San Francisco, California, December 15-19, 2008
Humans have now irreversibly reshaped global
patterns of ecosystem structure and functioning across most of the terrestrial
biosphere. Yet many scientists and educators continue to represent biospheric
patterns using biome classifications and other systems that either ignore humans
altogether or that simplify human influence into a few dimensions of human
disturbance, impact or domination. Earth system science would benefit greatly by
adopting a more robust model of the terrestrial biosphere that incorporates
humans as essential shapers, caretakers and components of ecosystems within an
anthropogenic biosphere. This symposium will describe the rich global diversity
of anthropogenic ecosystem pattern and process and will describe current efforts
to develop improved data, models and investigations of anthropogenic ecosystem
processes and their changes at global and regional scales, toward the goal of
encouraging mainstream scientists and educators to embrace human interaction
with ecosystems as an essential and permanent part of the terrestrial biosphere.
Organizers:
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Stages of the Anthropocene: Assessing the Human Impact on the Earth System
W Steffen, P Crutzen, J McNeill,
K A Hibbard
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Climate Model Tests Of Anthropogenic Influence On Greenhouse-Induced Climate Change: The Role Of Plant Physiology Feedbacks
G Philippon, S Vavrus, J E Kutzbach, W F Ruddiman
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Biosphere Lost: Rethinking the Study of Global Environmental Systems
J A Foley INVITED
1201
The role of academic research in managing a transition to a sustainable biosphere
P A Matson INVITED
1213
Enhancing Natural Capital across the Biosphere
G Daily, H Tallis, J Goldstein, E Nelson, S Polasky INVITED
K Klein Goldewijk
Holocene = Anthropocene? The HYDE database for integrated global change research over the past 12,000 years
D Zaks, J Foley
No Free Lunch – Trading Away Ecosystem Services from Agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon
J Zalasiewicz, M Williams, A Haywood, A C Kerr, P Pearson, A Smith, T L Barry, A Coe, P R Bown, P Brenchley, A Gale, P Gibbard,
F J Gregory, M Hounslow, R Knox, J Powell, C Waters, J Marshall, M Oates, P
Rawson, P Stone
Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene
E C Ellis, D Lightman, K Klein Goldewijk, N Ramankutty
Anthropogenic Transformation of the Biomes, 1700 to 2000
M G Davis, D S Chapman
Warming of the Continents in the Anthropocene
J Dandois
Changes in Soil Organic Matter Related to Suburban Growth Into Agricultural and Forested Areas
A Schneider
Friend or Foe? Urbanization and the Biosphere
J Voelkel, S Doetterl, A Schneider, M Leopold, K Huerkamp, A Hilgers
Development of a Spacious (Pre- and Proto) Historic Inland Dune Landscape in Lower Bavaria, Germany
B Lehner
Improved Data, Models and Investigations of Anthropogenic Effects on Freshwater Ecosystems at a Global Scale
R He, H Jin, W Ma, G Cheng
Recent Changes of Permafrost and Cold Regions Environments in the Northern Part of Northeastern China
R Licker, M Johnston, J A Foley, N Ramankutty
From the ground up: The role of climate versus management on global crop yield patterns
M A Kruge
Organic Chemostratigraphic Markers Characteristic of the (Informally Designated) Anthropocene Epoch