Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow Glen III, San Jose Marriott
COS 23 - Ecology of riparian habitats
8:00 AMCOS 23-1Invasive plant control within the Tijuana River Valley
Robert W. Hobbs, EcoSystems Restoration Associates, Julie Simonsen-Marchant, EcoSystems Restoration Associates, Tito Marchant, EcoSystems Restoration Associates, John Boland, EcoSystems Restoration Associates
8:20 AMCOS 23-2Are invasive riparian plants associated with reduced biotic condition of fauna in western US streams?
Paul L. Ringold, US EPA, Western Ecology Division, Kristina M McNyset, US EPA, Western Ecology Division, Teresa Magee, Dynamac Corporation, John Van Sickle, US EPA, Western Ecology Division
8:40 AMCOS 23-3Abundance of non-native and noxious plant species in riparian areas of the Western US
Marc Coles-Ritchie, USDA Forest Service, Greg Riegel, USDA Forest Service, Dave Weixelman, USDA Forest Service
9:00 AMCOS 23-4Site, management, and plant species effects on riparian vegetation development on a restored floodplain of the Merced River, California
Oliver Soong, University of California Santa Barbara, Karen Dulik, California Department of Water Resources, Laura Castro, California Department of Water Resources, Beth Hendrickson, California Department of Water Resources, Woody Moise, California Department of Water Resources, Frank W. Davis, University of California Santa Barbara
9:20 AMCOS 23-5Cumulative watershed effects of forest operations on stream habitat and biodiversity
Yixin Zhang, Texas State University at San Marcos, John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 23-6Persistence of riparian plant communities despite human-mediated change on the Salt River, Arizona
Jacqueline White, University of North Carolina, Juliet Stromberg, Arizona State University
10:10 AMCOS 23-7Potential impacts of fire on riparian plant communities and stream food webs in a wilderness setting
Breeanne K. Jackson, University of Idaho, Mazeika Sullivan, University of Idaho, Rachel Wilkinson, Idaho State University
10:30 AMCOS 23-8Different aged stands of a riparian foundation tree species in a chronosequence support different arthropod communities: Biodiversity and restoration implications
Laura E. Hagenauer, Northern Arizona University, Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University
10:50 AMCOS 23-9Alteration of hydrologic regime impacts breeding birds on the San Pedro River, Arizona
L. Arriana Brand, The University of Arizona
11:10 AMCOS 23-10Energy flow in a floodplain aquifer ecosystem
Brian L. Reid, Flathead Lake Biological Station, F. Richard Hauer, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Jack A. Stanford, Flathead Lake Biological Station

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