The Third Cary Conference, "Comparative Analyses of         Ecosystems:  Patterns, Mechanisms, and Theories"; Millbrook,NY; April 30 - May 3, 1989
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The Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) will host an                      international conference on "Comparative analyses of ecosystems:                patterns, mechanisms, and theories," on 20 April through 3 May,                 1989.  The subject of this conference will be quantitative                      analyses of important ecosystem phenomena across systems.  The                  goals of the conference are:                                                                                                                                    i)   to encourage the application of comparative techniques to                       develop and test theories in ecosystem ecology,                                                                                                            ii)  to address methodological and philosophical difficulties in                     using a comparative approach,                                                                                                                              iii) to expose workers in one ecological subdiscipline to                            potentially useful ideas, data, and methods from other                          subdisciplines, and                                                                                                                                        iv)  to explore the potential and the limitations of cross-                          ecosystem comparisons.                                                                                                                                          Approximately 45 ecologists from around the world will                     attend this conference.  As in the previous two Cary Conferences,               the emphasis of this meeting will be on discussion and critical                 examination of fundamental ideas in ecology.  Speakers and other                participants will be challenged to extend their thinking beyond                 the day-to-day limits of their own research fields.  Such open                  and critical evaluation will help to stimulate the ecological                   community, and will encourage the integration of ideas and                      development of new research.                                                         The Ecosystem Studies Program recommends that an award be                  made in support of the third Cary Conference.
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