Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

TUESDAY
1:30 pm-5 pm
Consultants, (3)US EPA. Modeling population response to
anthropogenic threats for a long-lived reptile, the desert
tortoise.
4:00 PM OOS 20-8 Huber, PR1 , NH Schumaker2 , SE Greco1 and J Hobbs3 , (1)University of California, Davis, (2)US
EPA, (3)California Department of Fish and Game. Using
HexSim to assess potential reintroduction sites for a
native ungulate.
4:20 PM OOS 20-9 Dunk, JR1 , B Woodbridge2 , NH Schumaker3 ,
EM Glenn2 , DW LaPlante4 and B White2 , (1)Humboldt State
University, (2)United States Fish and Wildlife Service, (3)US
EPA, (4)Natural Resource Geospatial. Integrating species
distributional, conservation planning, and individual based
population models: A case study in conservation network
evaluation for the northern spotted owl.
4:40 PM OOS 20-10 Day, J1 , NH Schumaker2 , A Brookes3 and
B McRae4 , (1)University of Washington, (2)US EPA, (3)
US Environmental Protection Agency, (4)The Nature
Conservancy. New developments in computer modeling
advance ecological realism of landscape genetics
simulations.
OOS 21 - Developing New Paradigms to Understand
and Predict Decomposition Rates In Tropical Forests
A103, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: BG Waring
Moderator: BG Waring
The goal of this session is to reconcile multiple mechanistic
hypotheses regarding the drivers of leaf litter decomposition in
tropical forests with empirical data and ecosystem models.
1:30 PM OOS 21-1 Kaspari, M, University of Oklahoma.
1:50 PM
Decomposition in a non-Leibig universe.
OOS 21-2 Hättenschwiler, S1 , N Fanin1 , S Barantal1 ,
H Schimann2 , J Nahmani1 , S Coq1 and N Fromin1 , (1)
Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE-
CNRS, (2)INRA-UMR ECOFOG. Carbon quality as a
control on decomposition in tropical forests.
2:10 PM OOS 21-3 Powers, JS1 , J Schilling1 and M Lerdau2 ,
(1)University of Minnesota, (2)University of Virginia.
Functional trait-based frameworks for understanding leaf
litter and wood decomposition in tropical dry forests.
2:30 PM OOS 21-4 McGlynn, TP, California State University
Dominguez Hills. Mesofauna as drivers and passengers
of decomposition in tropical forests.
2:50 PM OOS 21-5 Noble, VR and DS Srivastava, University of
British Columbia. Consequences of fragmentation and
forest conversion on leaf litter decomposition in tropical
forests.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM OOS 21-6 Cusack, D, University of California - Los
Angeles. Is nitrogen a primary driver of decomposition
rates in nitrogen-rich tropical forests? Exploration of the
spatially and chemically explicit role of nitrogen.
3:40 PM OOS 21-7 Wieder, WR1 , G Bonan1 , M Hartman2 and WJ Parton2 , (1)National Center for Atmospheric
Research, (2)Colorado State University. Nutrient controls
on decomposition rates: A global modeling approach.
COS 50 - Aquatic Ecology: Streams And Rivers III
B112, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM COS 50-1 Wei, A and M Zhang, University of British
Columbia (Okanagan). The cumulative effects of forest
disturbance on streamflow in a large watershed in the
central interior of British Columbia, Canada.
1:50 PM COS 50-2 Bruce, JEB and JD Reynolds, Simon Fraser
University. Effect of salmon-derived nutrients on growth
and condition in freshwater sculpins.
2:10 PM COS 50-3 Snyder, M and CM Pringle, University of
Georgia. Are relatively low densities of nocturnally-active
freshwater shrimps an important component of energy
flow in tropical streams draining mainland Costa Rica.
2:30 PM COS 50-4 Findlay, SEG and DL Strayer, Cary Institute of
Ecosystem Studies. Magnitude and causes of change in
submerged aquatic vegetation in the Hudson River.
2:50 PM COS 50-5 Sousa, RG, CBMA – Centre of Molecular and
Environmental Biology. From common to rare in a couple
of years: The case of the peaclam Pisidium amnicum in
the Minho River (NW of the Iberian Peninsula).
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM COS 50-6 Entrekin, SA 1 , EN Jensen 1 , J Kelso 1 , G
Adams 1 , R Adams 1 , B Austin 2 , M Evans-White 2 , C
Gallipeau 3 , B Haggard 2 , E Inlander 3 , B Johnson 4 , L
Massey 2 and L Stearman 1 , (1)University of Central
Arkansas, (2)University of Arkansas, (3)The Nature
Conservancy, (4)Environmental Protection Agency.
Effects of natural gas recovery on Arkansas streams.
3:40 PM COS 50-7 Austin, B 1 , EN Jensen 2 , K Brick 3 , M Evans-
White 1 , SA Entrekin 2 , E Inlander 4 and C Gallipeau 4 , (1)
University of Arkansas, (2)University of Central Arkansas,
(3)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, (4)The Nature
Conservancy. Impact of natural gas wells on periphyton
and metabolism in streams in north central Arkansas.
4:00 PM COS 50-8 Linton, JN 1 and J Reynolds 2 , (1)Simon
Fraser University, (2)Simon Fraser Univeristy. Ecological
role of salmon on stream benthic macro-invertebrate
populations in coastal ecosystems.
4:20 PM COS 50-9 Swain, NR, MD Hocking and JD Reynolds,
Simon Fraser University. Effects of nutrient subsidies on
trophic and population ecology of resident fish.
COS 51 - Biogeochemistry: Experimental Climate
Change Effects On Biogeo Processes
B113, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM COS 51-1 Avirmed, O, I Burke, WK Lauenroth, M Lobley,
DM Bell and DR Schlaepfer, University of Wyoming.
Recovery of plant communities and soil organic matter
pools in sagebrush steppe ecosystem of south central
Wyoming.
1:50 PM COS 51-2 Vankoughnett, MR and HAL Henry, Western
University. The interactive effects of soil freezing and
nitrogen deposition on winter and growing season
nitrogen retention.
2:10 PM COS 51-3 Unger, S1 , X Lecomte1 , JS Pereira1 , D
Fangueiro2 and M Jongen1 , (1)Instituto Superior de
Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, (2)Technical
University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia.
The impact of changes in the timing of precipitation on
soil respiration and soil-N in Mediterranean evergreen
oak woodlands.
2:30 PM COS 51-4 Sharkhuu, A1 , AF Plante1 , EM Orosoo2 ,
B Casper1 , B Helliker1 , P Liancourt1 , B Boldgiv2 and
P Petraitis1 , (1)University of Pennsylvania, (2)National
University of Mongolia. Effects of experimental warming
on soil respiration in the semi-arid steppe to taiga forest
transition zone in northern Mongolia.
2:50 PM COS 51-5 Xue, K, J Xie, Y Deng, L Wu, Z He, JDV
Nostrand, Y Luo and J Zhou, University of Oklahoma.
Interactive effects of clipping practice and experimental
warming on soil microbial communities involved in
nitrogen cycling in a tallgrass prairie.
3:10 PM Break
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