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University. The role of feather mosses in N cycling in boreal
forest ecosystems.
PS 71-66 Bansal, S1, T Jochum2, D Wardle3 and MC Nilsson2, (1)
United States Department of Agriculture, (2)Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, (3)Department of
Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences. Interactive effects of burn severity
and canopy cover on ecophysiology of tree seedlings in
boreal forests.
PS 71-67 Perzley, JA1, D Brickley2 and PS Petraitis2, (1)Rutgers
University, (2)University of Pennsylvania. Characterization
and comparison of forest and steppe ecotones on north-
and south-facing slopes in northern Mongolia.
PS 72 - Forest Habitats: Temperate
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 72-68 Guzmán Colón, DK1, NT Reif2, WB Mattingly3 and JL
Orrock4, (1)Michigan State University, (2)University of
Vermont, (3)University of Wisconsin-Madison, (4)University
of Wisconsin - Madison. Historic land use affects grounddwelling
ant community structure in longleaf pine savannas.
PS 72-69 Kilanowski, A, St. Lawrence University. Third and fourth
order habitat selection of North American porcupines
(Erethizon dorsatum) differs in winter and non-winter
seasons.
PS 72-70 Maenza-Gmelch, T and S Gilly, Barnard College, Columbia
University. Habitat-based bird monitoring in Black Rock
Forest, Hudson Highlands, southeastern NY: Long-term
trends and seasonal inventories, 2011.
PS 72-71 Merschel, A1 and TA Spies2, (1)Oregon State University,
(2)US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
Climatic and topographic drivers of stand structure and
composition in old-growth mixed-conifer forests.
PS 72-72 Halperin, A1 and GG Parker2, (1)Oberlin College, Oberlin,
OH, (2)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
Predicting vertical PAR profiles from canopy structure in
eastern forests.
PS 72-73 Ribbons, RR1, NJ Sanders2, AM Ellison3 and AT Classen2,
(1)University of Tennessee-Knoxville, (2)University of
Tennessee, (3)Harvard Forest (Harvard University).
Community and ecosystem responses to experimental ant
and forest manipulations.
PS 72-74 Peterjohn, WT1, ZK Fowler1, C Cummins1, T Holliday1,
C Kennedy1, A Lloyd1, KA Maier2, FS Gilliam3 and MB
Adams4, (1)West Virginia University, (2)St. Olaf College, (3)
Marshall University, (4)USDA Forest Service. Are greater
nitrate losses following ammonium additions to a forest due
to higher rates of nitrate production - or to something else?.
PS 72-75 Rogers, TR and FL Russell, Wichita State University. Oak
expansion in the Chautauqua Hills, Kansas: A regional
assessment of historic change.
PS 72-76 Shea, EL1, LA Schulte1 and BJ Palik2, (1)Iowa State
University, (2)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research
Station. Variable retention harvesting to enhance stand
complexity: Songbird community response in a red pine
(Pinus resinosa) forest.
PS 72-77 Kim, HJ, H Yi, JW Nam and J Seong, Seoul Women’s
University, Seoul, Korea. A study of the community
structures of dead wood dwelling arthropods.
PS 72-78 Boyd, JP1, CL Staudhammer1, G Starr1, JL Hart1 and R
Mitchell2, (1)University of Alabama, (2)Joseph W. Jones
Ecological Research Center. Quantifying the drivers of
longleaf pine regeneration.
PS 72-79 Lowney, CA1, MA Jenkins1, MA Spetich2, SR Shifley3 and
BD Graham1, (1)Purdue University, (2)USDA Forest Service,
(3)Forest Service Northern Research Station. Two decades
of change in the composition and structure of old-growth
hardwood forests throughout Indiana, USA.
PS 72-80 Ippi, S1, D Salinas1, JL Celis-Diez1, MF Willson2 and JJ
Armesto1, (1)Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, (2)
Fundacion Senda Darwin. Habitat partitioning by a rural
bird assemblage in northern Chiloé Island (42ºS), Chile.
PS 72-81 Yavitt, JB and TJ Fahey, Cornell University. Earthworm effects
on stabilization of litter C and N in a sugar maple forest.
PS 72-82 Kush, JS, JC Gilbert and RJ Barlow, Auburn University.
Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems
4:30 pm-6:30 pm
What kills longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)? 45 years of data
says not much.
PS 72-83 Zastrow, S, JH Sullivan and MC Neel, University of
Maryland. Forest response to a tornado on the campus of
the Univesrity of Maryland.
PS 72-84 Greaves, D1, CF Tejo1, K Mafune1, D Zabowski1 and N
Nadkarni2, (1)University of Washington, (2)University of
Utah. Epiphytic litterfall in an old-growth temperate forest
at Olympic National Park, Washington.
PS 72-85 Wolf, AT1, RW Howe1 and NG Swenson2, (1)University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay, (2)Michigan State University.
Diversity patterns of bird assemblages in a post-glacial
landscape of northern Wisconsin, USA.
PS 73 - Forest Habitats: Tropical
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 73-86 Becklund, KK, LL Kinkel and JS Powers, University of
Minnesota. Landscape variation in the abundance of
pathogen-suppressive Streptomyces in secondary tropical
dry forests of Costa Rica.
PS 73-87 Whitman, M1 and JD Ackerman2, (1)University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, (2)University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
Habitat suitability for terrestrial orchids in a tropical forest:
best sites for survival differ from those for reproduction.
PS 73-88 Chang, LW1, ST Chiu2 and CF Hsieh1, (1)National Taiwan
University, (2)National Museum of Natural Science.
Partitioning spatial diversities of pioneer and non-pioneer
saplings in an evergreen broad-leaved forest of Taiwan.
PS 73-89 May, LN and I Ibanez, University of Michigan. Assessment
of forest regeneration across land tenure regimes in
southeastern Tanzania.
PS 73-90 Silva, RR1 and CRF Brandão2, (1)Museu de Zoologida
da Universidade de Sao Paulo, (2)Museu de Zoologia da
Universidade de Sao Paulo. Functional structure in ant
communities along a latitudinal gradient in the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest hotspot.
PS 73-91 Barriga, PA and CL Sagers, University of Arkansas.
Community structure and ecological specialization in plantant
interactions.
PS 73-92 Hulshof, CM1, JC Stegen2, N Swenson3, CAF Enquist4 and
BJ Enquist1, (1)University of Arizona, (2)Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, (3)Michigan State University, (4)USA
National Phenology Network. Interannual variability of
growth and reproduction in Bursera simaruba: The role of
allometry and resource variability.
PS 74 - Climate Change
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 74-93 Slabaugh, K, M Clark and BA Bancroft, Southern Utah
University. The effects of water fluctuation and temperature
change on amphibian larvae.
PS 74-94 Sorokin, Y1, E Pendall1, A Brennan1, DG Williams1,
JA Morgan2 and JL Heisler-White3, (1)University of
Wyoming, (2)USDA-ARS, (3)TriHydro, Inc. Responses of
evapotranspiration to experimental warming and elevated
CO2 in a semi-arid grassland.
PS 74-95 Ryan, SF, University of Notre Dame. Recent climatic
warming may be leading to discordant shifts in wing
morphology in a butterfly hybrid zone.
PS 74-96 Mildenberger, KL and J Brookshire, Montana State
University. Internal versus external inputs of phosphorus in
a snow driven subalpine grassland ecosystem in southwest
Montana.
PS 74-97 Guerrini, A1, JE Dugan2, A Howkins3 and G Rumore4,
(1)Oregon State University, (2)University of California, (3)
Colorado State University, (4)University of Minnesota.
Putting the “long term” in the LTERs: Historical work at two
LTER sites.
PS 74-98 Motew, MM and CJ Kucharik, University of Wisconsin-
Madison. Climate induced changes in biome distribution,
NPP, and hydrology for potential vegetation of the Upper
Midwest US.
PS 74-99 Holsinger, J, J Brookshire and T Weaver, Montana State
University. Using remote sensing vegetation indices
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