ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

PS 10-109

Variations in coastal redwood forest decomposition and productivity along an environmental gradient
Vanessa Boukili, Earthwatch Institute; Dan Flynn, University of Zurich; Holly Ewing, Bates College; Pamela Templer, Boston University; Mary K. Firestone, University of California, Berkeley; Todd Dawson, University of California Berkeley

PS 10-110

New methods for the analysis of an important historic forest data set
Jim Bouldin, University of California, Davis

PS 10-111

Egg-laying character: Change in egg size, clutch size, and date of first egg-laying of varied tit (Parus varius) with elevation in Mt Jiri of South Korea
Jong-Koo Lee, Seoul National University; Ok-Sik Jung, Seoul National University; Woo-Shin Lee, Seoul National University

PS 10-112

Comparisons of Lepidoptera species assemblages among the different plant communities within the Long Term Ecological Research Sites in Korea
Hoonbok Yi, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea; Sei-Woong Choi, Mokpo National University; Soowon Cho, Chungbuk National University; Min-Chul Kwon, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

PS 10-113

Habitat modeling for the presence of exotic earthworms in eastern New York forests
Jinguo Gao, Ohio state Univeristy; George Robinson, State University of New York at Albany

PS 10-114

Survival of Ceiba aesculifolia and Quercus castanea in an altitudinal gradient influenced by an urban heat island
Roberto Lindig-Cisneros, National University (Mexico) or Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Oscar Israel Valle-Díaz, National University (Mexico) or Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

PS 10-115

Effects of forest ecosystem restoration treatments on leaf litter decomposition and nutrient turnover in mixed-oak forests in Southern Ohio, USA
Carla Giai, The Ohio State University; Ralph E.J. Boerner, Ohio State University

PS 10-116

Relationships between forest stand attributes and Landsat TM data in southwestern Ohio
William N. Tardy, Ohio University; Ashley A. Wick, University of Alberta; John K. Maingi, Miami Univerisity; Thomas O. Crist, Miami University

PS 10-117

An experimental study of ecotones: The effect of habitat on the population biology of Carex blanda
Debra D. Finch, University of Kansas; Helen M. Alexander, University of Kansas

PS 10-118

Life as a seed: The influence of nearest neighbors on seed removal
Jaclyn Schnurr, Wells College; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Charles D. Canham, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

PS 10-119

Hurricane effects on the understory light environment of three forest plots in east Texas
Mark R. Fulton, Bemidji State University

PS 10-120

Longleaf pine ecosystem restoration: Creating a framework for adaptive management on Fort Benning, Georgia
Catherine E. Prior, The Nature Conservancy; Robert N. Addington, The Nature Conservancy; Michael G. Barron, Conservation Branch, U.S. Infantry Center, Fort Benning, GA, USA; Michele L. Burton, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; John K. Doresky, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, West Georgia Endangered Species Sub Office, Fort Benning, GA, USA; Wade C. Harrison, The Nature Conservancy; Stephen J. Hudson, ECW Environmental Group, LLC, Hampton, VA, USA; Donald W. Imm, University of Georgia; Robert K. Larimore, Land Management Branch, U.S. Infantry Center, Fort Benning, GA, USA; Jonathan H. Neufeldt, Conservation Branch, U.S. Infantry Center, Fort Benning, GA, USA; Peter K. Swiderek, Conservation Branch, U.S. Infantry Center, Fort Benning, GA, USA

PS 10-121

Measuring departure of forest plant communities from reference conditions through changes in structure and composition
Maria E. Melnechuk, Washington University in St. Louis

PS 10-122

It is good to be eaten by a bear: The implications of ingestion for the germination of berry producing species
James J. Nowak, University of Montana; Elizabeth Crone, Tufts University

PS 10-123

Correlates of ethno- and biodiversity loss in Tropical Andes: A case study in Loja (Ecuador)
Marcelino de la Cruz, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid; Fani Tinitana, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; Stefano Torracchi, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; Manuel Pardo de Santayana, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid; Adrián Escudero, Rey Juan Carlos University

PS 10-124

Characterization of depression forests in a karstic island: A geostatistical and multivariate analysis approach
Denny S. Fernandez, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao; Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

PS 10-125

Tree size does not influence cyclone damage in tropical rainforest, North Queensland, Australia
Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Trinity College; Timothy J. Curran, School for Field Studies

PS 10-126

Buttress roots act as tension members to prevent Australian tropical rainforest trees (Argyrodendron spp) from uprooting in a cyclone
Timothy L. Casper, Davidson College; Eric Nomura, Colorado College; Timothy J. Curran, School for Field Studies

PS 10-127

Species abundance and diversity in tropical hemiepiphytic plant communities
Erin Coulter Riordan, University of California, Los Angeles; Philip W. Rundel, University of California, Los Angeles

PS 10-128

Techniques to evaluate diurnal and seasonal carbon budgets of the western montane region
Jonathan R. Straube, Colorado State University; Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University; David J.P. Moore, University of Arizona; William J. Sacks, National Center for Atmospheric Research; David S. Schimel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; William Parton, Colorado State University

PS 10-129

Differential snowpack accumulation and evapotranspiration in aspen and conifer communities: Implications for water yield and function
Eric M. LaMalfa, Utah State University; Ronald J. Ryel, Utah State University

PS 10-130

The Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest: Opportunities for research, education, and demonstration in the Pacific
J. Boone Kauffman, Oregon State University; Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service; Colleen Cole, USDA Forest Service

PS 10 - Forest habitats