Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

THURSDAY
4:30 pm-6:30 pm
PS 80-165
growth and vegetative reproduction in krummholz mats
and tree islands in high elevation spruce-fir forests of
southeastern Wyoming, USA.
Kleier, C1 and W Stenzel2, (1)Regis University, (2)State
of Colorado Attorney General Office. Azorella compacta
conservation and demography in Parque Nacional Lauca,
Chile.
PS 80-166 Formica, AF1, EC Farrer2 and KN Suding3, (1)Columbia
University, (2)University of California, Berkeley, (3)University
of California at Berkeley. Salix shrub expansion over the
past 62 years in rocky mountain alpine tundra.
PS 80-167 Bergweiler, C, PP Systems Inc. and University of
Massachusetts Environmental Sciences Program.
Sustained high elevation ozone in the northeastern US:
Physiological indicators in red spruce-dominated forests.
PS 81 - Arid and Semi-Arid Systems
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 81-168 Katz, O1, S Lev-Yadun2 and P Bar (Kutiel)1, (1)Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, (2)University of Haifa – Oranim.
Plasticity in phytolith production in Asteraceae species
along a rainfall gradient in Israel.
PS 81-169 Wiseman, GH, J Johnson and VL Lougheed, University
of Texas at El Paso. Comparing avian diversity between
perennial and ephemeral water sources located within a
Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem.
PS 81-170 Allington, GRH and TJ Valone, Saint Louis University.
Islands of fertility: Are they an artifact of grazing?.
PS 81-171 Santillán-Caravantes, P and I Pisanty, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Nurse effect in
the clonal establishment of Sedum oxypetalum in disturbed
environments.
PS 81-172 Schiebout, MH1 and SB Franklin2, (1)Union University,
(2)University of Northern Colorado. Response of riparian
areas of the shortgrass steppe to release from cattle
grazing using exclosures: Comparison at different spatial
and temporal scales .
PS 81-173 Godinez-Alvarez, H, I Cabral, M Hernandez, R Lira, F Lopez,
D Muñoz and L Rios-Casanova, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico. Land degradation in a Mexican
tropical dryland: An assessment using soil, vegetation, and
human disturbance indicators.
PS 81-174 Nieto, BC1, H Lee2, DB Hewins1, PW Barnes3, NG
McDowell4, WT Pockman5, T Rahn4 and HL Throop1,
(1)New Mexico State University, (2)National Center for
Atmospheric Research, (3)Loyola University, (4)Los Alamos
National Laboratory, (5)University of New Mexico. The
effects of UV radiation, litter chemistry, and drought on
desert litter decomposition.
PS 81-175 Suazo, AA1, A San2, RK Tsutsui2 and SR Abella2, (1)
University of Idaho, (2)University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Desert seed consumers as predators and dispersers of a
non-native invasive plant.
PS 81-176 Tran, HE1, WT Pockman2 and LM Ladwig2, (1)University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, (2)University of New Mexico.
Recovery of Larrea tridentata following extreme cold across
a shrub-grassland ecotone.
PS 81-177 Veblen, KE, Utah State University. Alternative pathways for
development of meso-scale wildlife hotspots in an East
African savanna.
PS 81-178 Pisanty, I1, C Pérez y Sosa1, M Ródríguez-Sánchez1,
MC Mandujano2 and C Peralta1, (1)Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (2)Instituto
de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Sinkhole formation, dynamics, and colonization in
the Churince System, a disturbed desert wetland in
Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, Mexico.
PS 82 - Grasslands/Steppe
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 82-179 Maltz, MR1, K Treseder2 and A Swanson3, (1)University
of California, Irvine, (2)University of California Irvine, (3)
University of California, Riverside. Mycorrhizal associations
in restored invaded grasslands.
PS 82-180 Zou, CB, RE Will, B Acharya, V Guidotti and M Olenscki,
Oklahoma State University. Redistribution and potential loss
of soil carbon at watershed after redcedar encroachment in
a mesic grassland.
PS 82-181 Koziol, E and JD Bever, Indiana University. Early
successional prairie plants are less mycotrophic and have
greater specific root length than late successional prairie
plants.
PS 82-182 Knight, EC1, NA Mahony2 and DJ Green1, (1)Simon Fraser
University, (2)Environment Canada. Grassland songbird
productivity: Does the edge effect on nest predation vary
between agricultural types?.
PS 83 - Paleoecology
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 83-183 Hill, CL, Boise State University. Long-term patterns of
biodiversity in the Northern Rocky Mountains: Landscape
dynamics, conservation paleobiology, and historical
ecology.
PS 83-184 Ireland, AW and RK Booth, Lehigh University. Upland
deforestation triggered an ecosystem state-shift in a kettle
peatland.
PS 83-185 Jones, RA and ST Jackson, University of Wyoming. Did
Native American fires maintain the longleaf pine ecosystem?
A paleoecological approach.
PS 83-186 Jackson, ST1, JJ Andersen1, RA Jones1, Y Liu1 and
JW Williams2, (1)University of Wyoming, (2)University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Vegetation south of the ice margin in
eastern North America during the last glacial maximum and
deglaciation.
PS 83-187 Hotchkiss, SC1, EA Lynch2, R Calcote3 and MA Tweiten4,
(1)University of Wisconsin, (2)Luther College, (3)University
of Minnesota, (4)University of Wisconsin - Madison. Using
modern and presettlement pollen analogs to develop
transition matrices for northern Wisconsin forests.
PS 83-188 Dunnette, PV and PE Higuera, University of Idaho. Longterm
interactions among climate, fire, and biogeochemical
cycling in a Rocky Mountain subalpine watershed.
PS 83-189 Miller, DM and DM Miller, University of Wyoming, Laramie,
WY 82071. Morphometric analysis of fossil conifer cones
collected from a high-elevation, Late Pleistocene, deposit
near Snowmass Village, Colorado.
PS 84 - Urban Ecosystems
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 84-190 Colahan, C, E Weinbender and NE Broshot, Linfield College.
Seedling growth and survival of western red cedar (Thuja
plicata), six years later.
PS 84-191 Morzillo, AT, Oregon State University. Interactions between
urban residents and ecosystems across multiple scales in
the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area.
PS 84-192 Melendez-Ackerman, E1, R Santiago1, L Santiago-
Acevedo1, CP Vila2, DC Garcia-Montiel3, L Lastra2, C
Figuerola2, JC Verdejo1, H Manrique1 and E Hernandez-
Calo4, (1)University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, (2)
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, (3)
University of Puerto Rico, (4)University of Puerto Rico,
Cayey Campus. Plant species diversity and abundance in
the Río Piedras watershed: Associations with physical and
socioeconomic factors.
PS 84-193 Garcia-Montiel, DC1, R Santiago-Bartolomei2, E Melendez-
Ackerman2 and L Santiago1, (1)University of Puerto Rico,
(2)University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Consumption and
waste disposal patterns of household in a tropical urban
watershed. .
PS 84-194 Vila, CP1, E Meléndez-Ackerman2, D Garcia-Montier3, R
Santiago-Bartolomei1, H Manriquez1, E Hernandez-Calo4,
L Lastra1 and C Figuerola1, (1)University of Puerto Rico, Rio
Piedras Campus, (2)University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras,
(3)Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, (4)University
of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus. Plant diversity of
Residential yards across the Río Piedras watershed.
PS 84-195 Lee, BR, SA Montgomery, AK Ettinger and J Hille Ris
Lambers, University of Washington. A lost generation of
trees: Investigating the causes of low tree recruitment in
urban coniferous forests.
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