COS 70
Urban Ecosystems I
Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
315, Sacramento Convention Center
8:00 AM
Homogenization of plant diversity in six major USA cites: Integrating socio-economic, environmental, and phylogenetic information
William D. Pearse, University of Minnesota;
J. Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota;
Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota;
Neil D. Bettez, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies;
Lindsay Darling, Northwestern University;
Christopher Neill, Marine Biological Laboratory;
Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies;
Sharon Hall, Arizona State University;
James B. Heffernan, Duke University;
Kelli L. Larson, Arizona State University;
Jennifer L. Morse, Portland State University;
Kristen C. Nelson, University of Minnesota;
J. O'Neil-Dunne, University of Vermont;
Diane E. Pataki, University of Utah;
Colin Polsky, Clark University;
R. Roy Chowdhury, Indiana University;
Meredith K. Steele, Virginia Tech
9:20 AM
Comparative urban biogeography: tree community and trait assembly patterns for eleven major U.S. metropolitan areas
Lorraine Weller Clarke, University of California, Riverside;
G. Darrel Jenerette, University of California;
Meghan L. Avolio, University of Utah;
Diane E. Pataki, University of Utah;
Thomas W. Gillespie, University of California, Los Angeles;
Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA;
David J. Nowak, USDA Forest Service;
Lucy R. Hutyra, Boston University;
Melissa R. McHale, North Carolina State University;
Joseph P. McFadden, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Michael Alonzo, University of California, Santa Barbara
