Monday, August 6, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
PS 19 - Urban ecology
Site variation in biodiversity of hymenopteran (Insecta) predators and parasites in urban conifer stands
Sylvio G. Codella, Kean University, Bruce E. Kuntz, Kean University, Jonathan K. O'Brien, Kean University, Khaled Dardir, Kean University, Katerine Raymondi, Kean University
An ecological ethics for a "crowded planet": Assessing the normative foundations of an emerging ESA vision
Thad Miller, Arizona State University, Ben Minteer, Arizona State University
Restoration of an urban lake ecosystem: Water quality, point-source pollution, and non-point source pollution
Jodee Hunt, Grand Valley State University, Idaliza Gomez, Grand Rapids Community College
Variation in highway woody plant communities and soils along urban-rural gradients in Louisville, KY
Tara L. E. Trammell, University of Louisville, Brad P. Schneid, University of Louisville, Margaret M. Carreiro, University of Louisville
Differing avian connections to a semi-arid ecosystem
Erica Schwartzmann, Arizona State University, Jason Walker, Arizona State University
Urban landscape design and bird community structure in Phoenix, Arizona: Management implications
Susannah B. Lerman, University of Massachusetts, Paige S. Warren, University of Massachusetts
Woody plant production and leaf area index along urban-rural highway gradients in Louisville, KY
Shannon A. Scroggins, University of Louisville, Tara L. E. Trammell, University of Louisville, Margaret M. Carreiro, University of Louisville
The energy and mass balance of Los Angeles County
Nicole Ngo, University of California, Irvine, Diane E. Pataki, University of California, Irvine
Have urban stresses led to locally adapted populations of herbaceous species, useful for restoration?
Steven N. Handel, Rutgers University, Steven E. Clements, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Edward Toth, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Hadas A. Parag, Rutgers University, Timothy J. Chambers, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
Chloride dynamics in the hyporheic zone of a flashy urban stream in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Paul Mayer, US Environmental Protection Agency, Elise Striz, US Environmental Protection Agency, Edward Doheny, US Geological Survey, Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Peter M. Groffman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Eco-health impacts of urban tropical wastewater in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Msimbazi River Case Study
Amani N. McHugh, Duke University
Ecological restoration in urban zones: Barranca Tarango case in Mexico City
Gumercinda Corona-Alvarez, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ana Mendoza, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

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