tufts University;
Rosemary L. Malfi, University of California, Davis;
John M. Mola, University of California;
Genevieve Pugesek, Tufts University;
Maj Rundlöf, Lund University;
Neal Williams, University of California, Davis