Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
F1, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 140 - Urban ecology
1:30 PMCOS 140-1Biotic homogenization and the replacement of native species with alien species in an urban landscape
Myla F.J. Aronson, Rutgers University, Steven N. Handel, Rutgers University, Steven E. Clemants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1:50 PMCOS 140-2Trophic dynamics and effects of urbanization: A complex field experiment compared to a simple mathematical model
Christofer Bang, Arizona State University, John L. Sabo, Arizona State University, J. Marty Anderies, Arizona State University, Stanley H. Faeth, Arizona State University
2:10 PMCOS 140-3Carbon fluxes and nitrogen availability along an urban-rural gradient in a desert ecosystem
Brenda A. Koerner, Emporia State University, Jeffrey M. Klopatek, Arizona State University
2:30 PMCOS 140-4Altered urban hydrology: Effects on the transport of organic matter in streams
Kenneth T. Belt, US Forest Service, Sujay S. Kaushal, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Christopher M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Richard V. Pouyat, US Forest Service, Peter M. Groffman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Istvan Turcsanyi, UMBC Center for Urban and Environmental Research and Education, William Greenwood, UMBC Center for Urban and Environmental Research and Education
2:50 PMCOS 140-5A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks between residential turfgrass and native soil
Richard V. Pouyat, USDA Forest Service, Ian D. Yesilonis, USDA Forest Service, Nancy E. Golubiewski, Massey University and Landcare Research
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 140-6Ecological memory and restoring urban biodiversity
Valentin Schaefer, University of Victoria
3:40 PMCOS 140-7Habitat selection by stream cyprinids across the urban-rural gradient: Implications for stream restoration
Susan F. Cushman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Raymond P. Morgan II, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Robert H. Hilderbrand, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
4:00 PMCOS 140-8Biodiversity of riparian communities along an urbanization gradient
Tamara M. McPeek, IUPUI, Patricia Clark, IUPUI, Gabriel M. Filippelli, IUPUI, Xianzhong Wang, IUPUI, Rebecca Rogers, IUPUI
4:20 PMCOS 140-9Investigating the distribution of prairie dogs in an urban landscape
Seth B. Magle, Colorado State University, Kevin R. Crooks, Colorado State University
4:40 PMCOS 140-10Effect of broadcast bait application on non-target invasive and native ants in natural and urban areas
Linda M. Hooper- Bui, Louisiana State University, Michael A. Seymour, Louisiana State University, Lee A. Womack, Louisiana State University

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