Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

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PS 94-97 Hall, LS1, KM Kinney2, JR Kellner2, S Cordell3, GP Asner4,
JM Thaxton5, EJ Questad3, DE Knapp4 and T Kennedy-
Bowdoin4, (1)University of Hawaiři at Hilo, (2)University of
Maryland, (3)USDA Forest Service, (4)Carnegie Institution for
Science, (5)University of Puerto Rico. Detecting a prehistoric
fire regime in a Hawaiian sub –alpine dry forest.
PS 94-98 Fuller, C1, SA Entrekin1 and MA Evans-White2, (1)University
of Central Arkansas, (2)University of Arkansas. Increased
chironomid growth with increasing food quality.
PS 95 - Latebreaking: Conservation Management
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 95-99 Freyman, WA1, S Packard2 and J Pepper2, (1)Northeastern
Illinois University, (2)National Audubon Society. Restoration
Map: a web-based tool for spatially explicit planning of
ecological restoration projects.
PS 95-100 Gao, H, Research center for eco-environmental sciences,
Chinese Academy of sciences.. Roles of culturally protected
forests in biodiversity conservation in southeast China.
PS 95-101 Davies, RJ1, DA Mackay2 and MA Whalen2, (1)Outback
Ecology, (2)Flinders University. Reproductive biology of the
endangered artesian spring endemic forb Eriocaulon carsonii
(Eriocaulaceae) in arid south Australia.
PS 95-102 Cutts, BB1, M Lubell2, M Hamilton2, LM Roche3, JD
Derner4, MR George5, VT Eviner2 and KW Tate6, (1)
University of Illinois, (2)University of California Davis, (3)
University of California, Davis, (4)USDA ARS, High Plains
Grasslands Research Station, (5)University of California, (6)
University of California-Davis. Branding cattle ranchers: A
latent class analysis approach to characterizing patterns in
rancher decision-making that alter rangeland ecosystems in
California.
PS 95-103 Tomiya, S, University of California. Body size and
supraspecific extinction risk in terrestrial mammals: A
paleontological perspective.
PS 95-104 May, E, JK Tuell, K Mason, A Leach and R Isaacs, Michigan
State University. Developing regionally-specific wildflower
mixes for pollinator habitat restoration in farmland: Lessons
from Michigan.
PS 95-105 Case, EJ and RL Olliff, University of California, Davis. The
effects of litter depth on germination rates in the serpentine
endemic Boechera constancei.
PS 95-106 Rijal, R1 and R Rozzi2, (1)University of North Texas, (2)
University of North Texas and University of Magallanes -
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile. Community
forestry for livelihood enhancement of blacksmiths of Nepal
sustainable forest management for charcoal production
based on different mid-hill tree types.
PS 95-107 Moberg, EA and MG Neubert, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. The cost of protecting biodiversity in harvested
metacommunities.
PS 95-108 Barrett, K1, N Nibbelink2 and JC Maerz3, (1)Clemson
University, (2)University of Georgia, (3)The University of
Georgia. Identifying long-term climatic refugia for amphibians
in a global hotspot of diversity.
PS 95-109 St. Clair, CC1, RA Ronconi2, T Habib1, S Loots1, J Ball1 and
C McCallum1, (1)University of Alberta, (2)Acadia University.
Many birds land but few appear to die in the tailings ponds
of Alberta’s Oil Sands.
PS 95-110 Benka, V, University of Michigan. Wildlife, livestock, and
disease in Laikipia, Kenya: Pastoralist observations.
PS 95-111 Bartlett, MK1, C Scoffoni2, Y Zhang3, R Ardy2, S Sun3, K
Cao3 and L Sack1, (1)UCLA, (2)University of California Los
Angeles, (3)Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens.
Rapid determination of comparative drought tolerance traits:
Using an osmometer to predict turgor loss point.
PS 95-112 Harrison, T, Rutgers University. Biotic homogenization in bee
communities.
PS 95-113 Boser, CL1, KR Faulkner2, C Cory1, LA Vermeer1, JM
Randall1 and SA Morrison1, (1)The Nature Conservancy, (2)
National Park Service. Program to eradicate populations of
invasive Argentine ants in ecologically sensitive areas.
PS 95-114 Ratay, SE and PW Rundel, University of California, Los
Angeles. Patterns of plant endangerment on California’s
Channel Islands.
PS 96 - Latebreaking: Disease And Epidemiology
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 96-115 Springer, JC, MT Chansler and AM Jarosz, Michigan State
University. Hyperparasite influence on pathogen population
structure: Mycoviruses and the chestnut blight pathogen,
cryphonectria parasitica.
PS 96-116 Moore, CT, JC Springer and AM Jarosz, Michigan State
University. Diversity of vegetative incompatibility (vic)
genotypes for chestnut blight at seven sites in Michigan:
A comparison of pathogen populations where mycovirus
hyperparasites are present or absent.
PS 96-117 Kyle, CH and G Dwyer, University of Chicago. Mechanistic
models to forecast the response of an insect fungal pathogen
to global climate change.
PS 96-118 Alexander, JD, M Jordan and JL Bartholomew, Oregon
State University. Influence of environmental features on
polychaete host morphology: Implications for salmonid risk
of ceratomyxosis.
PS 96-119 Wyllie-Echeverria, S1, G Crawbuck2, A Jarrell1, C Curtin1
and J Gaydos3, (1)University of Washington, (2)Spring Street
International High School, (3)SeaDocs Society. Hindcasting
the cause of seagrass decline: A case study in the San Juan
Archipelago region of the Salish Sea.
PS 97 - Latebreaking: Dispersal And Colonization
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 97-120 Smith, RJ, University of Nevada Las Vegas. Mining for
mosses: Metacommunity dynamics following wildfires at
Red Rock Canyon, Nevada (Mojave Desert).
PS 97-121 Waters, E, Indiana University. Microflora volatiles as
drivers of nutrient foraging in clonal plants.
PS 97-122 Peterson, BJ and WR Graves, Iowa State University.
Phylogeography of eastern leatherwood examined with
chloroplast sequencing.
PS 97-123 Crandall, SG, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Airborne fungal spore dispersal and trait diversity in
coastal mixed-evergreen forests in California.
PS 97-124 McCarthy, LC and DR Chalcraft, East Carolina University.
How do temporal and spatial dispersal interact to form
zooplankton communities.
PS 98 - Latebreaking: Ecosystem Function
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 98-125 Sapijanskas, J1, A Paquette2, C Potvin3, N Kunert4 and M
Loreau3, (1)AgroParisTech ENGREF, (2)Université du Québec
à Montréal, (3)McGill University, (4)Max Planck Institute
for Biogeochemistry. Tropical tree diversity enhances light
capture through overyielding, plastic architectural changes,
and temporal niche differences.
PS 98-126 Nesbitt, HK and JW Moore, Simon Fraser University.
Dendritic biodiversity in a large watershed and portfolio
effects in First Nation fisheries.
PS 98-127 Weverka, AS and JA Pontius, University of Vermont. Remote
sensing of forest productivity in Northeastern forests.
PS 98-128 Chalcraft, DR, East Carolina University. An initial assessment
of how variation in the susceptibility of species to local
extinction alters the effect of predator biodiversity on prey
suppression.
PS 98-129 Flagg, CB1, JC Neff2, RL Reynolds3 and J Belnap4, (1)
University of Colorado - Boulder, (2)University of Colorado,
(3)U.S. Geological Survey, (4)USGS. Spatial and temporal
variability of rural dust flux from Colorado Plateau
landscapes, southeastern Utah, USA.
PS 99 - Latebreaking: Ecosystem Management
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 99-130 Hoffmann, S, Utah State University. Road dust emission
and suppression, and effects of road dust on vegetation in
Arches National Park, UT.
PS 99-131 Whitall, DR, LJ Bauer, AL Mason, AS Pait and C Caldow,
NOAA. A baseline environmental assessment to support
watershed restoration activities in Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico.
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