Session: Symposium--Assessing the Multi-Functionality of Grasslands: Future Research Priorities to Address Global Change (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

C06 Forage and Grazinglands

Symposium

Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:25 AM-11:45 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 381A

Presiding:

Dirk Philipp

8:25 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

Grasslands in Transition: Emerging Issues and Challenges in the Western USA.
Steven Archer, University of Arizona

9:30 AM

Managing the Multi-Functionality of Grasslands--An Antipodean View.
David Kemp, Charles Sturt University

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Economic Assessment of Goods and Services Delivered by Grasslands: Current Knowledge and Missing Research Links.
Urs Kreuter, Texas A&M Univ.; Richard Conner, Texas A&M Univ.

10:45 AM

Challenges Affecting Federal Policies for Grassland Agriculture.
Evert Byington, USDA/Agricultural Research Service

11:15 AM

Funding Opportunities for Multi-Disciplinary Grassland Research.
James Dobrowolski, USDA-CSREES

11:45 AM

Adjourn

565 Symposium--Assessing the Multi-Functionality of Grasslands: Future Research Priorities to Address Global Change