Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

FRIDAY
8:30 am-10:30 am
of the high plains.
PS 103-170 Takimoto, G1 and DM Post2, (1)Toho University, (2)Yale
University. Environmental determinants of food-chain length:
A meta-analysis.
PS 103-171 Gibert, JP, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Are spatially
informed food web models better than non-spatial ones?.
PS 103-172 Hsieh, HY1 and I Perfecto2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, (2)University of Michigan. Phorid-ant interactions
affect beetle and scale densities and stability in the field: A
study of cascading effect of trait-mediated interactions.
PS 103-173 Marcelo-Serván, CA and W Cabrera-Febola, Universidad
Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Temporal variability on the
Peruvian Sea pelagic food web: Comparing El Niño vs. non
El Niño years.
PS 104 - Latebreaking: Forest Habitats
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 104-174 Huusko, K1, O Tarvainen2, K Saravesi3, T Pennanen4, H
Fritze4, A Markkola3, S Aikio3, AL Ruotsalainen3 and E
Kubin2, (1)University of Oulu and Finnish Forest Research
Institute, (2)Finnish Forest Research Institute, Oulu Unit,
(3)University of Oulu, (4)Finnish Forest Research Institute,
Vantaa Unit. Fungal diversity in Norway spruce (Picea abies)
sapling roots in relation to forest regeneration and energy
wood harvesting practices.
PS 104-175 Sandrow, CA1 and L Hernández2, (1)State University of New
York at Oswego, (2)SUNY Oswego. Snow tracking and GIS:
Taking advantage of new technology to evaluate habitat
selection in coyotes in RCFS.
PS 104-176 Rhodes, A, JR Buck and S St.Clair, Brigham Young University.
Aspen facilitates subalpine fir regeneration by increasing
germination success.
PS 104-177 Pau, S1, EM Wolkovich2, BI Cook3, CJ Nytch4, J Regetz5,
SJ Wright6 and JK Zimmerman4, (1)National Center for
Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, (2)University of British
Columbia, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, (4)
PS 104-178
University of Puerto Rico, (5)National Center for Ecological
Analysis and Synthesis, University of California - Santa
Barbara, (6)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The
seasonal and interannual influence of clouds on tropical
forest phenology.
Cannon, JB, J Hepinstall-Cymerman, LJ Snyder and CJ
Peterson, University of Georgia. Patch characteristics of
forest tornado damage in rugged terrain.
PS 104-179 Inman-Narahari, F1, R Ostertag2, CP Giardina3, S Cordell3,
SP Hubbell1 and L Sack4, (1)University of California, Los
Angeles, (2)University of Hawaii at Hilo, (3)USDA Forest
Service, (4)UCLA. Density-dependent seedling mortality
varies with light availability and species abundance in wet
and dry tropical forests.
PS 104-180 McGee, K1, KL McGuire2 and B Eaton1, (1)Kean University,
(2)Barnard College, Columbia University. Land management
effects on soil nutrients, biomass, and fauna and fungal
communities in Costa Rica.
PS 104-181 Méndez-Toribio, M Sr., T Terrazas, D Grego and G Ibarra-
Manríquez Sr., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Functional variation and resource-usage strategies of seven
tropical dry forest tree species: Wood and foliar traits.
PS 104-182 Styring-Lamont, A1, FH Sheldon2, E Cannizzaro1 and J
Unggang3, (1)The Evergreen State College, (2)Louisiana
State University, (3)Sarawak Planted Forests. Avian
PS 104-183
detectability and community structure in a Bornean rainforest
canopy: Comparing simultaneous ground- and canopybased
surveys.
Schmitz, JE1 and SC Hotchkiss2, (1)University of Wisconsin
- Madison, (2)University of Wisconsin. Effects of synergistic
disturbance upon phytoplankton communities and organic
carbon accumulation in Sparkling Lake, northern Wisconsin.
PS 104-184 Durow, MC1, JE Schmitz1 and SC Hotchkiss2, (1)University
of Wisconsin - Madison, (2)University of Wisconsin. Impact
of logging on forest fire: Circle Lily Lake, northern Wisconsin.
PS 104-185 Eskelson, BNI1 and VJ Monleon2, (1)Oregon State University,
(2)USDA Forest Service. A region-wide assessment of forest
wildfire effects on forest attributes in the US Pacific coast
states.
PS 104-186 Davis, SL and DF Cipollini, Wright State University.
Interactions between Pierid butterflies: A new threat to the
West Virginia White butterfly?.
PS 104-187 Desai, NS, Northwestern University. Mycorrhizal community
composition of Quercus oleoides as a function of stand
maturity in the regenerating dry tropical forest.
PS 104-188 Williams-Guillén, K1 and I Perfecto2, (1)University of
Washington Bothel, (2)University of Michigan. Diets of
foliage-gleaning insectivorous bats in Mexican shade coffee
plantations.
PS 104-189 Kitagawa, R1, M Mimura2, AS Mori1 and A Sakai1, (1)
Yokohama National University, (2)Kyusyu University.
Phylogenetic structure of warm-temperate forest
communities in a steep mountain in Japan.
PS 104-190 Lumibao, CY, K Flood, M Gaskill and J McLachlan, University
of Notre Dame. Comparative genetic structure of two forest
tree species resulting from historic human land-use.
PS 104-191 Baraloto, C1 and PVA Fine2, (1)UMR EcoFoG, (2)University
of California, Berkeley. Unprecedented beta-diversity in
Amazonian trees.
PS 104-192 Fricker, GA1, JA Wolf1, SS Saatchi2, SP Hubbell1, TW
Gillespie1, V Meyer3, CM Robinson1 and CM Rovzar1, (1)
University of California, Los Angeles, (2)Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, (3)California Institute of Technology. Coupling
forest structure and sub-canopy topography to Alpha
diversity across spatial scales in the 50 ha plot Barro
Colorado Island, Panama.
PS 104-193 Hitch, A1, A Achmadi2, S Wiantoro2, H Kurniati2, M Irham2,
T Haryoko2, WT Laksono2, H Ashari2, E Widjaja2, R
Ubaidillah2 and A Engilis Jr.3, (1)University of California at
Davis, Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, (2)Indonesian
Institute of Sciences, (3)University of California at Davis.
Estimating vertebrate diversity using comprehensive multimethod
surveys in the Masembo watershed of the Mekongga
Mountains region in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
PS 104-194 Miesel, JR1, PM Nelson1, PC Goebel1, RG Corace III2 and
DM Kashian3, (1)The Ohio State University, (2)USDI Fish and
Wildlife Service, (3)Wayne State University. Forest fuels and
vegetation in wildfire-regenerated jack pine (Pinus banksiana
Lamb.) forests: Informing ecological forestry in the Lake
States region.
PS 104-195 Fei, S1 and L Liang2, (1)Purdue University, (2)University
of Kentucky. Biogeography for world chestnut (Castanea)
species.
PS 104-196 Mack, KA and TM James, Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies. Topography mediates forest
distribution and productivity at the sub-boreal ecotone,
Mongolia.
PS 104-197 Skeets, B, RESESS internship at UNAVCO. Transpiration
source water and geomorphological potential of root growth
in the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory, Colorado.
PS 105 - Latebreaking: Genetics And Molecular
Techniques
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 105-198 Moore, AC1, JB Burch1 and D Hopper2, (1)University of
Michigan, (2)US Fish and Wildlife Service. Evaluation of a
potentially highly restricted freshwater gastropod species:
Implications for conservation.
PS 105-199 Wu, CCC1, MR Liles2, K Kakirde2, R Ye1, M Wagner1, A
Krerowicz1, M Staley2, S Jasinovica1, C Drinkwater1, R
Godiska1 and DA Mead1, (1)Lucigen Corporation, (2)Auburn
University. Next-generation functional and structural soil
metagenomics.
PS 105-200 Heneghan, AF1, NA Hasan1, DPC Peters2 and CD Bailey1,
(1)New Mexico State University, (2)USDA Agricultural
Research Service. Molecular markers for addressing the
genetic consequences of fragmentation on black grama
(Bouteloua eriopoda) grasslands.
PS 105-201 Trujillo, JD1, T Pilger1, MR Douglas2, ME Douglas2 and
TF Turner1, (1)University of New Mexico, (2)University of
Arkansas. Microsatellite markers for longfin dace, Agosia
chrysogaster, a sentinel fish species in imperiled arid-land
rivers of the Sonora Desert.
PS 105-202 Lee, T, GC Rollwagen-Bollens and SM Bollens, Washington
State University Vancouver. The use of qPCR to monitor
changes of toxin and non-toxin producing cyanobacteria
188 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center