Thursday, August 6, 2009: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall NE & SE, Albuquerque Convention Center
PS 63 - Community Disturbance and Recovery
Predicting the cyclic collapse between grassland and juniper woodland
Dirac Twidwell, Texas A&M University, William E. Rogers, Texas A&M University, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University, Charles Taylor Jr., Texas A&M AgriLIFE Research Center, Urs P. Kreuter, Texas A&M University
Melaleuca quinquenervia litter accumulation, mass loss, and impact on vegetation regeneration: experience from southern Florida
Min Bahadur Rayamajhi, Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, Paul D. Pratt, Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, Ted D. Center, Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
Subalpine vegetation pattern three decades after stand-replacing wildfires in the southern Rocky Mountains
Jonathan D. Coop, Western State College of Colorado, Anna W. Schoettle, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Robert T. Massatti, Institute for Applied Ecology
Successional implications of pioneer species removals on Puerto Rican landslides
Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Frederick H. Landau, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Eduardo Velazquez, University of Alcala, Aaron Shiels, University of Hawaii, Ashley Sparrow, University of Nevada Reno
CANCELLED - Grazing effects on plant species diversity and above-ground biomass in desert grassland
Yang Xia, University of New Mexico, Terri L. Koontz, University of New Mexico, Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico, Michael T. Friggens, University of New Mexico, Douglas I. Moore, University of New Mexico
Phyllotomid bat assemblages in different succesional stages of tropical rain forest in Chiapas, Mexico
Erika de la Peña-Cuéllar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Kathryn E. Stoner, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Luis Daniel Avila-Cabadilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Miguel Martínez-Ramos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Alejandro Estrada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
CANCELLED - Interacting disturbances: Did Sudden Oak Death mortality in Big Sur worsen the impacts of the 2008 Basin Complex wildfire?
Margaret R. Metz, University of California Davis, Kerri M. Frangioso, University of California Davis, Ross K. Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, David M. Rizzo, University of California Davis
Stable isotope evidence of oak (Quercus rubra) susceptibility to disturbance events
Alexis S. Reed, University of Kansas, Sharon A. Billings, University of Kansas, Kansas Biological Survey, Fred M. Stephen, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Smoke-induced seed germination in Texas grassland species
Noelle Zavala, TexasTech University Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dylan Schwilk, Texas Tech University
Forest ecology the optimal size of forest gap for restoring seeds and saplings bank: A study of 25 years forest dynamic at 50ha plot of Pasoh Forest, Malaysia
Muhammad Firdaus Abdullah Sani, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Two roads diverge:  Altered disturbance regime caused indirectly by human activities moves an uncut Vermont forest into an alternate stable state
Aiko Weverka, Middlebury College, Daniel Mann, University of Alaska, Andrea H. Lloyd, Middlebury College, R. Matthew Landis, Middlebury College
The effects of fire on the plant community in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland
Terri L. Koontz, University of New Mexico, Douglas I. Moore, University of New Mexico, Esteban H. Muldavin, University of New Mexico, Burton Pendleton, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico
Does controlling beet leafhopper impact the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila)
Richard A. Redak, University of California, Kathleen A. Campbell, University of California, Thomas R. Prentice, University of California
Understory stability in second growth, upland forests: Fact or fiction?
James E. Cook, Univ. of Wisc. at Stevens Point, Linda R. Parker, U. S. Forest Service
Above-ground net primary production (ANPP) response to prescribed fire in a southwest desert grassland
Douglas I. Moore, University of New Mexico, Esteban H Muldavin, University of New Mexico, Scott L Collins, University of New Mexico, Karen R Wetherill, University of New Mexico
Temporal response of the soil microbial community to prescribed fall fire in the tallgrass prairie
Amanda M. Anderson, Emporia State University, Brenda A. Koerner, Emporia State University
Energy development, fragmentation, and a measure of habitat security
William C. Dunn, University of New Mexico, Bruce T. Milne, University of New Mexico
Relationship between post-fire soil surface morphology and vegetation recovery in the sagebrush steppe
Amber N. Hoover, Idaho State University, Matthew J. Germino, Idaho State University, Nancy F. Glenn, Idaho State University, Joel Sankey, Idaho State University
Disturbance ecology in the human oral ecosystem
Katie M. Shelef, Stanford University, Peter Loomer, University of California, San Francisco, Gary Armitage, University of California, San Francisco, David A. Relman, Stanford School of Medicine
The influence of a severe ice storm on forest trees and subsequent tree seedling growth at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, an Appalachian forest
Christopher F. Sacchi, Kutztown University of PA, Laurie Goodrich, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, William P. Brown, Kutztown University of PA
Forest understory response to prescribed burning and cattle grazing
Becky Kerns, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Michelle Buonopane, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Walt G. Thies, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Effects of canopy condition and Hurricane Gustav on light transmittance in a longleaf pine savanna
Darin P. Ellair, Louisiana State University, William J. Platt, Louisiana State University
Degradation of high latitude ecosystems: Vegetation cover-cryoturbation linkages
Johann Thorsson, Texas A&M University, Steve Archer, University of Arizona, Asa Aradottir, Acricultural University of Iceland

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