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

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Guadalupe, San Jose Marriott

1:30 PM

COS 86-1

The historical role and current restoration applications of fire in maintaining beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) habitat
Daniela J. Shebitz, Kean University; Justine E. James Jr., Quinault Indian Nation

1:50 PM

COS 86-2

Nitrogen deposition alters ecosystem fire recovery in semi-arid chaparral ecosystems of southern California
Sarah C. Pasquini, University of California; George L. Vourlitis, California State University

2:10 PM

COS 86-3

Multidecadal climate variability and climate interactions affect subalpine fire occurrence, western Colorado (USA)
Tania Schoennagel, University of Colorado-Boulder; Thomas Veblen, University of Colorado-Boulder; Dominik Kulakowski, Clark University; Andrés Holz, University of Tasmania

2:30 PM

COS 86-4

Spatiotemporal trends in fire severity and heterogeneity in the Sierra Nevada, California, 1984–2004
Jay D. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management, Pacific Southwest Region; Hugh D. Safford, Regional Ecologist, USDA Forest Service

2:50 PM

COS 86-5

Predicting fire in Yosemite National Park: Snow depth, natural ignitions, burn severity, and burn complexity
James A. Lutz, Utah State University; Jan W. Van Wagtendonk, USGS Western Ecological Research Center; Andrea E. Thode, Northern Arizona University; Jay D. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management, Pacific Southwest Region; Jerry F. Franklin, University of Washington

3:10 PM

COS 86-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 86-6

Effects of a stand-replacement wildfire on deer mice: Testing the hypothesis of source-sink dynamics
Rafal Zwolak, Adam Mickiewicz University; Kerry R. Foresman, University of Montana

3:40 PM

COS 86-7

Variable impact of late summer fire and post-fire grazing intensity on grasshopper populations in a northern mixed-grass prairie
David H. Branson, USDA-ARS; Lance T. Vermeire, USDA-Agricultural Research Service

4:00 PM

COS 86-8

Bird community structure following multiple high severity fires and post-fire logging in the Klamath-Siskiyou region
Joseph B. Fontaine, Murdoch University; Dan C. Donato, Oregon State University; Beverly E. Law, Oregon State University; J. Boone Kauffman, Oregon State University; W. Douglas Robinson, Oregon State University

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