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

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

San Carlos II, San Jose Hilton

8:00 AM

COS 36-1

Tall grass restorations influence communities in the Upper Green River watershed
Cabrina L. Hamilton, Western Kentucky University; Albert J. Meier, Western Kentucky University; Patrick Lawless, University of Kentucky

8:20 AM

COS 36-2

Patterns of root production among native and cultivar populations of dominant warm-season grasses in a first-year tallgrass prairie restoration
Ryan P. Klopf, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Sara G. Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

8:40 AM

COS 36-3

Does commercial increase of seed for use in restoration result in selection for genotypes that are not representative of wild populations?
Abbie C. Schrotenboer, Trinity Christian College; William L. Holdsworth, Michigan State University; Rajitha Kota, New Berlin West High School; Carolyn Malmstrom, Michigan State University

9:00 AM

COS 36-4

Fire season and composition of experimental prairie plantings: A 20-year study
Henry F. Howe, University of Illinois-Chicago

9:20 AM

COS 36-5

Tallgrass prairie plant establishment in Conservation Reserve Program fields
Heidi L. Hillhouse, University of Nebraska

9:40 AM

COS 36-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 36-6

Steppe restoration by hay transfers
Elise Buisson, IMEP UMR-CNRS 6116 & IUT Avignon; Clementine Coiffait, IMEP UMR-CNRS 6116; Thierry Dutoit, IMEP UMR-CNRS 6116 & IUT Avignon

10:10 AM

COS 36-7

Restoration of grassland biodiversity and soil carbon sequestration: Synergistic goal?
Gerlinde B. De Deyn, Wageningen University; Paul Evans, Natural England; Deborah Millward, Manor House; Niall McNamara, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Simon Oakley, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Nick Ostle, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Helen Quirk, Lancaster University; Roger Smith, Newcastle University; Richard Bardgett, Lancaster University

10:30 AM

COS 36-8

Avian responses to Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program grasslands in Pennsylvania
Andy M. Wilson, Pennsylvania State University; Margaret Brittingham, Pennsylvania State University; Kevin Wentworth, Pennsylvania State University

10:50 AM

COS 36-9

Effects of biodiversity and microsite heterogeneity on the restoration of quarries to alvars
Paul J. Richardson, University of Waterloo; Doulas W. Larson, University of Guelph

11:10 AM

COS 36-9

Effects of livestock grazing on native and exotic vegetation in vernal pools
Joan L. Schwan, Sonoma State University; J. Hall Cushman, Sonoma State University

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