Society Notices. Call for Nominations: ESA Awards. Announcements

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1 Society Notices Call for Nominations: ESA Awards The Awards Committee of the Ecological Society of America solicits and encourages nominations from members of the ESA for each of the awards listed below. ESA especially encourages nominations of candidates from traditionally underrepresented groups, including women and minorities. In preparing a nomination, it would be helpful to consult with the Chair of the specific award subcommittee ( s below) or the Awards Committee Chair, Alan Hastings, amhastings@ucdavis.edu. More information about the process is available on ESA s web page: Nomination process and schedule Nominations for awards to authors for specific publications (George Mercer Award, W. S. Cooper Award, Sustainability Science Award) should include the full citation, a copy of the publication (electronic if possible), and a letter of nomination. Nominations for awards to an individual for a body of work (Eminent Ecologist Award, Odum Education Award, Honorary Member Award, Distinguished Service Citation) should include a curriculum vitae, a letter of nomination, and no more than three additional letters of support. To be given full consideration, nominations for awards should be completed by 15 December We welcome nominations that reflect the diversity of the Society s membership. A nomination should be submitted as a single PDF to awards@esa.org, with the name of the award in the subject line. Eminent Ecologist Award The Eminent Ecologist Award is given to a senior ecologist in recognition of an outstanding body of ecological work or of sustained ecological contributions of extraordinary merit. Nominees may be from any country and need not be ESA members. Recipients receive lifetime active membership in the Society. Recent recipients include Michael Rosenzweig, Stephen Hubbell, Simon Levin, Thomas G. Whitham, and Robert J. Naiman. For more information about the award, please contact Robert Holt, Chair ( ), Eminent Ecologist Award Subcommittee, rdholt@ufl.edu 268 Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

2 ESA Odum Education Award The Eugene P. Odum Award recognizes an ecologist for outstanding work in ecology education. This award was generously endowed by, and named for, the distinguished ecologist Eugene P. Odum. Through teaching, outreach, and mentoring activities, recipients of this award have demonstrated their ability to relate basic ecological principles to human affairs. Nominations recognizing achievements in education at the university, K 12, and public levels are all encouraged. Recent recipients include Christine Flanagan, Kenneth Klemow, John C. Moore, and Charlene D Avanzo. For more information about the award, please contact Kenneth Klemow, Chair ( ), ESA Odum Education Award Subcommittee, kenneth.klemow@wilkes.edu Honorary Member Award Honorary Membership in the Society is given to a distinguished ecologist who has made exceptional contributions to ecology and whose principal residence and site of ecological research are outside of North America. Up to three awards may be made in any one year until a total of 20 is reached. Nominations of women and minority candidates, as well as those from developing countries, are especially encouraged. Recent honorees include Suzanne Milton, Marilyn Ball, and Richard Shine. For more information about the award, please contact Indy Burke, Chair ( ), Honorary Member Award Subcommittee, iburke@uwyo.edu George Mercer Award The Mercer Award is given for an outstanding ecological research paper published by a younger researcher (the lead author must be 40 years of age or younger at the time of publication). If the award is given for a paper with multiple authors, all authors will receive a plaque, and those 40 years of age or younger at the time of publication will share the monetary prize. The paper must have been published in 2011 or 2012 to be eligible for the 2013 award. Nominees may be from any country and need not be ESA members. Recent recipients include Richard Lankau, Meghan Duffy and Spencer Hall, Tracy Langkilde, and Carla Staver and Sally Archibald. For more information about the award, please contact Ingrid Parker, Chair ( ), Mercer Award Subcommittee, imparker@ucsc.edu W. S. Cooper Award The W. S. Cooper Award is given to honor an outstanding contributor to the fields of geobotany and/or physiographic ecology, the fields in which W. S. Cooper worked. This award is for a single contribution in a scientific publication (single or multiple authored). Nominees need not be ESA members and can be of any nationality. Recent recipients include Jacquelyn Gill, Stephen T. Jackson, K. Lininger, Guy S. Robinson, Margaret B. Davis and colleagues, and Kevin Boyce and colleagues. For more information about the award, please contact David Ackerly, Chair ( ), Cooper Award Subcommittee, dackerly@berkeley.edu October

3 Distinguished Service Citation The Distinguished Service Citation is given to recognize long and distinguished volunteer service to the ESA, to the larger scientific community, and to the larger purpose of ecology in the public welfare. Recent recipients are Kay Gross, Rosina Bierbaum, Donald Strong, and Janet Lanza. For more information about the award, please contact Robert Holt, Chair ( ), Distinguished Service Citation Subcommittee, Sustainability Science Award The Sustainability Science Award is given to the authors of a scholarly work that makes the greatest contribution to the emerging science of ecosystem and regional sustainability through the integration of ecological and social sciences. One of the most pressing challenges facing humanity is the sustainability of important ecological, social, and cultural processes in the face of changes in the forces that shape ecosystems and regions. This ESA award is for a single scholarly contribution (book, book chapter, or peer-reviewed journal article) published in the last five years. Nominees need not be ESA members and can be of any age, nationality, or place of residence. Recent recipients are M. Lindegren, C. Möllmann, A. Nielsen, and N. Stenseth, Boris Worm and colleagues, and R. S. Reid and colleagues. To submit a nomination, please contact Eleanor Sterling, Chair ( ), Sustainability Science Award Subcommittee, sterling@amnh.org 270 Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

4 REQUEST FOR STUDENT AWARD JUDGES Murray F. Buell Award and E. Lucy Braun Award Judges are needed to evaluate candidates for the Murray F. Buell Award for the outstanding oral presentation by a student and the E. Lucy Braun Award for the outstanding poster presentation by a student at the Annual ESA Meeting at Minneapolis, Minnesota in We need to provide each candidate with at least four judges competent in the specific subject of the presentation. Each judge is asked to evaluate 3 5 papers and/or posters. Current graduate students are not eligible to judge. This is a great way to become involved in an important ESA activity. We desperately need your help! Please complete and send this form by mail or to the Ecological Society of America, Attn: Buell/Braun Awards, 1990 M Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, e mail:buellbraun@esa. org. If you have judged in the past several years, this information is on file. If you do not have to update your information, simply send an message, Yes, I can judge this year. Name Current mailing address June/July mailing address Current telephone Year M.S. received Summer telephone Fax Year Ph.D received Areas of expertise (check all that apply): Discipline Research approach (please rank) Organisms Botany Population ecology Vertebrates Zoology Community ecology Types: Microbiology Ecosystem ecology Invertebrates Applied ecology Types: Habitat Physiological ecology Plants Soil Behavioral ecology Types: Terrestrial Paleoecology Fungi Freshwater Theoretical ecology Microbes Marine Evolutionary ecology Types: Provide a few key words or phrases that describe your interests and expertise: October

5 STUDENT AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN ECOLOGY Murray F. Buell Award and E. Lucy Braun Award Murray F. Buell had a long and distinguished record of service and accomplishment in the Ecological Society of America. Among other things, he ascribed great importance to the participation of students in meetings and to excellence in the presentation of papers. To honor his selfless dedication to the younger generation of ecologists, the Murray F. Buell Award for Excellence in Ecology is given to a student for the outstanding oral paper presented at the ESA Annual Meeting. E. Lucy Braun, an eminent plant ecologist and one of the charter members of the Society, studied and mapped the deciduous forest regions of eastern North America and described them in her classic book, The Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America. To honor her, the E. Lucy Braun Award for Excellence in Ecology is given to a student for the outstanding poster presentation at the ESA Annual Meeting. A candidate for these awards must be an undergraduate, a graduate student, or a recent doctorate not more than 9 months past graduation at the time of the meeting. The paper or poster must be presented as part of the program sponsored by the Ecological Society of America, but the student need not be an ESA member. To be eligible for these awards the student must be the sole or senior author of the oral paper (Note: symposium talks are ineligible) or poster. Papers and posters will be judged on the significance of ideas, creativity, quality of methodology, validity of conclusions drawn from results, and clarity of presentation. While all students are encouraged to participate, winning papers and posters typically describe fully completed projects. The students selected for these awards will be announced in the ESA Bulletin following the Annual Meeting. A certificate and a check for $500 will be presented to each recipient at the next ESA Annual Meeting. If you wish to be considered for either of these awards at the 2013 Annual Meeting, you must send the following to the Chair of the Student Awards Subcommittee: (1) the application form on the back of this page, (2) a copy of your abstract, and (3) a 250-word or less description of why/how the research presented will advance the field of ecology. Because of the large number of applications for the Buell and Braun awards in recent years, applicants may be pre screened prior to the meeting, based on the quality of the abstract and this description of the significance of their research. The application form, abstract, and research justification must be sent by (greatly preferred: buellbraun@esa.org) or mail to The Ecological Society of America, Attn: Buell/Braun Awards, 1990 M St, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC The deadline for submission of form and abstract is 1 March 2013; applications sent after 1 March 2013 will not be considered. This submission is in addition to the regular abstract submission. Buell/ Braun participants who fail to notify the B/B Chair by 1 May of withdrawal from the meeting will be ineligible, barring exceptional circumstances, for consideration in the future. Electronic versions of the Application Form are available on the ESA web site, or you can send an to buellbraun@ esa.org and request that an electronic version be sent to you as an attachment. 272 Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

6 Application Form for Buell or Braun Award Name Current Mailing Address Current Telephone E mail College/University Affiliation Title of Presentation Presentation: Paper (Buell Award) Poster (Braun Award) At the time of presentation I will be (check one): an undergraduate student a graduate student a recent doctorate not more than 9 months past graduation I will be the sole /senior author (check one) of the paper/poster. The research being presented describes the results of a fully completed project (check one): Yes No Signed (electronic signatures are OK) Please attach a copy of your abstract and 250 word or less description of why/how the research presented will advance the field of ecology. October

7 Society Actions Annual Meeting Abstracts The abstracts from the 2012 ESA Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon will appear as a Supplement to this issue of the Bulletin. Go to: The abstracts from the annual meeting are published annually as a Supplement to the October issue. Links to the abstracts from all recent Annual Meetings ( ) are now available at allenpress.com. The abstracts from Annual Meetings prior to 1998 were published as print Supplements to the Bulletin. Now that the Bulletin has been digitized for inclusion in JSTOR, those abstracts prior to 1997 are also available in digital form. Annual Reports to Council The 2012 Annual Reports to Council from ESA officers, committees, sections, and chapters can be accessed at: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America