Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

WEDNESDAY
1:30 pm-5 pm
Vavrek5, (1)West Virginia University, (2)Wilkes University,
(3)Stetson University, (4)Marine Biological Laboratory,
(5)Glenville State College. A test of the adaptational lag
hypothesis using a long-term reciprocal transplant study
with an arctic sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum).
2:10 PM COS 103-3 Gerhart, LM1, JM Harris2 and JK Ward1,
(1)University of Kansas, (2)Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County. Growth responses of glacial and
modern trees to changes in atmospheric [CO2] since the
Last Glacial Maximum.
2:30 PM COS 103-4 Prevéy, JS and T Seastedt, University of
Colorado at Boulder. Precipitation change
alters community composition of a semiarid
grassland.
2:50 PM COS 103-5 Ladwig, LM, SL Collins and WT Pockman,
University of New Mexico. Regrowth of desert shrubs
following a natural extreme cold event.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM COS 103-6 Wertin, TM, SC Reed and J Belnap, USGS.
Increased temperature negatively affects carbon
assimilation and growth of Achantherum hymenoides
bunchgrass.
3:40 PM COS 103-7 Copeland, SM and SP Harrison, University of
California, Davis. Effects of species interactions on plant
topographic realized niche across an elevation gradient.
4:00 PM COS 103-8 Rehm, E and KJ Feeley, Department of
Biological Sciences. Will above-timberline forest patches
facilitate the upward migration of Andean montane cloud
forests in response to climate change.
forest conditions and live carbon pools following a
mountain pine beetle epidemic in southeastern Wyoming.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM COS 104-6 Donato, DC 1 , MG Turner 1 , WH Romme 2
and BJ Harvey 1 , (1)University of Wisconsin, (2)Colorado
State University. Disturbance at the edge: Douglas-fir
beetle outbreaks and potential forest-grassland shifts
near the lower tree line of Greater Yellowstone.
3:40 PM COS 104-7 Rossiter, SC 1 , KA Yurkonis 1 , MA Ahlering 2
and BJ Goodwin 1 , (1)University of North Dakota, (2)
The Nature Conservancy. The role of seed banks in
regeneration in established reconstructed tallgrass
prairies.
4:00 PM COS 104-8 Snyder, LJ and CJ Peterson, University of
Georgia. Assessing disturbance severities: Wind and
cumulative disturbance data from Eastern Deciduous
forests.
4:20 PM COS 104-9 Holz, A 1 and TT Veblen 2 , (1)University of
Tasmania, (2)University of Colorado-Boulder. Synergistic
influences of climate and burning practices on tree
regeneration in western Patagonia temperate rainforests.
4:40 PM COS 104-10 Harvey, BJ 1 , MG Turner 1 , WH Romme 2
and DC Donato 1 , (1)University of Wisconsin, (2)Colorado
State University. Douglas-fir beetle impacts on fire
severity and postfire tree regeneration in lower montane
forests of Greater Yellowstone.
4:20 PM COS 103-9 Galvez, D, SM Landhausser and MT Tyree,
University of Alberta. Carbon and water dynamics of
two Populus species under drought stress: The role of
hydraulic transport as modulator of carbon reserves.
4:40 PM COS 103-10 Pattison, RR Jr.
120 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center
1 and JM Welker2 ,
(1)Pacific Northwest Research Station, (2)University
of Alaska. Long-term reduced snow limits leaf gas
exchange in three dominant species of moist acidic
tundra in northern Alaska.
COS 104 - Community Disturbance And Recovery I
D136, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM COS 104-1 Abella, SR1 , WW Covington2 , JE Crouse2 and JD Springer2 , (1)University of Nevada Las Vegas, (2)
Northern Arizona University. Asymmetrical application of
ecological theory along a forest landscape ecosystem
gradient.
1:50 PM COS 104-2 Campbell, EY1 , RW Merritt2 , KW Cummins3 and ME Benbow4 , (1)Michigan State University (currently
2:10 PM
at: Oregon State University), (2)Michigan State University,
(3)Humboldt State University, (4)University of Dayton.
Spatial and temporal shifts of macroinvertebrates within
spawning and non-spawning habitats during a salmon
run in Southeast Alaska.
COS 104-3 Turner, MG1 , DC Donato1 , WH Romme2 and
DB Tinker3 2:30 PM
2:50 PM
, (1)University of Wisconsin, (2)Colorado State
University, (3)University of Wyoming. Warmer climate
and increased fire frequency in Greater Yellowstone:
Does field evidence suggest that forest resilience could
change?.
COS 104-4 Hougen, KE and GR Matlack, Ohio University.
Forest vegetation and soils still show evidence of
industrial disturbance 120 years after abandonment from
charcoal-iron manufacture.
COS 104-5 Kayes, LJ1 and DB Tinker2 COS 105 - Community Pattern And Dynamics V
D137, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM COS 105-1 Comita, LS
, (1)Oregon State
University, (2)University of Wyoming. Projected future
1 and TCFTFS Working Group2 ,
(1)The Ohio State University, (2)Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute. Does variation in the strength of
negative density dependence explain differences in
species diversity among tropical forests?.
1:50 PM COS 105-2 Lamb, EG and D Guedo, University of
Saskatchewan. Climate but not disturbance history
controls grassland plant community structure.
2:10 PM COS 105-3 Gilarranz, LJ and J Bascompte, Estación
Biológica de Doñana, CSIC. Patch dynamics and the
structure of mutualistic networks.
2:30 PM COS 105-4 Guelzow, N, Y Wahlen, R Ptacnik and H
Hillebrand, Institute for chemistry and biology of the
marine evironment (ICBM). Effect of nutrient dispersal on
diversity and resource use efficiency in a marine metaecosystem
experiment.
2:50 PM COS 105-5 D’Andrea, R, AM Ostling and G Barabás,
University of Michigan. A new metric for trait-based
investigations of niche assembly.
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PM COS 105-6 Murrell, E and SA Juliano, Illinois State
University. Predation resistance does not trade off with
competitive ability in early-colonizing aquatic Diptera.
3:40 PM COS 105-7 Pesek, MF and BL Foster, University of
Kansas. Bottom-up forces and recurrent disturbance
shape arthropod community composition and diversity
in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem.
4:00 PM COS 105-8 Ohlberger, J, Langangen, NC Stenseth
and LA Vøllestad, University of Oslo. Community-level
consequences of cannibalism.
4:20 PM COS 105-9 Hurlbert, AH, University of North Carolina.
The relative importance of resource availability and
habitat structure for bird communities in the Southern
Appalachians.
4:40 PM COS 105-10 Angelini, C and BR Silliman, University
of Florida. A habitat- forming facilitation cascade