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

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

F1, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

1:30 PM

COS 140-1

Biotic homogenization and the replacement of native species with alien species in an urban landscape
Myla F.J. Aronson, Rutgers University; Steven N. Handel, Rutgers University; Steven E. Clemants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

1:50 PM

COS 140-2

Trophic dynamics and effects of urbanization: A complex field experiment compared to a simple mathematical model
Christofer Bang, Arizona State University; John L. Sabo, Arizona State University; J. Marty Anderies, Arizona State University; Stanley H. Faeth, University of North Carolina Greensboro

2:10 PM

COS 140-3

Carbon fluxes and nitrogen availability along an urban-rural gradient in a desert ecosystem
Brenda A. Koerner, Emporia State University; Jeffrey M. Klopatek, Arizona State University

2:30 PM

COS 140-4

Altered urban hydrology: Effects on the transport of organic matter in streams
Kenneth T. Belt, US Forest Service; Sujay S. Kaushal, University of Maryland; Christopher M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Richard Pouyat, Chesapeake Bay Career Consulting; Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Istvan Turcsanyi, UMBC Center for Urban and Environmental Research and Education; William Greenwood, UMBC Center for Urban and Environmental Research and Education

2:50 PM

COS 140-5

A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks between residential turfgrass and native soil
Richard Pouyat, Chesapeake Bay Career Consulting; Ian D. Yesilonis, USDA Forest Service; Nancy E. Golubiewski, Massey University and Landcare Research

3:10 PM

COS 140-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 140-6

Ecological memory and restoring urban biodiversity
Valentin Schaefer, University of Victoria

3:40 PM

COS 140-7

Habitat selection by stream cyprinids across the urban-rural gradient: Implications for stream restoration
Susan F. Cushman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Raymond P. Morgan II, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Robert H. Hilderbrand, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

4:00 PM

COS 140-8

Biodiversity of riparian communities along an urbanization gradient
Tamara M. McPeek, IUPUI; Patricia Clark, IUPUI; Gabriel M. Filippelli, IUPUI; Xianzhong Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Rebecca Rogers, IUPUI

4:20 PM

COS 140-9

Investigating the distribution of prairie dogs in an urban landscape
Seth B. Magle, Lincoln Park Zoo; Kevin R. Crooks, Colorado State University

4:40 PM

COS 140-10

Effect of broadcast bait application on non-target invasive and native ants in natural and urban areas
Linda M. Hooper- Bui, Louisiana State University; Michael A. Seymour, Louisiana State University; Lee A. Womack, Louisiana State University

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