Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

FRIDAY
8 am-11:30 am
10:10 AM COS 173-7 Gillette, JP, KL Schulz and MA Teece, State
University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. You are what you eat (or produce): Using
stable carbon isotope analysis to quantify mixotrophic
feeding in three freshwater Chrysophyte algae.
10:30 AM COS 173-8 Dinger, E 1 and DA Sarr 2 , (1)Klamath Network,
(2)Klamath Network-National Park Service. Constructing
a multi-metric model of ecological integrity for the lakes
and ponds of Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA, USA.
10:50 AM COS 173-9 Richardson, DC 1 , JL Klug 2 , HA Ewing 3 , BR
Hargreaves 4 , NR Samal 5 , D Vachon 6 , DC Pierson 5 , AE
Lindsey 7 , D O’Donnell 8 , SW Effler 8 and KC Weathers 7 ,
(1)SUNY New Paltz, (2)Fairfield College, (3)Bates
College, (4)Lehigh University, (5)NYC Department of
Environmental Protection, (6)Université du Québec à
Montréal, (7)Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, (8)
Upstate Freshwater Institute. A regional analysis of the
physical and biological effects of Tropical Cyclone Irene
on lake ecosystems across northeastern United States
and eastern Canada.
COS 174 - Arid And Semi-Arid Systems
B114, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 174-1 Sandquist, DR1 , DR Bedford2 , M Macias1 ,
DM Miller2 , AR Newlander1 , KS Perkins2 and S
Schwinning3 , (1)California State University, Fullerton,
(2)U. S. Geological Survey, (3)Texas State University.
Ecohydrologic functions of small washes on a Mojave
Desert bajada and some impacts of their disturbance.
8:20 AM COS 174-2 Keeley, JE1 , T McGinnis1 and KN Keeley2 ,
(1)U.S. Geological Survey, (2)University of Califoria.
A subregional analysis of climate / fire interactions in
California.
8:40 AM COS 174-3 Browning, DM1 and C Steele2 , (1)USDA
Agriculture Research Service, (2)New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003. Evaluating plant
community responses to rainfall extremes in southwest
U.S. ecosystems using radiometric change detection.
9:00 AM COS 174-4 Mudrak, EL1 , JL Schafer2 , A Fuentes
Ramirez1 , C Holzapfel2 and KA Moloney1 , (1)Iowa State
University, (2)Rutgers University. Predictive modeling of
spatial patterns of soil nutrients associated with fertility
islands in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
9:20 AM COS 174-5 Levi, EM1 , SR Archer1 , HL Throop2 , K
Predick1 , PW Barnes3 and MA Tobler3 , (1)University
of Arizona, (2)New Mexico State University, (3)Loyola
University. Soil deposition and UV radiation influence litter
decomposition in a shrub-invaded dryland ecosystem.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM COS 174-6 Jiménez, MA1 , JJ Armesto2 , A Gaxiola3 , M
Carmona4 and FM Jaksic5 , (1)Universidad Católica de
Chile, IEB, CASEB, IRECA, (2)Institute of Ecology and
Biodiversity, (3)IEB, Universidad de Chile, CASEB, P.
Universidad Catolica de Chile, (4)Institute of Ecology and
Biodiversity and CASEB, Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile, (5)Departamento de Ecología PUC, CASEB.
Changes in limiting resources in semiarid ecosystems
enhance invasibility and composition of ephemeral
plants.
10:10 AM COS 174-7 St. Clair, SB1 , KJ Horn2 and B McMillan1 , (1)
Brigham Young University, (2)Brigham Young Univiersity.
Fire alters top-down effects of small mammal granivores
on Mojave Desert plant communities.
10:30 AM COS 174-8 Bates, JD, USDA - Agricultural Research
Service. Woodland successional phase effects vegetation
recovery after prescribed fire.
10:50 AM COS 174-9 Nettles, RM 1 , KJ Horn 2 and S St.Clair 1 , (1)
Brigham Young University, (2)Brigham Young Univiersity.
The effects of temperature and water availability on the
germination of Bromus rubens.
11:10 AM COS 174-10 Herrmann, JD 1 , MH Schmidt 2 and
Y Lubin 3 , (1)University of Washington, (2)University
Koblenz-Landau, (3)Ben-Gurion University. The effects
of habitat age in the surrounding landscape on spider
communities in Eucalyptus plantations in the Northern
Negev, Israel.
COS 175 - Behavior II
B115, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 175-1 Morris, DW 1 , A Dupuch 2 and WD Halliday 1 ,
(1)Lakehead University, (2)Université Laval. Global
warming, habitat change, and the future of lemming
habitat selection.
8:20 AM COS 175-2 McRae, TR, University of Miami. Predatorspecificity
of eastern gray squirrel alarm signals differs
across sensory modalities.
8:40 AM COS 175-3 Li, B 1 , P Bednekoff 2 , A Belasen 3 and
F Johannes 3 , (1)University of MIchigan, (2)Eastern
Michigan University, (3)University of Michigan. Effects of
feral cats on the evolution of antipredator behaviors in
the Aegean island lizard Podarcis erhardii.
9:00 AM COS 175-4 Hua, F 1 , RJ Fletcher Jr. 1 , KE Sieving 1 and
RM Dorazio 2 , (1)University of Florida, (2)U.S. Geological
Survey. Too scared to settle: Predation risk shapes
breeding bird community in ways predictable from
functional traits.
9:20 AM COS 175-5 Mosser, AA 1 , T Avgar 1 , GS Brown 2 and J
Fryxell 1 , (1)University of Guelph, (2)Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources. Towards an energetic landscape:
Broad-scale accelerometry in woodland caribou.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM COS 175-6 Warchola, N 1 , EE Crone 1 and CB Schultz 2 ,
(1)Harvard University, (2)Washington State University
Vancouver. The effects of fire on the behavior of an
endangered butterfly: A study of Fender’s blue in
Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
10:10 AM COS 175-7 Emery, VJ, University of California, Berkeley.
Parallel recognition systems in parabiotic nests: no
evidence for interspecific gestalt or interspecific
nestmate reocognition.
10:30 AM COS 175-8 Mitchell, WA and SL Lima, Indiana State
University. Adaptive dynamics of multiple behaviors
along a shy-bold continuum.
10:50 AM COS 175-9 Dobson, HEM 1 , JH Cane 2 , BM Boyer 1 and
R Helms 1 , (1)Whitman College, (2)USDA Agricultural
Research Service. Adult solitary bees actively consume
pollen throughout their life span.
11:10 AM COS 175-10 Gobush, KS, NOAA Fisheries. Significant
covariates of non-invasive measures of glucocorticoids
and thyroid hormone in free-ranging Hawaiian monk
seals (Monachus schauinslandi).
COS 176 - Biodiversity V
C123, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 176-1 Cavanaugh, KC1 , SL Davis1 , JS Gosnell2 , J
Ahumada3 and S Andelman3 , (1)University of California
Santa Barbara, (2)University of California, Santa Barbara,
(3)Conservation International. Interactions among
8:20 AM
climate, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in tropical
forest ecosystems.
COS 176-2 Dawson, TE1 , A West2 , TL Aston3 , WJ
Bond2 , G Midgley4 and E February2 , (1)UC Berkeley,
174 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center