Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
J2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 143 - Community disturbance and response
8:00 AMCOS 143-1Communities contain closely related species during ecosystem disturbance: Examples from whole-lake experiment zooplankton communities
Matthew R. Helmus, University of Wisconsin - Madison, James A. Rusak, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Michael J. Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, W. Bill Keller, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Norman D. Yan, York University
8:20 AMCOS 143-2Legacies of recent disturbance history on post-fire regeneration of a subalpine forest
Carol A. Wessman, University of Colorado, Cristina Rumbaitis-del Rio, Earth Institute at Columbia University, Kerry Kemp, University of Colorado
8:40 AMCOS 143-3Burning, bulldozing, and the effectiveness of rehabilitation: A study of disturbance response pathways in subalpine vegetation
Seraphina C. Cutler, La Trobe University, John W. Morgan, La Trobe University
9:00 AMCOS 143-4It's all downhill from here: Ecosystem function declines with ski slope grading
Jennifer Williamson Burt, University of California, Davis
9:20 AMCOS 143-5Changes in ground flora of forested riparian areas following a disturbance gradient
Stacey L. Olszewski, University of Minnesota, Rebecca Montgomery, University of Minnesota, Brian J. Palik, USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Eric K. Zenner, Penn State University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 143-6Restoration in New Zealand biodiversity sanctuaries: Effects on community structure from removal of a guild of invasive species
Bruce R. Burns, Landcare Research, John G. Innes, Landcare Research, Corinne H. Watts, Landcare Research, Craig A. Gillies, Department of Conservation
10:10 AMCOS 143-7Response of vegetation to increased grazing intensity in temperate desert steppe
Gensuo J. Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences
10:30 AMCOS 143-8Riparian vegetation community response to over 80 years of de-watering, lower Owens River, California
Derek A. Risso, Oregon State University
10:50 AMCOS 143-9Reintroduction of native salmonids affects the distribution and abundance of fish populations in the Cedar River, WA, USA
Peter M. Kiffney, National Marine Fisheries Service, George R. Pess, National Marine Fisheries Service, Joseph H. Anderson, University of Washington
11:10 AMCOS 143-10Ecological consequences of historical and modern freshwater disturbance events in an estuarine ecosystem
Andrew L. Chang, University of California, Davis, Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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