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COS 45 - Physiological Ecology II
Portland Blrm 257, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 45-1 Young, SL, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Die-back and re-growth of Phragmites australis (common
reed) following drought.
8:20 AM COS 45-2 Auchincloss, L 1 , JH Richards 1 , CA Young 2
and MK Tansey 3 , (1)University of California, Davis,
(2)Stockholm Environment Institute, (3)Bureau of
Reclamation MidPacific Region. Inundation depth,
duration, and temperature influence Fremont cottonwood
(Populus fremontii) seedling growth and survival.
8:40 AM COS 45-3 McGuire, MA 1 , J Bloemen 2 , DP Aubrey 1 , K
Steppe 2 and RO Teskey 1 , (1)University of Georgia, (2)
Ghent University. Xylem-transported respiratory CO 2 as
a substrate for carbon assimilation in trees.
9:00 AM COS 45-4 Renninger, HJ 1 , KV Schafer 2 , KL Clark 3
and N Skowronski 3 , (1)Rutgers University, (2)Rutgers
University Newark, (3)USDA Forest Service. Effects
of a prescribed burn on water use and photosynthetic
capacity of Pitch pines (Pinus rigida L.) in the New Jersey
Pine Barrens.
9:20 AM COS 45-5 Johnson, DM 1 , JC Domec 2 , DR Woodruff 3 ,
KA McCulloh 4 and FC Meinzer 3 , (1)Duke University, (2)
North Carolina State University, (3)USDA Forest Service,
(4)Oregon State University. Two tropical lianas and their
host trees have contrasting hydraulic strategies.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM COS 45-6 Medeiros, JS and JK Ward, University
of Kansas. Hydraulic adjustments alter limits on
transpiration at glacial vs. current and future predicted
atmospheric [CO 2 ].
10:10 AM COS 45-7 Church, JN 1 , L Wiley 2 , RS Criddle 3 and LD
Hansen 3 , (1)California Geological Survey, (2)California
State University, Fresno, (3)Brigham Young University.
Yearly ponderosa pine metabolism trends provide insight
into adaptation to site and changing climate conditions.
10:30 AM COS 45-8 Houghton, JM, K Thompson and M Rees,
University of Sheffield. Components of the relative
growth rate under multiple environmental conditions.
10:50 AM COS 45-9 Fox, RA 1 , GJ Ettl 1 and J Kuera 2 , (1)University
of Washington, (2)Environmental Measuring Systems.
Differential responses of sap flow rates in Pseudotsuga
menziesii, Thuja plicata, and Tsuga heterophylla to
canopy position, seasonal variability, and climate.
11:10 AM COS 45-10 Maguire, AJ and RK Kobe, Michigan State
University. Depletion of non-structural carbohydrate
reserves in temperate tree seedlings under stress.
COS 46 - Population Dynamics: Modeling
Portland Blrm 258, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 46-1 Perlut, NG 1 and AM Strong 2 , (1)University
of New England, (2)University of Vermont. Evaluating
the 50% assumption: Greater than expected first-year
survival rates for migratory songbirds.
8:20 AM COS 46-2 Kendall, BE 1 , GA Fox 2 , M Fujiwara 3 , TM
Nogeire 4 and JP Stover 5 , (1)University of California
Santa Barbara, (2)University of South Florida, (3)
Texas A&M University, (4)University of Washington, (5)
University of California. Demographic heterogeneity
affects population dynamics through multiple pathways.
8:40 AM COS 46-3 Innes, C 1 , M Anand 1 , AC Staver 2 , SA Levin 2
and CT Bauch 1 , (1)University of Guelph, (2)Princeton
University. The impact of coupled human-environment
system dynamics on alternative stable states of a forestgrassland
mosaic ecosystem.
Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems
8 am-11:30 am
9:00 AM COS 46-4 Kurkjian, HM, SK Carothers and ES Jules,
Humboldt State University. Seed predation reduces the
fecundity of a rare plant and leads to population decline.
9:20 AM COS 46-5 Ovadia, O 1 , A Horev 1 , R Yosef 1 and P
Tryjanowski 2 , (1)Ben Gurion University of the Negev, (2)
Poznan University of Life Sciences. Consequences of
variation in male harem size to population persistence:
Modeling poaching and extinction risk of Bengal tigers
(Panthera tigris).
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM COS 46-6 Yackulic, CB 1 , C Finch 2 and WA Pine III 2 , (1)
US Geological Survey, (2)University of Florida. Movement
and growth in humpback chub: Using multistate models
for inference from a mixed batch and individual tag
dataset.
10:10 AM COS 46-7 Yeakel, JD 1 and M Mangel 2 , (1)University
of California, Santa Cruz, (2)University of California at
Santa Cruz. Estimating the degree of compensation from
fluctuations in fish biomass.
10:30 AM COS 46-8 Buoro, MM, JL Hwan and SM Carlson,
University of California, Berkeley. Investigating the
selective survival of threatened steelhead juveni.
10:50 AM COS 46-9 Carroll, IT, RM Nisbet and CJ Briggs,
University of California, Santa Barbara. Signature of the
initial state in absorbing Markov chains: Theory and an
application to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection.
11:10 AM COS 46-10 Yap, MJC 1 , RA Desharnais 1 , C Robles 1 ,
L Cao 2 and E Diaz 1 , (1)California State University, Los
Angeles, (2)California State University. Modeling the
dynamics of disturbance in mussel beds.
COS 47 - Remote Sensing And Image Analysis
B117, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 47-1 Jia, G, H Wang and A Zhang, Chinese
Academy of Sciences. Analysis of dryland ecosystem
production with integrated multi-site flux measurements
and satellite data.
8:20 AM COS 47-2 Zald, H 1 , J Ohmann 2 , R McGaughey 3 and
HM Roberts 1 , (1)Oregon State University, (2)Pacific
Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, (3)
USDA Forest Service. Incorporating LIDAR and Landsatbased
disturbance metrics into fine-grain nearestneighbor
imputation maps of vegetation composition
and structure.
8:40 AM COS 47-3 Hogland, JS, NM Anderson and JG Jones,
Forest Service. Estimating above ground tree biomass
for the Uncompahgre Plateau in Western Colorado using
NAIP imagery and a series of textural and probabilistic
metrics.
9:00 AM COS 47-4 Mellin, C 1 , L Parrott 2 , S Andréfouët 3 ,
CJ Bradshaw 4 , MA MacNeil 1 and MJ Caley 1 , (1)
Australian Institute of Marine Science, (2)Complex
Systems Laboratory, University of Montreal, (3)Institut
de Recherche pour le Développement, (4)University of
Adelaide. Habitat image processing can predict marine
biodiversity patterns at multiple scales.
9:20 AM COS 47-5 Kazakova, AN, University of Washington.
Quantifying vertical and horizontal stand structure using
terrestrial LIDAR in the Pacific Northwest forests.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM COS 47-6 Roberts, KA and X Chen, Alabama A&M
University. Direct and indirect assessment of vegetation
located near CO 2 -mediated enhanced oil recovery (CO 2 -
EOR) activities.
10:10 AM COS 47-7 Antonarakis, A 1 , SC Wofsy 2 , W Munger 1 ,
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