Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

1:30 pm-5 pm
(1)Michigan State University, (2)The Ohio State University.
Predicting non-consumptive predator effects on multiple
prey in a complex natural system.
4:20 PM COS 168-9 Stafford, ES
162 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center
1 , N Chojnacki1 , CL Tyler2 , CL
Schneider1 and LR Leighton1 , (1)University of Alberta, (2)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Crushing
predation and shell fragmentation on marine mollusks.
4:40 PM COS 168-10 Middleton, AD1 , MJ Kauffman2 , DE
McWhirter3 , MD Jimenez4 , RC Cook5 , JG Cook5 , H
Sawyer6 and SE Albeke1 , (1)University of Wyoming, (2)
United States Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative
Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, (3)Wyoming Game
and Fish Department, (4)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
(5)National Council for Air and Stream Improvement,
Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory, (6)WEST, Inc..
Spatial and temporal context limit the effect of wolves on
elk behavior and physiology.
COS 169 - Rhizophere And Root Function
C123, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM COS 169-1 O’Donnell, FC1 , KK Caylor1 , P D’Odorico2 ,
GS Okin3 , A Bhattachan2 and K Dintwe3 , (1)Princeton
University, (2)University of Virginia, (3)UCLA. Inter-annual
rainfall variability supports coexistence of savanna tree
and shrub species with dimorphic rooting strategies.
1:50 PM COS 169-2 York, LM and JP Lynch, The Pennsylvania
State University. Nodal root growth angle influences
nitrogen acquisition and competition in maize (Zea
mays).
2:10 PM COS 169-3 Jarvi, MP and AJ Burton, Michigan
Technological University. Response of ecosystem fine
root respiration to soil warming in a sugar maple forest.
2:30 PM COS 169-4 Hu, F and PP Mou, Beijing Normal University.
Threshold nutrient levels for the birth and die of rootlets.
2:50 PM COS 169-5 Ming, N, J Bell, S Raut and E Pendall,
University of Wyoming. Responses of root morphology
and function to elevated CO2 in terrestrial ecosystems: a
meta-analysis .
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM COS 169-6 Kirsch, JL, The University of Washington.
Relationships between belowground plant carbon and
canopy structure in a temperate forest ecosystem.
3:40 PM COS 169-7 Tharayil, N, Clemson University. Evaluating
the pattern and composition of root exudation using
improved sampling and analytical techniques.
4:00 PM COS 169-8 Hobbie, JE and M Campbell, Marine
Biological Laboratory. Amino acids from soil do enter
roots but are not important for trees in nature.
COS 170 - Urban Ecology I
D135, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM COS 170-1 Broshot, NE, Linfield College. A decade of
change in avian abundance and richness in an urban
forest, Forest Park in Portland, Oregon.
1:50 PM COS 170-2 Hochuli, DF, The University of Sydney.
Elevated levels of herbivory on an urban-rural gradient
reveal species-specific signals of landscape degradation
in novel ecosystems.
2:10 PM COS 170-3 Hale, RL1 , L Turnbull1 , S Earl1 and N Grimm2 2:50 PM COS 170-5 Roman, LA, UC Berkeley. Urban tree
mortality rates: applying concepts from demography and
monitoring in Oakland, CA.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM COS 170-6 Record, S
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2:30 PM
(1)Arizona State University, (2)Arizona State University,
and US Global Change Research Program. Effects of
urban stormwater infrastructure on dissolved nutrient
export from semi-arid, urban watersheds.
COS 170-4 Sushinsky, JR, J Rhodes, HP Possingham,
TK Gill and RA Fuller, University of Queensland.
Minimising the ecological impact of urban growth.
1 , JL Jennings2 and KA Stinson3 ,
(1)Harvard Forest, Harvard University, (2)Mount Holyoke
College, (3)Harvard University. Variation in the vital rates
of an allergenic plant, common ragweed (Ambrosia
artemisiifolia L.), across an urban to rural and temperature
gradient.
3:40 PM COS 170-7 Tringali, A1 and R Bowman2 4:00 PM
, (1)University
of Central Florida, (2)Archbold Biological Station. The
effects of urbanization on body condition and plumage
condition in nestling and juvenile Florida scrub-jays.
COS 170-8 Vogt, JM, SK Mincey and BC Fischer, Indiana
University. Evaluating the biophysical and social results
of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s urban tree plantings as a
social-ecological system.
4:20 PM COS 170-9 Camilo, GR, P Wang and O Sandoval, Saint
Louis University. Natural and social processes in the
shrinking city.
COS 171 - Wetlands
F149, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM COS 171-1 Ducey, TF, JO Miller and PG Hunt, Agricultural
Research Service, USDA. The biogeography of Mid-
Atlantic CEAP wetlands.
1:50 PM COS 171-2 Crawford, JT, AG Stone and BM Kraemer,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Relationships
between soil properties and Spartina alterniflora dieback
patchiness in an Atlantic salt marsh.
2:10 PM COS 171-3 Malone, S1 , G Starr1 , CL Staudhammer1 , SF
Oberbauer2 and MG Ryan3 , (1)University of Alabama, (2)
Florida International University, (3)USDA Forest Service.
Effects of simulated drought on physiological activity of
Everglades short-hydroperiod marsh.
2:30 PM COS 171-4 Turnbull, L, DL Childers, NA Weller, J Ramos
Jr., B Warner, CA Sanchez, E Chapman, A Evert, L Wilson
and O Epshtein, Arizona State University. Hydrology
versus ecology: The effectiveness of constructed wetlands
for improving wastewater quality in an arid climate.
2:50 PM COS 171-5 Leyda, JD, Leyda Consulting, Inc.. Expert
ecology: How to write scientific literature to be most
effective in the courtroom.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM COS 171-6 Corman, SS1 , M Ivens-Duran1 , MD
Bertness1 , LA Deegan2 and HM Leslie1 , (1)Brown
University, (2)Marine Biological Laboratory. Local to
3:40 PM
latitudinal variation in flowering phenology in the salt
marsh foundation species Spartina alterniflora.
COS 171-7 Kandalepas, D1 , AE Arnold2 , GP Shaffer3 and
WJ Platt III4 , (1)Wetland Resources LLC, (2)University
of Arizona, (3)Southeastern Louisiana University, (4)
Lousiana State University. Hurricane effects on cryptic
fungi in wetland plants.
4:00 PM COS 171-8 Christman, MA, NF McCarten and R Rosas,
Institute for Ecohydrology Research. A five year study of
hardpan vernal pools at Mather Field, CA: Responses of
vernal pool plant species to variability in hydroperiod.
4:20 PM COS 171-9 Plenzler, MA and HJ Michaels, Bowling Green
State University. The effects of canopy cover and leaf litter
species on macroinvertebrate diversity in vernal pools.
4:40 PM COS 171-10 Halabisky, MA and LM Moskal,
University of Washington. Using LiDAR and objectbased
image analysis to map wetlands in Mt. Rainier
National Park.
THURSDAY