From the Roots to the Shoots: Impacts of Human and Ecological Legacies on Forest Ecosystems

Organizer(s)

• KP

  Kayla Perry

  Assistant Professor
  The Ohio State University
  Wooster, Ohio
• EA

  Emily Althoff

  University of Missouri
  Columbia, Missouri
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  Todd Johnson

  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana

This symposium aims to highlight the role of ecological and human legacies on the management of forests. We will do this by inviting scientists from diverse career stages, research areas, and lived experiences to give their appraisal of how innovation, passion, and legacy has led to modern practices in management.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Kayla I. Perry – The Ohio State University
• 1:35 PM - 1:55 PM Pacific

  The lasting ecological and socioeconomic effects of invasive insects in forest ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Patrick Tobin – University of Washington
• 1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific

  Death, disease and destruction: How do disturbances affect ecosystem structure and function?
  

  Presenting Author: Kier D. Klepzig – The Jones Center at Ichauway

  Co-Author: Kamal J.K. Gandhi – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jeffery B. Cannon – The Jones Center at Ichauway
• 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Pacific

  Beneath the bark: Unpacking tree susceptibility to bark beetles and woodborers under drought
  

  Presenting Author: Shealyn C. Malone – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Amy Trowbridge – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Drew M. P. Peltier – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Co-Author: R. Alex Thompson – University of California-Merced

  Co-Author: Cameron D. McIntire – US Forest Service

  Co-Author: Sara Pinzon-Navarro – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: William T. Pockman – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Nate G. McDowell – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  Co-Author: Henry Adams – Washington State University

  Co-Author: M. Victoria Lantschner – Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche

  Co-Author: Juan C. Corley – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Argentina

  Co-Author: Brian H. Aukema – University of Minnesota
• 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM Pacific

  Integrating vegetation spectroscopy and plant-insect chemical ecology at multiple spatial scales
  

  Presenting Author: John Couture – Purdue University
• 2:55 PM - 3:05 PM Pacific

  Break
• 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM Pacific

  How tiny insects are transforming western forests (and what we can do about it)
  

  Presenting Author: Jackson Audley (he/him/his) – University of California

  Co-Author: Christopher J. Fettig – USDA-Forest Service
• 3:25 PM - 3:45 PM Pacific

  North America's next top modeled outbreak: Evaluating outbreak risk given legacies of anthropogenic climate change
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Howe – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Kellen N. Nelson – USDA Forest Service
• 3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Pacific

  Where were the women?: A case study of research and researcher diversity in a slice of forest entomology
  

  Presenting Author: Caroline Kanaskie (she/her/hers) – University of Maine at Fort Kent
• 4:05 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific

  Break
• 4:05 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific

  Panel discussion